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Innovation Lead, AP STEM
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 Curriculum and Assessment Team (90+ staff) collaborates with
colleagues across College Board 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 content 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.
About the Opportunity
As AP embraces emerging technologies, including generative AI, we\'re
seeking a curious and innovative educator and/or assessment expert to
join our team as an Assessment Innovation Lead focused on emerging
technologies in STEM subjects. As the Assessment Innovation Lead for AP
STEM, you will help bridge the gap between traditional content
development and new technologies, working closely with our innovation
studio to enhance our item development processes. You\'ll play a crucial
role in shaping how we leverage new tools to support our content teams
while ensuring we do so in a way that maintains the high academic
standards of AP assessments.
In this role, you will be:
Process Innovation (50%)
- Collaborating with Advanced Placement leadership to set the strategy
for how we use new technologies to support assessment development
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- Coordinating and implementing key decisions regarding the content
areas, assessment components, and workflows in which we pilot and
scale new tools
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- Partnering with our internal innovation studio and AP content teams
to set the vision and determine usage parameters for new content
development tools
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- Developing and documenting best practices for integrating new tools
into assessment development for AP STEM courses
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- Leading initiatives to integrate new tools into the workflows of
multiple teams, collaborating closely with Assessment Production and
generative AI leaders to lead and manage change
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- Collaborating with technical teams to evaluate new tools and
optimizing for STEM-specific needs
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- Implementing evidence-based experimentation that aligns with AP
operational priorities, continually measuring outcomes to guide
improvements
Team Leadership and Training (30%)
- Designing and implementing regular trainings to educate STEM content
development teams on how to use new tools, disseminate best
practices, and gather feedback
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- Providing just-in-time guidance and support to team members adapting
to new tools and processes
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- Developing processes and trainings to ensure content teams are
supported in adopting new tools successfully (e.g., weekly office
hours, process documentation, communities of practice, etc.)
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- Working closely with the Assessment Innovation Lead, AP Humanities
in sharing best practices across content development eams to ensure
standardization and organization wide success in new technology
adoption
Analytics and Reporting (20%)
- Partnering with the innovation studio to set and measure adoption,
efficiency, and quality metrics to track the impact of innovation
efforts
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- Preparing quarterly reports that measure success against metrics in
STEM subjects; identifying strategies for improvement as needed
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- Deriving learnings about the efficacy of new technologies across
STEM subjects and in specific subjects; identifying implications and
incorporating into strategies for scaling tool adoption
About You
You have:
- A master\'s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or
another STEM field (required), Ph.D. preferred
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- 5+ years of experience in educational content development or
assessment in STEM subjects
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- Experience designing new processes and enabling successful adoption
Ability to bridge technical and non-technical conversations; translating
user needs into technical requirements and technical concepts into
strategies and