This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12486393 Director, AP Readiness - Strategy

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 term position that will last 18 months from the start date.

About the Team:

The College Board\'s Advanced Placement and Instruction division develops and administers coursework taken by more than 3 million students worldwide each school year, and the related subject matter exams utilized by more than 4,000 colleges and universities for course placement and awarding of college credit. These include credit and placement examination programs like CLEP and ACCUplacer; Advanced Placement (AP) and Pre-AP courses in 40+ disciplines; and associated teacher professional learning programs.

The AP Program Access department focuses on expanding availability of AP and Pre-AP courses, participation among traditionally underserved students, and supporting teachers. Our goal is to serve a broad range of high school students to succeed in rigorous courses and earn credit opportunities that accelerate them to and through college. Within this department, our AP Readiness & Learning team of 14focuses on growing the pipeline of students ready for AP by

• Implementing our Pre-AP program and strengthening its role in building readiness for AP

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We use what we learn to enhance how AP and Pre-AP teachers are trained, supported, and retained, emphasizing effectively leading classrooms that meet the needs of all students, including those taking AP courses for the first time. We are currently assembling a new Readiness Content Development Team to develop and execute a strategy for building the pipeline of students ready for AP, focusing on designing and deploying resources and tools for 8th and 9th grade classrooms.

About the Opportunity:

As Director, AP Readiness - Strategy, you will play a key role in developing our strategy for working in middle schools, with the goal of building earlier connections to the AP community and positioning 8th grade students to develop the academic behaviors and skills they need to transition to high school ready for AP course taking. Your work will focus on developing and delivering evidence-based, actionable, strategic recommendations to put more 8th and 9th grade students on the path to AP readiness. By reverse-engineering the skills and instructional strategies from commonly taken first AP courses, you will craft a compelling value proposition for vertically aligning instruction across middle and high schools, focusing on the academic building blocks necessary for future enrollment in AP courses. You will also help position the AP Access Department, including our Pre-AP and AP Instructional Services teams, to work effectively with middle school teachers, strengthening local AP communities. You relish the opportunity to bridge the gap between strategy, program development, and the practical realities of working in complex school environments - particularly middle schools, ecosystems that are not typically partners to the AP program. As we embrace the challenge of this new work with our team, your ability to thrive in ambiguity and swiftly adapt plans to drive innovative new offerings will be key to our success.

In this role, you will focus on:

Strategy and Program Development (50%)

• Working closely with the Director, AP Readiness - Prod ct Development, codify evidence-based skills that signify readiness for AP, and develop plans to incorporate these skills across middle school offerings

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Field Learning (30%)

• Develop plans for iterative learning cycles to address complex strategic issues in preparing middle school students for AP readiness.

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Planning and Execution (20%)

Lead end-to-end management of strategic projects from planning/scoping through final deliverables that build connections to the AP community fo