Senior Director, Career and Workforce Readiness, AP Instructional Design
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
NOTE: A strong candidate has been identified for this role.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement and Instruction division (260 staff) develops and administers coursework taken by more than 3 million students worldwide each school year, and the related subject-matter exams utilized by more than 4,000 colleges and universities for course placement and awarding of college credit. These include credit and placement examination programs like CLEP and ACCUplacer; Advanced Placement (AP) and Pre-AP courses in 40+ disciplines; and associated teacher professional learning programs.
The Advanced Placement Program is the largest offering in the division’s portfolio, and has six departments: Curriculum and Assessment, which develops the course frameworks, designs the exams, and guides the grading and scoring process; Delivery, which manages the annual cycle of transactions with schools – from student registration to exam administration, scoring, and score reporting; Access, which focuses on expanding availability of AP and Pre-AP courses, participation among traditionally underserved students, and supporting teachers; Strategy, which measures and evaluates the program’s components, identifies and evaluates program opportunities and threats, and leads the development and implementation of strategic initiatives; Digital, which leads product development of the Bluebook digital assessment platform, manages the implementation of digital testing for AP Exams, and provides instructional resources via AP Classroom; and Instructional Design, a new department charged a new department charged with developing and implementing a curricular research and instructional design phase to proceed all major content development projects, including: any possible new AP course; any significant revision to existing AP courses; major changes to student assessments, such as replacing part of the summative exam with through-course tasks or projects; and new teacher resources. The department is charged with designinghow to integrate workforce readiness, durableskills and industry-recognized credentials across AP coursework, ensuring that AP continues to serve as a powerful pathway to both college and career success.
The Advanced Placement Program is utilizing its scale, brand, and reputation for quality to design and redesign courses that will better prepare a wide range of students for an array of in-demand, living-wage careers. This curricular research and instructional design work is based within the AP Program’s Instructional Design department, Within this department, as the Senior Director of Career and Workforce Readiness, you will lead the strategic integration of durable skills, workforce readiness skills, industry-recognized credentials (IRCs), and career and technical education (CTE) opportunities across new and existing AP courses that enter a design phase. This role combines deep expertise in CTE and workforce development with strategic instructional design guidance to ensure new and revised AP courses effectively prepare students for both college and career success. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for meaningful workforce connections, provide subject matter expertisefor analysis and design projects, and guide the creation of resources that support career-connected learning within AP courses.
Guide Strategy and Approach: Conduct curricular analysis and requirements development for integrating workforce readiness and durable skills, industry-recognized credentials, and career-connected learning opportunities for AP courses that enter a design phase.
Provide CTE Expertise: Act as the primary subject matter expert on CTE programming, regulatory requirements, and workforce development trends, informing both curricular analysis and course development.
You are a strategic leader who bridges the worlds of academic excellence and workforce development, with a deep understanding of how rigorous coursework can prepare students for both college and career success. Your expertise in CTE programming and workforce development is matched by your ability to translate complex requirements into actionable guidance for instructional design. You are energized by the challenge of integrating career-connected learning into academically rigorous courses while maintaining the college credit value that defines AP. Your experience with work-based learning and industry partnerships gives you unique insight into creating meaningful connections between classroom learning and workforce application.
7+ years of experience in CTE program development, workforce development, or related fields, with demonstratedexpertise in creating career-connected learning experiences
Deep understanding of both educational systems and workforce development, including relevant policies, trends, and best practices
While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such as live coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.
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 $112,000 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 determined 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 responsibility
You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.
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