Associate, Scoring Service at Pearson

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

17 Jun, 26

Salary

17.5

Posted On

19 Mar, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Scoring, Evaluation, Training Internalization, Discussion Participation, Bias Mitigation, Rubric Application, Quality Assurance, Productivity Management, Consensus Scoring

Industry

education

Description

The Evaluation Systems group of Pearson is recruiting permanently or professionally certified New York State teachers and recent retirees to score the constructed response component of the New York State Teacher Certification ExaminationsTM Content Specialty Tests in Languages Other Than English (LOTE) and Bilingual Education Assessments (BEA). We are continually recruiting qualified scorers in all language areas. Job Title: ES Language Scorer (NY) We currently have a particular need for scorers in the following areas: * Yiddish * Korean * Albanian * Ukrainian * Portuguese * Punjabi * Urdu * Polish * Vietnamese * Cantonese * Farsi * Malayalam * Mandarin * Bengali * Romanian * Igbo * Swedish * Finnish * Turkish * Guyanese English Creole Working as a scorer is an excellent opportunity to enhance professional development, work with peers from across New York State to support the teaching profession and stay up to date with current practices to expand content knowledge. Remote Scoring: All scoring activities are conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams and Evaluation Systems web-based scoring platform. Upon logging into the system, scorers are trained and calibrated to a process for evaluating responses effectively and fairly. Scoring sessions are conducted throughout the year and scorers are recruited for scoring sessions based on their availability. Individuals are eligible based on the following qualifications: · Permanent or professional New York State teaching certificate corresponding to the content field, and are currently teaching in a New York State school (public or private) OR · Are native or fluent speakers in the language and hold a college degree OR · Are or have been educators from colleges and universities who hold a degree in a content-relevant field and/or have taught or advised in a content-relevant field within the last five years. Scorer responsibilities: · Evaluates constructed responses of teacher candidates in New York. · Successfully internalizes training and scoring guide. · Participate in discussions. · Must be able to put aside personal biases and apply scoring guide according to rubric requirements. · Meets quality and productivity requirements established for the scoring program. · Engage with other scorers in consensus scoring activities. Applicants should also: · Be a resident of New York State with eligibility to work in the United States. Rate: $17-$17.50/Hour NOTE: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. This position is not bonus eligible, and information on benefits offered is here [https://pearsonbenefitsus.com/].

Responsibilities

The scorer will evaluate constructed responses from teacher candidates in New York, ensuring they successfully internalize the training and scoring guide provided. Responsibilities also include participating in discussions and engaging in consensus scoring activities with other scorers.