California Scoring Assistant – Home Economics

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The Evaluation Systems group 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 Home Economics exams for the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET) in our Sacramento, California office.

Key benefits

Rate of $

Recently retired and current California educators, who meet the qualifications, are encouraged to apply.

All work is conducted Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am-4:00pm PST

Sessions last 1 days in length and occur every month.

Most sessions are complete in 4-6 hours.

Training and review are part of every session.

Flexibility to work scoring sessions which suit your availability.

Overall Responsibilities

Evaluates responses of teacher candidates in California.

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.

Qualifications

Both active and recently retired educators may be eligible to score, provided they meet one of the following qualification goals.

A CSET Home Economics scorer must:

hold a Single Subject Teaching Credential corresponding to the content field, have at least three years of teaching experience, and be teaching or have taught with-in the last three years;

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 an authorization to teach in California public schools in the corresponding content field;

OR hold a graduate degree in the content field;

OR hold a bachelor's degree and have several years' professional experience in the content field;

OR hold a bachelor's degree and/or master's degree and be a graduate student currently teaching courses in the content field;

OR have served as a CTC-approved member of the appropriate CSET test development and/or standard setting panel.

* Applicants should also…*

be a resident of California with eligibility to work in the United States.

have basic computer skills (keyboard, mouse).

have the ability to meet via online meetings using a personal computer with web camera, microphone, and speakers.

have the ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Have the ability to maintain a confidential work environment.

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