This Position is for a Director, Course Lead, Physics 2 with a remote work location in Jackson, MS.

About the Opportunity

As the Director for AP Physics 2, you will be responsible for preserving and improving the quality and validity of the AP Program's core deliverables within the subject domain: the course curriculum, the exam, and the professional development content. You will serve as the primary point of contact in AP for committees and communities of subject-matter experts and will be responsible for the curriculum, instruction, and assessment for AP Physics 2, as well as the strategic growth of AP Physics 2 across the globe. Additionally, you will 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. As the Director for AP Physics 2, you will be expected to closely collaborate with the directors of the other AP Physics courses for alignment and parity.

In this role, you will:

Curriculum and Instruction (35--40%)

Collaborate with the AP Instructional Products team to develop new products designed to address unmet teacher instructional needs, including developing prototypes, participating in small-scale market-testing, and creating models for subsequent development in conjunction with other AP workstreams

Provide curriculum and assessment development protocol training, translate between academics and technical experts (test developers and psychometricians), and collaborate to develop curricular and instructional materials and resources to support AP Physics 2 teachers worldwide

Recruit, train, and directly supervise Committee members in designated subject areas as content development contributors. Liaise with key internal stakeholders (AP Publications, AP Project Management, and AP Professional Learning staff) to execute project plans

Contribute to current research and best practices related to curriculum development, instructional pedagogies, and assessment; participate in regular discussions with other Curriculum and Assessment team members on the current professional literature to build a set of common, shared beliefs about AP's direction within the larger educational community

Collaborate with external curriculum development and professional learning providers to ensure curriculum materials are aligned to course content and skills, support the overarching AP course goals, and provide quality materials for teachers and students

Assessment (45--50%)

Develop, review, and approve AP Physics 2 Exam content in collaboration with AP Assessment staff and ETS test development staff, ensuring the exam development aligns with approved curricula and test specifications

Make recommendations for AP Physics 2 exam design improvements in collaboration with and aligned to other College Board initiatives

Monitor and improve exam validity and reader reliability in accordance with established AP program thresholds

Conduct multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings annually with each of the committees within the Director's stewardship as well as other committee meetings in the discipline as needed

Attend and support the annual grading of the AP Physics 2 Exam (AP Reading) on site and online

Strategic Growth and Outreach (10--15%)

Manage existing AP Development Committee recruitment and membership; direct the overarching AP outreach strategy for the AP Physics 2 course

Represent and increase support for the AP Program's mission among external stakeholders in AP Physics 2 through a variety of strategies, including growth across all AP Physics 2 initiatives

Recommend strategies and approaches that will help the program effectively scale to support traditionally underrepresented students and encourage high usage across urban, suburban, and rural district geographically distributed. Support translating the existing Professional Learning model to effectively address the needs of AP teachers in that discipline

Work with the AP Higher Education team to co-develop and implement plans to raise college and university awareness of AP courses and exams in the subject area

Assist efforts to recruit college faculty and experienced AP teachers to serve as AP Readers; co-lead the planning and execution of discipline-specific AP Faculty Colloquia events

About You

You have:

A master's degree in physics (or a closely related field), required, Doctorate strongly preferred

Extensive AP classroom (or college equivalent) teaching experience, required

Experience with curriculum design and development (beyond an individual classroom) and implementation of professional development content, preferred

Experience with instructional design and content development, preferred

Experience with standardized assessment design or development (beyond an individual classroom), preferred

Experience with digital assessment, preferred

Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, including the ability to interact with staff at all levels and give and receive feedback

Excellent communications skills; strong computer skills; and ability to conduct research on instructional topics, methods, and media

Ability to travel up to approximately 20%

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