Content Specialist - English Language Learners (12 Month Limited Term)

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As a Content Specialist - English Language Learners within the Content Development Services team, you will work as both a content and assessment expert to develop K-12 assessments for our state and district clients. Our team develops standards-based assessments for students across the United States. We collaborate with education departments, committees of educators, and business partners to develop assessments of learning that are accessible to all students. We are looking for flexible and creative content experts to join our team.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and review test items, including proficiency-based tasks, for large-scale English learner assessments across multiple content areas and grades
  • Develop linguistic accommodations for English learners across content areas on state standardized achievement tests
  • Develop accommodations for struggling readers across content areas on state standardized achievement tests
  • Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints and other ancillary documents
  • Classify test items according to pre-specified content dimensions and ensure the accuracy of content coding, keying, and item validations
  • Facilitate and support customer meetings and provide second language acquisition expertise
  • Facilitate activities related to test construction and review of composed test forms
  • Help select, assign, manage, and train item writers and educators
  • Consult with the customer as required, including participation in planning, status, review meetings, etc.
  • Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups
  • Perform other duties as assigned
  • Some travel required

Qualifications

  • Bachelor\'s degree in education preferred. Bilingual, English as a Second Language, or equivalent experience required; Master\'s degree is desired
  • At least five years experience teaching K-12 is required
  • At least five years experience in the field of English language acquisition required
  • Expert knowledge of second language acquisition, including national trends and regulations, required
  • Have strong technology skills including working with Microsoft Suite and Adobe Pro, and confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs
  • Have outstanding verbal and written communication skills and be able to identify problems and provide solutions to a variety of audiences including both sophisticated and naive customers
  • Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities and adapt to unexpected requests
  • Some experience in large-scale educational measurement is preferred
  • General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments preferred

Compensation at Pearson i s influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The full-time salary range is between $60,000 - $70,000.

This position is not bonus eligible, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through August 22, 2025. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Who We Are

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world\'s lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn\'t just what we do. It\'s who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

Job: Learning Subject Matter Experts

Job Family: LEARNING&CONTENT_DEVELOPMENT

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 20743

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Seniority level

  • Seniority level

    Not Applicable

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

  • Job function

    Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
  • Industries

    Education Administration Programs and E-Learning Providers

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