Senior Director I, AP Math Generalist, Curriculum and Assessment

Senior Director I, AP Math, Curriculum and Assessment

College Board–AP

Location:This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employeesare required tooccasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.

Role Type:This is a full-time position

About the Team?

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® 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 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 enhanceassessmentcreation and exam analysis. The Math and Computer Science department, which includes computer science, precalculus, calculus, and statistics, is currently made up of 11 people supporting 6 courses in the AP portfolio.

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About the Opportunity?

As theSenior Director I, APMathAssessment Generalistyou willbe responsible forpreserving 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 across multiple course titles; 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, providing leadership and modeling for course experts across multiple course titles. This includes judiciously using AIassistedtools 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 Precalculus, Calculus, and Statistics 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 Precalculus, Calculus, and Statistics, and, in partnership with other AP teams, further the strategic growth of AP Precalculus, Calculus, and Statistics 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.??

In this role, you will:?

Assessment?Development and Scoring?(40-50%)??

• Serve as an assessment leader for AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statistics,?with primary responsibility for assessment development?and final?assessment?(items and forms)?approval?for AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and StatisticsYour?work will vary from year to year, with accountability across multiple test titles, requiring assessment and content domain?expertise?across multiple subject areas. You will be accountable for developing and reviewing?content, and?providing final program sign-off on test forms. You will be assigned work based upon needs that vary year to year, which means you will be accountable for?seamlessly moving in and out of assessment workstreams across subjects,?leveraging?your?expertise?about assessment, assessment processes, and content domain?expertise.?Your work in developing and revising test content is of the quality that typically requires no adjustments based on feedback from your manager and other program leaders.?

• Independently lead?processes for?authoring?and?revising assessment content, including?training educator constituents. Leverage?generative AI (as?appropriate for?subject/discipline)?to author?and/or review?assessment content?to improve and/or make more efficient?assessment?processes and outputs.?

• Independently lead?the development and management of assessment content?(formative and summative) and scoring materials?for AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statisticsthrough iterative review stages with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including?the?AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and StatisticsTeam, Assessment Production team, Test Development Committee, and the Chief Reader, as appropriate.?

• Independently lead?the?development of assessment forms?for AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statistics, ensuring the AP Exam development aligns with approved curricula and test specifications.?

• Lead?multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with?the AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and StatisticsTest Development Committees.?You?independently?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.?

• Train and directly supervise?Test Development?Committee members in AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statisticsas content development contributors?and reviewers.??

• Lead?the successful scoring of student?responses for AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and StatisticsExams at the annual scoring event in person and online—the “AP Reading”—and produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use.?You?independently?plan all-year, with increasing intensity in the months leading up to the Reading, ensuring all workflow steps for this incredibly complex event, as well as all post-Reading activities,?are accounted for and successfully executed.?

Assessment?Quality and Process?(25-30%)?

• Contribute to current research and best practices in assessment, and engage regularly with AP Curriculum & Assessment colleagues to align on standards and shared principles guiding AP’s assessment directions?

• Provide?functional leadership of cross-subject?assessment workstreams?to ensure consistency and leverage efficiencies.?Will serve as?an expert resource for course team and leadership consultation.??

• Provide formal training and informal mentoring to other Course Experts within your?AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statistics team, based on?need.?

• Develop strong efficiencies in item development through well-defined and well-documented task models,?item development training and processes, and highly effective use of generative AI.??

• Independently lead?(with limited managerial?support)?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?including?AI?innovation?and?professional learning?best?practices that?scale?assessment?to?achieve psychometric and disciplinary best practices on AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statisticsexams.?

• Monitor exam validity,?security,?reliability, fairness, and quality, as well as reader reliability?in accordance with?established Program thresholds?for?AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statisticsexams.?Identify?areas for improvement and independently?(with limited managerial?support)?lead?and?execute targeted initiatives to improve.?

• Collaborate with psychometrics and AP Curriculum & Assessment staff to?establish?fair, reliable, and valid cut scores for AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statisticsexams.?

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Staff Development and Capacity Building?(25-30%)?

• Train and support course experts in assessment development practices, including quality, validity, fairness, and use of generative AI, deepening their understanding of the?item and test development lifecycle, and effective use of item authoring and item bank platforms.?

• Mentor team members in effectively?facilitating?test development committees and working with external stakeholders.??

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Course Development?and?Program?Support?(0-10%)?

• Refine and improve AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and StatisticsCourse Frameworks to ensure clear and explicit?learning outcomes that?align with strategic priorities, including ensuring college/disciplinary standards as well as expanding the scope of?reaching a broader audience of AP students.??

• Collaborate with AP teams to support the development of?new products?for AP?Precalculus, Calculus, and Statisticsdesigned to address unmet teacher instructional needs,?potentially?including developing prototypes,?participating?in small-scale market-testing, and creating models for?subsequent?development in conjunction with other AP workstreams.??

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About You?

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• A?Master’sdegree in?Math or Statistics?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?Precalculus, Calculus, or Statistics with at least?10?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?

• 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?

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across all levels, and engage in giving and receiving constructive feedback?

• Ability to travel 6-8 times per year, plus up to two?additional?weeks for the AP Reading; must be eligible to work in the United States?

All roles at College Board require:

• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.

• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal

• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receivingtimely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.

• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.

• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success

• Authorization to work in the United States

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

• Whilethehiring processmay vary, it generallyincludes:resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.

What We Offer

AtCollegeBoard, we offer more than a paycheck: we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive.We’rea self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation

• The hiring range for this role is $112,000 -$170,000.

• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at the College Board.

• We aim to make our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data.

• We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live.

You’llhave open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and whatit’slike to work atCollegeBoard throughout your hiring process. Check outourcareers pageformore.

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