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The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board (90+ staff) collaborates with colleagues across all aspects of the AP Program 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. The Science department, which includes biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, environmental science, anatomy and physiology, and Research, is currently made up of 20 people supporting 10 courses in the AP portfolio.

About the Opportunity

As the Director I, AP Environmental Science you will be responsible for preserving 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; training and collaborating with subject-matter experts (SMEs), typically college professors and secondary school teachers. 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 Environmental Science 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 Environmental Science, and, in partnership with other AP teams, further the strategic growth of AP Environmental Science 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 (45-75%)

• Serve as an assessment leader for AP Environmental Science, with primary responsibility for assessment development for AP Environmental Science.

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{=html} <!-- --> - Lead the development and management of assessment content (formative and summative) and scoring materials for AP Environmental Science through iterative review stages with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including the AP Environmental Science Team, Assessment Production team, Test Development Committee, and the Chief Reader, as appropriate.

{=html} <!-- --> - Lead the development of assessment forms for AP Environmental Science, ensuring the AP Exam development aligns with approved curricula and test specifications.

{=html} <!-- --> - Conduct multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings (during work week, evenings, or weekends) annually with the AP Environmental Science Test Development Committee.

{=html} <!-- --> - Train and directly supervise Test Development Committee members in AP Environmental Science as content development contributors and reviewers.

{=html} <!-- --> - Facilitate the successful scoring of student responses for AP Environmental Science Exams at the annual scoring event in person and online-the \"AP Reading\"-and produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use.

Assessment Quality and Process (10-25%)

• Contribute to learning and best practices related to assessment by participating in regular discussions with other AP Curriculum & Assessment staff members on the current assessment standards and practices to build a set of common, shared beliefs about AP\'s assessment directions within the larger educational and assessment community.

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{=html} <!-- --> - Contribute to 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 to achieve psychometric and disciplinary best practices on AP Environmental Science exams.

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