This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2213567 Director, AP Italian
Language and Culture Assessment Lead
College Board - AP & Instruction
Location: Remote, must work full time from the United States of
America
Type: This is a Full-time position
About the Team
The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board (40+ staff)
collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program to
develop, manage, and deliver AP\'s 40+ courses in a wide variety of
subject areas. 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. AP\'s Course Leads and Assessment Leads
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. The English, World
Languages, and Arts department, which includes English Literature,
English Language, Spanish Language, Italian Language, French Language,
German Language, Japanese Language, Chinese Language, Latin, Music
Theory, Spanish Literature, and Art and Design (2-D, 3-D, and Drawing)
is currently made up of 15 people supporting 14 courses in the AP
portfolio.
About the Opportunity
As the Assessment Lead for AP Italian Language and Culture, you are
responsible for the quality and validity of all assessment content for
the AP Italian Language and Culture exam.
The Director, AP Italian Language and Culture Assessment Lead is the
primary point of contact in AP for all assessment content for AP Italian
Language and Culture collaborating closely with the AP Italian Language
and Culture Course Lead (who leads curriculum development, guides
instructional support, and reviews assessment content). The Assessment
Lead may provide assessment development support in other related subject
areas. The Assessment Lead is responsible for all item development and
management from authoring to administration; training and collaborating
with subject-matter experts (SMEs), typically college professors and
secondary school teachers. S/he/they train SMEs on assessment
development protocols, translates between academics and technical
experts (psychometricians), and collaborates to develop formative
assessment materials and resources to support AP Italian Language and
Culture teachers worldwide.
In this role, you will:
Assessment Development and Scoring (85%)
- Serve as the assessment leader for AP Italian Language and Culture,
the primary person responsible for assessment development for AP
Italian Language and Culture
- Be responsible for authoring/revising assessment content and
training educator constituents to author assessment content,
including selection of appropriate stimulus material, and applying
best assessment practices
- Lead the development and management of all assessment content
through iterative review stages with multiple internal and external
stakeholders, including the AP Italian Language and Culture Course
Lead, Assessment Production team, Test Development Committee, and
the Chief Reader
- Be responsible for development of all assessment forms, ensuring the
AP Exam development aligns with approved curricula and test
specifications
- Conduct multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual
meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with
each of the committees within the Director\'s stewardship as well as
other committee meetings in the discipline as needed
- Lead the succe sful scoring of student AP Exams at the annual
scoring event in person and online-the \"AP Reading\"-and produce AP
Reading publications materials for teacher and student use
Assessment Quality and Process (15%)
- Contribute to current research and best practices related to
assessment; participate in regular discussions with other AP
Curriculum & Assessment members on the current assessment standards
and practices to build a set of common, shared beliefs about AP\'s
assessment directions within the larger educational and assessment
community
- Contribute to processes for efficient, high-quality assessment
development
- Refine and improve question task models as well as exam design in
collaboration with and aligned to other College Board initiatives
- Monitor and improve exam validity, reliability, fairness, and
quality, as well as reader reliability in accordance with
established Program thresholds
- Serve as a recognized and trusted resource within the community by
collaboration with the AP Course Lead in engagement with the
community to drive teacher satisfaction with the AP Italian Language
and Culture Exam
About You
You have:
A Master\'s degree in Italian Language or a directly related
discipline and knowledge of current tren