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CalTPA Assessor Experience Qualifications:

Pearson offers compensation packages that reward exceptional quality and productivity. Scoring is generally compensated at $37 per cycle scored, with training paid at $19/hr.

To be eligible to score the California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA), an applicant MUST meet the following requirements and attest to these requirements at least once annually.

Requirement #1
Be a current (or retired within 3 years) California education professional in one (1) or more of the following capacities:

• University/program educator providing instruction to TK–12 teacher candidates within a CTC-accredited teacher preparation program
• Field supervisor
• Mentor or master teacher
• TK–12 teacher
• TK–12 administrator (e.g., principal, assistant principal)
• National Board-Certified Teacher (NBCT)

Requirement #2
Have expertise in the content area assigned to score in one (1) or more of the following ways:

• Hold a current California Clear Multiple or Single Subject Teaching Credential, or added authorization, in the content area
• Have university teaching experience in the content area
• Hold a degree in the content area

Requirement #3

Adhere to the following confidentiality requirements:
• Maintain the confidentiality of the assessment materials and knowledge gained as a result of participating in scoring the assessment, and will not share information with anyone (e.g., candidates, colleagues, etc.) without direct permission from the Commission and Pearson.
• Agree not to participate in any professional activity, beyond employment in a TK–12 school/district/county office or institution that requires candidates to use a CA-approved performance assessment, that results in payment for services related to supporting candidates in completing any CA-approved performance assessment. For example, TPA independent tutoring or consulting positions.

Requirement #4: Reside in the state of California

In order to score candidate submissions, assessors must complete the requisite training and meet the established calibration standards. Assessors will be paid for time spent in training, calibration, and scoring submissions.

Qualification Verification:

To verify employment, the application requests your supervisor contact information and TK-12 teaching credential details (if applicable). This information will be used for verification purposes only.

CalTPA Assessor Expectations:

• Scoring activities are remote and assessors are expected to provide the working environment and equipment needed to complete the scoring activities (e.g., published minimum CPU and monitor recommendations).
• Assessors must meet minimum requirement for home computing hardware, monitor, and bandwidth provided by their internet service provider.
• For security reasons, assessors may not use shared office computers or work from institutional computer labs.
• All CalTPA new hires will be required to attend a two-day training session. Sessions are typically offered in February/March of each year. After training and calibration is complete, assessors must be committed to scoring a minimum of four (4) cycles per week. Scoring is expected to take 1-1.5 hours per cycle scored for experienced assessors.
• Scoring will be available seven days per week, except for outages/system maintenance or Pearson corporate holidays.
• Assessors participate in regular activities to ensure calibration to the rubrics.
• Assessors will be assigned to content areas and disciplines in which they have a current credential and experience.

Additional Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher (If you received your degree outside of the United States, a Foreign Equivalency Report is required stating that you have an equivalent of at least 4-year degree in the United States. It is your responsibility to obtain this report. You may email your report to HR if you receive an offer of employment).
• U. S. citizenship, resident alien status or authorized to work in the U.S.
• U.S. residency
• All scoring and other work activities must be completed in the United States
• Meet the minimum qualifications as listed above

Windows PC Hardware Requirements

Component	Requirement
Computer and processor	Minimum 1.1 GHz or faster, two core Note: For Intel processors, the maximum speed achieved using Intel Turbo Boost Technology (Max Turbo Frequency) must be considered
Memory	4.0 GB RAM
Hard disk	3.0 GB of available disk space
Display	1024 x 768 screen resolution
Graphics hardware	Windows OS: Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10 (or WDDM 1.3 or higher for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update)
Operating system	Windows 11, Windows 10 (excluding Windows 10 LTSC), Windows 10 on ARM, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2. Note: We recommend using the latest Windows version and security patches available.
.NET version	Requires .NET 4.5 CLR or later
Video	USB 2.0 video camera
Devices	Standard laptop camera, microphone, and speakers
Video calls and meetings	Requires two-core processor. For higher video/screen share resolution and frame rate, a four-core processor or better is recommended. Background video effects require Windows 10 or a processor with AVX2 instruction set. See Hardware decoder and encoder driver recommendations for a list of unsupported decoders and encoders.
Internet Connection	High-Speed Internet Connection*

Mac Hardware Requirements

Component	Requirement
Computer and processor	Intel Core Duo processor
Memory	4.0 GB RAM
Hard disk	1.5 GB of available disk space
Display	1280 x 800 or higher resolution
Operating system	One of the three most recent versions of macOS. You can find information about the latest macOS versions, and how to upgrade your version of macOS, here. For example, when a new version of macOS is released, the new version and the two immediately preceding it become the supported versions.
Video	Compatible webcam
Voice	Compatible microphone and speakers, headset with microphone, or equivalent device
Video calls and meetings	Requires two-core processor. For higher video/screen share resolution and frame rate, a four-core processor or better is recommended.
Internet Connection	High-Speed Internet Connection*

Please note that we do not currently support scoring on mobile phones or tablets with the iOS or Android systems, or on computers running Linux or Mac OS 10.5 or older.

* ePEN is not compatible with all Cellular-Radio Frequency Broadband and Satellite modems, or Dial-Up connection speeds slower than 56k; some projects may require a high-speed connection. **

** You may not score from a public Wi-Fi hotspot, such as a coffee shop, restaurant, airport, etc. This violates our security protocol and is not permitted. Dial-up connection speeds slower than 56K are not supported.