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About the Team
The Advanced Placement (AP) Curriculum and Assessment Team (60+ staff)
supports College Board in serving more than seven million students a
year as they prepare for a successful transition to college through
programs and services in college readiness and college success -
speci?cally through the AP Program. AP is a rigorous academic program
built on the commitment, passion, and hard work of students and
educators from secondary schools and higher education. With more than
40+ courses in a wide variety of subject areas, we are committed to
promoting innovation, equity, and excellence for generations of
students. 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
AP Physics 2 Course Lead is a member of the Science department and
collaborates with experts in the department and across all STEM subjects
to improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment for all science
courses. The STEM department, which includes computer science,
mathematics, the sciences, and statistics, is currently made up of 17
people supporting 15 courses in the AP portfolio.
About the Opportunity
As the Director for AP Physics 2, you will be responsible for preserving
and improving the quality and validity of the AP Program\'s core
deliverables within the subject domain: the course curriculum, the exam,
and the professional development content. You will serve as the primary
point of contact in AP for committees and communities of subject-matter
experts and will be responsible for the curriculum, instruction, and
assessment for AP Physics 2, as well as the strategic growth of AP
Physics 2 across the globe. Additionally, you will 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. As the Director for AP
Physics 2, you will be expected to closely collaborate with the
directors of the other AP Physics courses for alignment and parity.
In this role, you will:
Curriculum and Instruction (35-40%)
- Collaborate with the AP Instructional Products team to develop new
products designed to address unmet teacher instructional needs,
including developing prototypes, participating in small-scale
market-testing, and creating models for subsequent development in
conjunction with other AP workstreams
- Provide curriculum and assessment development protocol training,
translate between academics and technical experts (test developers
and psychometricians), and collaborate to develop curricular and
instructional materials and resources to support AP Physics 2
teachers worldwide
- Recruit, train, and directly supervise Committee members in
designated subject areas as content development contributors. Liaise
with key internal stakeholders (AP Publications, AP Project
Management, and AP Professional Learning staff) to execute project
plans
- Contribute to current research and best practices related to
curriculum development, instructional pedagogies, and assessment;
participate in regular discussions with other Curriculum and
Assessment team members on the current professional literature to
build a set of common, shared beliefs about AP\'s direction within
the larger educational community
- Collaborate with external curriculum development and professional
learning providers to ensure curriculum materials are aligned to
course content and skills, support the overarching AP course goals,
and provide quality materials for teachers and students
Assessment (45-50%)
- Develop, review, and approve AP Physics 2 Exam content in
collaboration with AP Assessment staff and ETS test development
staff, ensuring the exam development aligns with approved curricula
and test specifications
- Make recommendations for AP Physics 2 exam design improvements in
collaboration with and aligned to other College Board initiatives
- Monitor and improve exam validity and reader reliability in
accordance with established AP program thresholds
- Conduct multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual
meetings annually with each of the committees within the Director\'s
stewardship as well as other committee meetings in the discipline as
needed
- Attend and support the annual grading of the AP Physics 2 Exam (AP
Reading) on site and online
Strategic Growth and Outreach (10-15%)
Manage existing AP Development Committee recruitment and membership;
direct the overarching AP outreach strategy for the AP Physics 2 course
Represent and increase support for the AP Program\'s mission among e