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Traveling Bilingual Early Childhood Assessor
RTI InternationalUnited Statespart_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Oct 2025
About the role
Early Childhood Assessors are responsible for:
- Traveling regularly to assigned Early Childhood Centers to conduct assessments with children who have parental permission to participate in the study
- Making in-person contact with selected preschool administrators, teachers, and children to discuss the study, answer questions, schedule assessments, and maintain participation
- Collecting confidential information and administering computer-based standardized questionnaires
- Independently managing administrative duties, including participating in conference calls and completing online trainings
- Transmitting status updates and collected data as scheduled
- Assuming full and legal responsibility for use and care of project-issued equipment
- Safeguarding issued equipment and project materials against damage, loss, or theft and returning at the conclusion of the assignment or at supervisor's request
- Submitting timely and accurate Time & Expense reports
- Virtually attend scheduled meetings with other members of the project team
- Working a flexible schedule, based on preschool center availability and assigned cases
- Independently manage workload of approximately 4 to 8 early childhood centers, visiting each at least twice
- Working with assigned staff at Early Childhood Centers to determine logistics of child assessments
- Monitoring parental permission status for assigned children, document communications with center administrators, record updates related to scheduling and logistics and provide regular progress updates to field management
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Work with assigned staff at early childhood centers to determine logistics of child assessments
- Fluency in English and Spanish through reading, writing, and speaking
- Demonstration of sufficient knowledge or familiarity with specific child assessments, including TOPEL, myIGIDs, HTKS, and REMA.
- Experience working with RTI on school-based studies, particularly in preschool settings
- Must be at least 21 years old at the time of employment
- Must possess High School Diploma or GED
- Comfortable working in preschool settings in all types of neighborhoods
- Possess effective interpersonal and verbal communication skills through speech and listening
- Available for entire training and data collection period
- Able to successfully complete training and required assessment certification
- Must have a valid driver's license and reliable personal automobile available for business use
- Comfortable using RTI issued tablet, laptop and other associated equipment
- Access to password-protected Wi-Fi connection for data transmissions and administrative responsibilities
- Able to keep project information confidential
- Willingness to work in various types of weather conditions and after dark
- In order to travel by air, federal law requires individuals have REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons. Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID, or TSA approved alternative
- Positive, self-motivated, curious, and enjoy interacting with people
- Effective time, schedule, and workload management skills to meet set deadlines
- Computer skills, namely email and internet proficiency
- Be comfortable working in unfamiliar areas
- Associate's degree, preferred
- Background in Early Childhood education, Psychology, or related field preferred
- Experience conducting direct assessments with children, using measures such as the Research-based Early Math Assessment, Test of Preschool Early Literacy, or similar assessments
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