This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/6461520 Director, AP Performance Task Design

College Board - Advanced Placement and Instruction

Location: Remote, with an option to work out of the New York City Office

Type: This is a full-time position

About the Team

AP is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion, and hard work of students and of educators from both secondary schools and higher education. With almost 40 courses in a wide variety of subject areas, AP provides high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level. Following a decade of rapid growth and expansion in access, Advanced Placement currently faces a range of pressing strategic questions, such as, \"How do we support students in under-resourced environments?\" and, \"How do we effectively support the more than 150,000 educators teaching AP courses around the country and world?\" In response to those questions, AP is undergoing an unprecedented investment that shifts the core model from a single assessment to a full year experience and expands the set of AP courses to better meet the demands of preparing high school students to succeed in college and career.

About the Opportunity

In this role, you\'ll drive the creation of innovative pilot task models for AP, in service of a strategy to incorporate projects and performance tasks into more AP Courses and Exams. Your pivotal work supports the College Board\'s mission by broadening assessment approaches, offering more ways for students to deepen their understanding, showcase their mastery, and earn college credit. Situated within the Advanced Placement Analytics and Strategy Team, your contributions will directly influence the evolution of AP, ensuring it remains relevant, challenging, and accessible to all students.

Pilot Task Design and Development (33%)

• Lead the design effort to align AP leadership, curricular and delivery teams on design principles and requirements for performance tasks in AP, including classifications of emerging approaches
• Direct and manage the performance task ideation and diligence process through the go/no-go decision for piloting, in collaboration with internal and external subject matter experts and functional experts across AP US History, AP English Language, and AP English Literature
• Lead effort to identify self-studier solutions for students participating in projects within AP US History, AP English Language, and AP English Literature
• Serve as a reviewer for course and assessment leads as they develop task descriptions to prepare for piloting in AP US History, AP English Language, and AP English Literature
• Based on design principles and pilot experience, advise new course teams as they build out performance tasks for courses under development

Implementation Support (33%)

• Advise internal subject matter experts in the creation of teacher implementation guides to support project implementation
• Support the execution of launch communications plans for courses on the projects roadmap, in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Advise the professional learning and course audit team to support professional learning supports for courses on the projects roadmap

Research and Strategy (33%)

• Conduct research on emerging responses in higher ed to AI and extended writing to inform AP approach in humanities courses
• Partner with the Director of Innovative Assessment Pilots and Sr. Director AP Strategy to define the research agenda and piloting requirements for Performance Task piloting for AP US History, AP English Language, and AP English Literature
• Prepare reports and presentations for executive leadership to guide decision-makin and facilitate approval on critical deliverables
• Prepare reports and presentations to externally communicate AP\'s progress on performance tasks

About You

You are:

Experienced in Performance Assessments and PBL: You bring five or more years of experience in designing or administering performance assessments or project-based learning (PBL) within the Humanities, English, or Social Sciences. You recognize performance assessments as pivotal tools for signaling crucial instructional shifts balanced with the critical need for meaningful, equitable, valid assessment

Skilled in Team Alignment and Collaboration: You can facilitate discussion to align internal stakeholders (subject matter experts, assessment delivery, field teams) around innovative educational solutions. You collaborate and foster environments where ideas emerge and are evaluated for impact

Research-Driven: Research informs your approach. You are able to gather and synthesize diverse external perspectives where needed to inform AP\'s approach and solutions

Effective Communicator: Your exceptional communication skills allow you to articulate complex ideas clearly and concisely, whether th