Director, AP Readiness - Strategy

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 14 focuses on growing the pipeline of students ready for AP by  

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

• Exploring how students and teachers experience the early years of implementing new AP courses 

• Understanding perceptions of AP’s teacher professional learning (PL) offerings to inform PL program design 

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,