Description: Senior Director, AP Program Access

College Board - AP&I

Location: This is a fully remote role (mostly east coast hours, with flexibility). 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 Program Access team focuses on expanding the benefits of AP to all high school students who enter 4-year and 2-year colleges, specifically to students who haven't received the foundation AP provides for college success. In this role, the Senior Director will develop and lead a range of high-value strategic initiatives that focus on maximizing the reach of the AP Program, specifically AP African American Studies.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Senior Director, Program Manager, AP African American Studies, you will develop evidence-based, actionable, and strategic approaches to meet AP African American Studies' top priorities, and with the project management needed to execute those approaches them successfully. Specifically, this leader will define and manage the implementation of the program by helping our field teams advise districts and schools on implementation, creating models for teams of AP African American Studies teachers in schools, and designing the curricular and instructional crosswalks necessary to implement the course in the field. Your work will advance the successful launch and adoption of the course in schools and districts across the nation.

Your role will include monitoring and supporting teacher and school satisfaction, establishing understanding and acceptance of the course, and setting annual growth and volume metrics and supporting our field teams in achieving them.As the Senior Director, you will partner with cross-functional teams to grow the number of students accessing the African American Studies course and exam, with a particular emphasis on broadening access for all students.

You'll thrive when handling multiple projects, and can adapt, respond quickly, and innovate. You possess an exceptional ability to write and apply knowledge of the course to local school and district contexts.

In this role, you will:

• Develop a deep familiarity with and knowledge of the relevant AP Course Framework and/or AP Course and Exam Description.
• Design and execute on initiatives that address complex strategic issues related to expanding equitable student access at both the program and course level, with a particular focus on supporting teams of educators in providing a sufficient number of sections to serve students, based on existing AP potential.
• Develop and implement a sales model for leveraging instructional expertise and resources that supports the teams responsible for school and district outreach.
• Evaluate and transform school and state feasibility data and learnings into actionable strategic knowledge using superb analytical acumen, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Collaborate with the State and District Partnership team to define strategic growth opportunities through engagement with leading organizations (disciplinary or community-based) and K12 institutions.
• Leverage instructional expertise and resources to support the teams responsible for school and district outreach.
• Create crosswalks of the relevant state, district or hi gher education learning standards with the AP required content and skills.
• Collaborate across the AP team to ensure these products and materials align to our curriculum, instruction, and assessments.
• Collaborate across the AP team to ensure these products and materials align to our curriculum, instruction, and assessments.
• Build operational systems across teams to track progress towards goals and support field teams in their outreach.
• Manage a small team of consultants who support outreach for AP African American Studies.Build awareness and acceptance of AP African American Studies through presentations at conferences, dialogue with K12 institutions, and broader engagement of teacher disciplinary associations and organizations.

About You

You have:

• 10+ years of professional experience in school and district leadership, including relevant experience with efforts to expand access and diversity in your school's or district's Advanced Placement Program.
• Graduate degree in education or leadership, preferred
• Teach or have taught an African American Studies, Ethnic Studies, or related course, preferred
• A successful record of accomplishment leading multiple diverse projects with responsibility for balancing competing demands for project scope, time, cost, risk, and quality within a limited pool of resources.
• A strong background in teaching and learning, and experience coaching AP teachers.
• Exceptional written communication, public presentation, and advocacy skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a wide range of senior constituents.
• Demonstrated ability to apply an analytical, data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Hold professional state issued licenses as a high school teacher and a school leader.
• Strongly preferred: Experience as an AP teacher or an AP coordinator.
• Willingness to travel 25-50% (with more travel within the first year).
• Authorized to work in the United States.

You are:

• Strongly committed to expanding educational opportunities, including serving underrepresented students.
• A problem solver with excellent judgment who views challenges from multiple perspectives.
• Clear, compelling, and persuasive in your communications.
• Highly detail oriented and thorough.
• Able to see the big picture through the details and to accommodate different points of view.
• Able to tailor your communication to different audiences and across formats.
• A self-starter that thrives in fast-paced environments.
• Highly adaptable to new information, situations, or challenges.
• Creative and can produce fresh approaches to tough problems.

About Our Process

• Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise and/or panel interview, and reference checks. This is an approximately 8-week process.

About Our Benefits and Compensation

College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees equitably in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.

*The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $104,000 to $165,000. *College Board differentiates salaries by location so where you live will narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.

Your salary will be carefully de termined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based on this criteria.

Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:

• A comprehensive package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, retirement benefits, and more
• Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of resp