Associate, Scoring Service (Swahili, Yiddish, Greek & Farsi Languages)

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 responses from candidates in the language below remotely:

• Assyrian
• Farsi
• Finnish
• Greek
• Guyanese Creole
• Filipino
• Malayalam
• Mongolian
• Punjabi
• Swahili
• Turkish

• Vietnamese

• Yiddish

Key benefits

• Starting rate of $17.50 per hour
• Flexibility to work scoring sessions that suit your availability
• Working remotely

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or higher, and
• A current teaching certification in the language you are applying for AND are currently teaching or have taught in schools (public or private) within the last three years (including regular substitute)

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 three years. OR is a native or fluent speaker of the language (read, write, and speak) and holds a college degree Both active and recently retired practitioners can be eligible to score.

• Basic computer skills (keyboard, mouse)
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to maintain a confidential work environment
• Eligible to work in the United States

Overall Responsibilities

• Evaluate responses to test questions by Illinois and New York 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

Working Conditions

Training takes place before scoring begins. There may be a brief orientation meeting before the day of scoring occurs. Scoring sessions take place during the week Monday through Friday. Scoring sessions will occur on an intermittent basis, two to three times a year. The scoring day runs from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m., including training. Note: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. This position is NOT bonus/benefits eligible. Information and guidelines on benefits offered is here.

Originally posted on Himalayas