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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 Humanities subjects. As the Assessment Innovation Lead for AP Humanities, 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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{=html} <!-- --> - Partnering with our internal innovation studio and AP content teams to set the vision and determine usage parameters for new content development tools

{=html} <!-- --> - Developing and documenting best practices for integrating new tools into assessment development for AP Humanities courses

{=html} <!-- --> - 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

{=html} <!-- --> - Collaborate with technical teams to evaluate new tools and optimizing for Humanities-specific needs

{=html} <!-- --> - 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 Humanities content development teams on how to use new tools, disseminate best practices, and gather feedback

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{=html} <!-- --> - 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.)

{=html} <!-- --> - Working closely with the Assessment Innovation Lead, AP STEM in sharing best practices across content development teams 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

{=html} <!-- --> - Preparing quarterly reports that measure success against metrics in Humanities subjects; identifying strategies for improvement as needed

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About You

You have:

• A master\'s degree in English, Literature, History, or related Humanities field (required), Ph.D. preferred

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Ability to bridge technical and non-technical conversations; translating user needs into technical requirements an