Social Studies Content and Curriculum Specialist

Limited Term Content and Curriculum Specialist – Social Studies

As a Social Studies Content and Curriculum Specialist within the Content Development Services team, you will work as both a content and assessment expert to develop K-12 assessments for our state clients. Our team develops standards-based assessments for students. In addition, you will be responsible for the development, revision and adaptation of Social Studies curriculum materials. We collaborate with education departments, committees of educators, and business partners to develop assessments of learning that are accessible to all students.

Responsibilities :

Develop and review social studies test items and stimuli, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, and performance-based tasks across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments

Help develop social studies item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other ancillary documents

Help select, assign, manage, and train item / passage writers and educators to develop social studies items based on standards, cognitive complexity, and item development best practices

Facilitate and support customer meetings and provide social studies assessment expertise

Facilitate activities related to test construction and review of composed test forms

Consult with the customer as required, including participation in planning, status, review meetings, etc.

Develop, revise, and adapt Social Studies curriculum materials.

Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups

Perform other duties as assigned

Some travel required

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location.

Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in education, social studies, or equivalent experience required

Five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary social studies teacher preferred

Professional knowledge of social studies and educational trends required

Knowledgeable about the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) Social Studies Content Standards as well as the PRDE curriculum tools used by teachers in the classroom.

Some experience in large-scale educational measurement preferred

General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments preferred

Outstanding oral and written communication skills

Ability to creatively and flexibly address challenges with a variety of audiences

Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events

Ability to deliver trainings to teachers and to facilitate customer meetings.

Skill in basic software tools and technology and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs

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