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The College Board Director, AP Instructional Services in Denver, Colorado
Description: Director, AP Instructional Services
College Board - AP&I
Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).
Type: This is a full-time position
About the Team
The AP Program Access team's goal is to extend the growth and reach of the AP Program to serve the middle third of high school students by growing participation, serving more underrepresented students, and supporting teachers and schools to help students succeed. The Instructional Services team within this department is dedicated to bringing innovative approaches to AP teaching and learning at scale that are inspired by and build on the needs, experiences, and insights of our educator and student communities.
We work closely with our colleagues across AP and Instruction and in Communications and Marketing to ensure that we are aligned in all efforts to promote the work of AP Courses and Programs to a wide range of audiences including students, parents, educators, policymakers, the media, member organizations and staff.
The Advanced Placement Program (AP) enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The program consists of college-level courses developed by the AP Program that high schools can choose to offer, and corresponding exams administered once a y
About the Opportunity
Powerful research shows that a project based learning approach can significantly improve student performance on AP Exams. A randomized controlled trial that compared AP Exam performance of students whose teachers used PBL curriculum and professional learning to a control group showed that PBL studentsachieved higher results on AP Exams.As Director, AP Instructional Services, you'll be part of a team that is working to expand the AP PBL Series and resources, providing opportunities for even more teachers and students to engage with this instructional approach. You'll also use your expertise and passion for teaching and learning to develop other innovative instructional resources to enhance course implementation.
In this role, you will:
PBL Series Content Development and Committee Management (40%)
Direct and manage the new project submission, review, and approval processes in collaboration with internal and external subject matter experts across assigned AP courses.
Manage teams of internal and external subject matter experts in the creation of teacher and facilitator resources to support the expansion of the AP PBL Series.
Collect feedback from committee members and internal teams to ensure that all project content is aligned with AP core course documentation.
Confirm project consistency based on PBL templates and content requirements.
Maintain and improve PBL series content, identify longer term needs and develop a plan to address those needs.
Collaborate with PBL team to manage committee and facilitator contracting, orientation, and training.
Instructional Resource Development, Professional Learning Design, Pilots, and Implementation (20%)
Reimagine existing and develop new instructional resources to enhance course implementation.
Identify and prioritize new PL opportunities for development including alternate models to expand options to engage AP teachers in PBL and other innovative approaches to their courses.
Develop new professional learning opportunities based on program need and/or stakeholder request in collaboration with AP educators and other subject matter experts.
Execute pilot activities for new PL workshops.
Manage transition to of new workshops from pilot to operations.
Efficacy and Cross Program Alignment (20%)
Collaborate with research partners to study the impact of series on teaching and learning to inform continuous improvement plans.
Ensure PBL series con ent alignment with course frameworks, exams, and AP Classroom content.
Conduct an audit of the service-learning program/modules and re-establish baseline expectations and anticipated outcomes re: participation and impact.
Identify at least two viable approaches to service learning modules and/or processes that integrate PBL and/or ensure the two programs are working in