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Director I, AP Computer Science Principles Curriculum and Assessment
Remote - USA · Director · Full-time
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About the role
- AP® is a rigorous academic program built on the commitment, passion, and hard work of students and educators from secondary schools and higher education.
- AP provides willing and academically prepared high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level.
- The Math, Computer Science, and Cybersecurity department, which includes precalculus, calculus, statistics, computer science, cybersecurity, and networking is currently comprised of approximately 22 people supporting 6 courses in the AP portfolio.
Responsibilities
- In partnership with and with support from your manager, lead processes for authoring and revising assessment content, including training educator constituents.
- In partnership with and with support from your manager, lead the development of assessment forms for AP Computer Science Principles, ensuring the AP Exam development aligns with approved curricula and test specifications.
- With support from your manager, you strategize and develop an agenda and approach to ensure the committee's meeting time is of the highest productivity; you successfully adapt and pivot during the meeting as needed; and you successfully resolve all post-meeting item content edits.
- Recruit educators for the AP Computer Science Principles Development Committee and other opportunities to support AP Program.
- Support assessment workstreams within the AP Math, Computer Science, and Cybersecurity.
- Contribute to initiatives to refine and improve question task models as well as exam design in collaboration with AP Curriculum & Assessment leaders and aligned to other College Board initiatives to achieve psychometric and disciplinary best practices on AP Computer Science Principles exams.
- Collaborate with psychometrics and AP Curriculum & Assessment staff to establish fair, reliable, and valid cut scores for AP Computer Science Principles exam.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain close attention to detail, including proofreading
- Demonstrated ability to implement processes and procedures, manage project plans and schedules, and maintain tracking documentation
- Facilitate (with support from your manager and/or other team members) multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with the AP Computer Science Principles Test Development Committee.
Requirements
- All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.
- A Master's degree in Computer Science or a directly related discipline, and knowledge of current trends in the discipline (required), although a doctorate in the discipline is strongly preferred
- Expertise in Computer Science Principles with at least 5 years of experience in standardized assessment development or related work; experience with digital assessment and teaching preferred
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with solid technical proficiency and a customer-focused mindset
Compensation
- The hiring range for this role is $ 96,000 - $135,000.
- Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.
- Facilitate (with support from your manager and/or other team members) the successful scoring of student responses for AP Computer Science Principles Exams at the annual scoring event in person and online-the "AP Reading"-and produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use.
Benefits
- You'll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it's like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process.
Company info
- The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board (125+ staff) collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program to develop, manage, and deliver AP's 43 courses in a wide variety of subject areas.
- AP's course teams comprised of educators and disciplinary experts ensure that course curricula are aligned to higher education expectations and reflect the state of the art in the discipline, contribute to instructional resources and tools for teachers, and develop assessments that allow students in these courses to demonstrate their mastery of course content and skills.
- AP leads in strategic use of AI to expand student access, strengthen instructional design and professional support, and enhance assessment creation and exam analysis.
- About the Opportunity
- As the Director I, AP Computer Science Principles you will be responsible for preserving and improving the quality and validity of the
- AP Program's core deliverables within the subject domain:
- the exam, the course curriculum, and the professional development content.
- You are also responsible for item development and management from authoring to administration; training and collaborating with subject-matter experts (SMEs), typically college professors and secondary school teachers.
- You will ethically and effectively integrate AI technologies in assessment creation and review.
- This includes judiciously using AI assisted tools to support fairness, validity, and innovation in AP assessments.
- You will train SMEs on assessment development protocols, translate between academics and technical experts (psychometricians), and collaborate to develop formative assessment materials and resources to support AP Computer Science Principles teachers worldwide.
- You will serve as a point of contact in AP for committees and communities of subject-matter experts and will be responsible for the curriculum and assessment for AP Computer Science Principles, and, in partnership with other AP teams, further the strategic growth of AP Computer Science Principles across the globe.
- Additionally, you may have the opportunity to present, speak, and moderate dialogue with academic and membership audiences to ensure that ongoing change and improvement within AP courses and exams is understood, accepted, and supported in secondary and post-secondary educational communities.
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