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Job Description / Duties

Educational Testing Service is seeking graduate students in science education and science teachers from elementary or middle schools to work with research and test development staff in a project related to elementary science instruction. The project is focused on developing and validating a set of performance-based tasks delivered within a simulated classroom environment in order to improve preservice elementary teachers’ ability to orchestrate discussions. These tasks will provide opportunities for preservice elementary to facilitate discussions with upper elementary student avatars (third to fifth grades) about the structure/properties of matter. A short description of this NSF project can be found at: http://cadrek12.org/projects/developing-preservice-elementary-teachers-ability-facilitate-goal-oriented-discussions-scie

Responsibilities include:

·Training on the overall project goals and on the process for developing performance-based tasks

·Developing and revising performance-based science tasks that provide opportunities for preservice elementary teachers to learn how to facilitate discussions in science

Qualifications / Required Skills

Previous experience and familiarity with NGSS is required. Physical science content expertise as well as knowledge and/or experience teaching upper elementary science is preferred.

Additional Information

The work will run for approximately 16 months, beginning in September 2017 and ending around December 2018. Work will take place remotely, but participants will be expected to produce specific deliverables based on the project timeline and will be paid based on the time committed to each deliverable. In total, approximately 80 to 120 hours over the course of the 16 month period will be required.

Salary: Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Contact Information

If you are interested in applying for the position, please go to: http://etscareers.pereless.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=249900&BUID=2538.

Employer Profile

At nonprofit ETS, we are passionate about our mission to advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide because we believe in the power of learning. We strive to provide innovative and meaningful measurement solutions that improve teaching and learning, expand educational opportunities, and inform policy.