The College Board

Director, AP French Language and Culture

The College Board

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $96,000 - $135,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Serve as an assessment leader for AP French Language and Culture, with primary responsibility for assessment development for AP French Language and Culture
  • In partnership with and with support from your manager, lead processes for authoring and revising assessment content, including training educator constituents to author assessment content
  • Lead the development and management of assessment content (formative and summative) and scoring materials for AP French Language and Culture through iterative review stages with multiple internal and external stakeholders
  • Facilitate multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetings annually with the AP French Language and Culture Test Development Committee
  • Train and directly supervise Test Development Committee members in AP French Language and Culture as content development contributors and reviewers
  • Facilitate the successful scoring of student responses for AP French Language and Culture Exams at the annual scoring event in person and online —the “AP Reading”
  • Contribute to learning and best practices related to assessment by participating in regular discussions with other AP Curriculum & Assessment staff members
  • Support assessment workstreams within the AP English, World Languages, and Arts
  • Monitor exam validity, security, reliability, fairness, and quality, as well as reader reliability in accordance with established Program thresholds for AP French Language and Culture exam
  • Collaborate with psychometrics and AP Curriculum & Assessment staff to establish fair, reliable, and valid cut scores for AP French Language and Culture exam
  • Collaborate with the AP teams dedicated to instructional design and product development to develop new products for AP French Language and Culture designed to address unmet teacher instructional needs

Requirements

  • A Master’s degree in French Language or a directly related discipline, and knowledge of current trends in the discipline
  • Native to near-native fluency in French
  • Experience in standardized assessment development
  • Clear and concise oral and written communications skills
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills, including the ability to effectively handle multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Meticulous attention to detail, including the ability to closely proofread
  • Excellent skills in process and procedure implementation, including adhering to project plans and schedules, and maintaining project management documentation for tracking
  • Adaptable to new circumstances and approaches
  • Technical acumen and aptitude; proficiency with Microsoft Office, use of browser-based applications and tools
  • Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies such as new AI-driven solutions and a comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively
  • A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input, and an openness to new ideas
  • 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, respect, belonging and contributing to a culture of shared success.
  • A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
  • Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
  • Willingness to travel up to 6 times a year (domestic), with an additional 2 weeks in late May/June for the Annual “AP Reading” test evaluations
Benefits
  • Annual bonuses and opportunities for merit-based raises and promotions
  • A mission-driven workplace where your impact matters
  • A team that invests in your development and success
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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