Associate Scoring Service (Home Economics and Chemistry)

Pearson; California; Presencial; USD 21.000 - 28.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pearson is hiring for an Associate, Scoring Services to remotely score CA teacher licensure responses for the Sacramento area. You’ll evaluate responses, discuss scoring standards with other scorers, and ensure alignment with California standards.

The role offers remote work with occasional on-site activities, requires CA teaching credentials or related qualifications, and pays $17.50 per hour. Training and orientation are provided, with ongoing opportunities in scoring and quality control.

Formación

• Residency in California with eligibility to work in the United States.
• Possess basic computer skills (keyboard, mouse)
• Ability to sit for extended periods
• Maintain a confidential work environment

Responsabilidades

• Evaluate responses to test questions by California teacher candidates
• Internalize scoring standards and engage with scorers in consensus scoring
• Recognize and discuss bias and strategies to reduce personal biases in scoring
• Meet quality and productivity requirements for the scoring program
• Remote work with intermittent scoring sessions during weekdays

Educación

Teaching Credential in California

California institution of higher education teaching

Single Subject Assessments for Teaching scorer

CTC-approved scorer

Graduate degree in content field (CA resident)

Bachelor’s degree + several years’ professional experience (CA resident)

Bachelor’s or Master’s and currently teaching in CA

CTC-approved test development/standard setting panel member

Descripción del empleo

We are the world’s learning company with more than 24,000 employees operating in 70 countries. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.

Evaluation Systems of Pearson offers dynamic teacher licensing and performance assessment solutions. Our custom teacher licensure testing programs are 100 percent aligned to state standards. We also provide a wide variety of teacher licensure testing services such as test development, administration, and scoring. We work in a collaborative environment and are passionate about education.

Scoring offers the opportunity to network with other professionals and stay abreast of the latest developments in your field. Scorers have a direct impact on the quality of the next generation of teachers and help to maintain professional standards. Scorers enjoy the change of pace, the mental challenge and the opportunity to give back to their educational field.

We have immediate openings for candidates to score the subjects below remotely for our Sacramento, CA office:

(CA) Associate, Scoring Services

• Home Economics

Qualifications

• hold a Teaching Credential in California corresponding to the content field, have at least three years of teaching experience, and be teaching or have taught within the last three years in California;
• or be an instructor in a California institution of higher education who, in the last three years, has taught classes corresponding to the content field;
• or have served as a Single Subject Assessments for Teaching scorer in the content field;
• or have continuing experience as a scorer in the content field after having met one of the above qualifications;
• or have an authorization to teach in California public schools in the corresponding content field and is a current California resident;
• or hold a graduate degree in the content field and is a current California resident;
• or hold a bachelor’s degree and have several years’ professional experience in the content field and is a current California resident;
• or hold a bachelor’s degree and/or master’s degree and be a graduate student currently teaching courses in the content field in the state of California;
• or have served as a CTC-approved member of the appropriate CSET test development and/or standard setting panel and is a current California resident;
• or be a CTC-approved scorer.

Applicants should also…

• be a resident of California with eligibility to work in the United States.
• Possess basic computer skills (keyboard, mouse)
• The ability to sit for extended periods of time
• The ability to maintain a confidential work environment

Overall Responsibilities

• Evaluate responses to test questions by California teacher candidates
• Internalize scoring standards, participate in discussions, and engage with other scorers in consensus scoring activities
• Recognize and discuss various types of bias (e.g., implicit bias, cultural bias, leniency bias, central tendency bias, halo effect) and effect strategies to reduce personal biases in scoring
• Meet quality and productivity requirements established for the scoring program, including passing a qualifying test before scoring
• Rate of $17.50 per hour
• Working remotely

Working Conditions

Scoring sessions take place during the week Monday through Friday. Scoring sessions will occur on an intermittent basis.

Training takes place before scoring begins. There may be a brief orientation meeting before the day of scoring occurs.

Note: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

This position is NOT bonus/benefits eligible and information on benefits is offered here.