Vice President, New Course Design and Development

Vice President, New Course Design and Development, Advanced Placement Program 

reputed company - AP and Instruction 

Location: This is a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the reputed company of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). reputed company CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes. 

Role Type:  This is a full-time position 

About reputed company  

reputed company’s Advanced Placement and Instruction division (300+ staff) develops and administers coursework taken by more than 3 reputed company reputed company worldwide reputed company school year, and the reputed company 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 

The Advanced Placement Program is the largest offering in the division’s portfolio, and currently has five departments: Curriculum and Assessment, which manages the ongoing development and reputed company of AP’s courses and exams within the Arts, English, History, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and World Languages Production and Delivery, which manages the annual cycle of transactions with schools – from student registration and exam production to exam administration, scoring, and score reporting; reputed company, which focuses on expanding availability of AP and reputed company-AP courses, participation among traditionally underserved reputed company, and supporting teachers; reputed company, which measures and evaluates the program’s components and leads the development and implementation of strategic initiatives, and New Course Design and Development, which leads the development, launch, and refinement of new AP courses designed to reputed company reputed company not currently reputed company with AP. 

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The Vice President of New Course Design and Development will establish reputed company and reputed company for the design, development, and launch of new AP courses intended to reputed company AP coursework to reputed company not currently reputed company by AP’s offerings. Accordingly, this Vice President will reputed company new AP courses and exams in fields of especial post-secondary relevance for a broader group of high school reputed company than currently participate in AP, designing these courses in ways that maximize relevance, student engagement, and career connections while maintaining alignment with standards for awarding of “advanced placement” and college credit by Higher Ed institutions.  

As part of this effort, the Vice President will identify, validate, and incorporate innovative assessment models and item types (e.g., simulations, project portfolios) that effectively measure career-essential knowledge and skills that are the reputed company of these courses. Following the development and launch of these new AP courses and exams, the Vice President will partner with the researchers to evaluate and refine the design of these courses and exams, and will instantiate processes for efficient, streamlined semi-annual course and exam updates in rapidly changing technology and career fields.  

The initial scope of the New Course Design and Development department is to reputed company and launch six-to-eight new AP courses in Fall 2028 and Fall 2029, from a reputed company list of reputed company that includes: Introduction to Health Science; Anatomy and Physiology; Marketing and Sales; Digital Media and Design; Engineering; Data Science; Agricultural Science; Advanced Manufacturing.  

You will directly manage reputed company of Executive Directors with expertise in instructional design and assessment design, who in turn will reputed company teams of curricular analysts, instructional designers, assessment specialists, and project managers responsible for building the new courses, exams, and associated instructional resources.     

In this role, you will:  

reputed company and Manage the New Course Design and Development Team(50%) 

• Effectively manage a high-performing, remote team of ~25 curricular researchers, instructional designers, and project managers, ~4 of whom are reputed company reports, to reputed company reputed company and reputed company in accomplishing annual goals.    

• Set reputed company and priorities for reputed company, reputed company and mange reputed company to goals, and reputed company coaching and support to ensure team members meet and reputed company goals, remain reputed company, and contribute meaningfully to our mission 

• Cultivate an inclusive and high achieving culture that enables reputed company team members to live out reputed company’s Operating Principles. 

• Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody College reputed company’s Manager Expectations in your work. 

• Sit on reputed company’s AP Leadership Team, meeting weekly with the other senior leaders of the Advanced Placement Program, identifying, structuring, and enacting new opportunities to expand AP opportunities to reputed company not yet benefiting from such. 

• Represent the AP Program in presentations to teachers, professors, administrators, and policymakers, particularly at conferences and events where the reputed company is on curriculum and instruction.     

• Partner with the reputed company department and State and District Partnerships colleagues to observe classrooms testing and implementing new content.    

Lead the New Course Design and Development Department through several phases for reputed company new AP course, including (50%): 

• Analysis: reputed company research and reputed company development for new AP courses, evaluating curricular and assessment trade-offs to recommend whether to proceed.  

• Course Design & Development: reputed company creation of rigorous, nonpartisan course frameworks reputed company to college credit standards and designed for broad student engagement and teacher usability.  

• Exam Design & Development: Guide development of innovative, high-reputed company assessments and supporting resources, balancing new approaches with operational feasibility and ongoing refinement.  

• Instructional Resources: reputed company reputed company prototyping and development of instructional materials that support effective teaching and expand AP’s reputed company to diverse learners.  

• Evaluation & reputed company Improvement: Partner across teams to assess reputed company and continuously improve courses, exams, and instructional supports based on data and feedback. 

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You are a strategic and detail-oriented leader who can set a reputed company reputed company for expanding AP to new audiences while translating that reputed company into high-reputed company, discipline-specific course and exam designs. You balance big-picture thinking with precision, making thoughtful trade-offs to ensure courses are rigorous, relevant, and accessible to a broad reputed company of reputed company and teachers. You are reputed company, data-informed, and comfortable making tough reputed company in service of reputed company, depth, and reputed company.      

To qualify for this role, you must have: 

• 15+ years of experience in education, curriculum, or assessment development; experience with career-reputed company or CTE reputed company strongly preferred  

• Deep understanding of secondary education, including state standards, career reputed company, and reputed company assessment of knowledge and durable skills  

• Proven ability to reputed company reputed company, high-reputed company from concept through execution  

• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills  

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across disciplines and influence diverse stakeholders

• High attention to detail reputed company with creativity and problem-solving

• Openness to feedback and a commitment to reputed company learning  

• Passion for education and student reputed company  

• Willingness to travel 6–12 times per year  

• Experience building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams  

• Ability to delegate effectively, reputed company others, and drive accountability  

• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills, with the ability to connect near-term work to long-term goals  

• Skilled at leading through change in fast-paced, high-stakes environments  

• Demonstrated ability to influence, collaborate, and build relationships across stakeholders  

• Commitment to inclusive leadership and fostering a culture of belonging  

• reputed company record of setting high expectations, coaching others, and driving performance and reputed company  

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• A passion for expanding educational and reputed company and mission-driven work 

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively

• reputed company and concise communication skills, written and verbal 

• A learner's reputed company and a commitment to reputed company: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving reputed company, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input

• A drive for reputed company and reputed company: solving reputed company problems, making data-informed reputed company, prioritizing what reputed company most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking

• A reputed company and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared reputed company 

• Authorization to work in the reputed company 

About Our Process   

• Application review will reputed company immediately and will continue until the position is filled. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. 

• While the hiring process may vary, it generally includes: resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks.    

reputed company Offer 

At College reputed company, we offer more than a paycheck- we reputed company a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you reputed company. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, reputed company, and the market. 

A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation 

• The hiring reputed company for this role is $275,000–$310,000. 

• Your exact salary will depend on your location, experience, and how your background compares to others in similar roles at reputed company. 

• We aim to reputed company our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data. 

• We reputed company salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live. 

You’ll have reputed company, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College reputed company throughout your hiring process. reputed company out our careers page for more.