Director, AP French Language and Culture

College Board

1d•Remote

About The Position

The AP Curriculum and Assessment Team at College Board is responsible for developing, managing, and delivering AP's 40+ courses. The AP program provides academically prepared high school students with the opportunity to study and learn at the college level. This role specifically focuses on the AP French Language and Culture course, ensuring its curriculum, exam, and professional development content are high-quality and valid. The Director will be responsible for item development, training subject-matter experts (SMEs), integrating AI technologies in assessment, and collaborating with various teams to support the growth of AP French Language and Culture globally. Key responsibilities include assessment development and scoring, ensuring assessment quality and process, curriculum and instruction refinement, and outreach to the educator community.

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

Nice To Haves

Doctorate degree in French Language or a directly related discipline
Experience with digital assessment
Teaching experience
Fluency in another language, including, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese

Responsibilities

Serve as an assessment leader for AP French Language and Culture, with primary responsibility for assessment development.
Lead processes for authoring and revising assessment content, including training educator constituents.
Lead the development and management of assessment content (formative and summative) and scoring materials.
Lead the development of assessment forms for AP French Language and Culture, ensuring alignment with approved curricula and test specifications.
Facilitate meetings with the AP French Language and Culture Test Development Committee.
Train and directly supervise Test Development Committee members.
Facilitate the successful scoring of student responses for AP French Language and Culture Exams at the annual scoring event.
Produce AP Reading publications materials for teacher and student use.
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.
Contribute to processes for efficient, high-quality assessment development.
Contribute to initiatives to refine and improve question task models as well as exam design.
Monitor exam validity, security, reliability, fairness, and quality, as well as reader reliability.
Collaborate with psychometrics and AP Curriculum & Assessment staff to establish fair, reliable, and valid cut scores.
Collaborate with AP teams dedicated to instructional design and product development to develop new products for AP French Language and Culture.
Refine and improve AP French Language and Culture Course Framework to ensure clear and explicit learning outcomes.
Serve as a recognized and trusted resource within the educator community by collaboration and engagement.
Represent and increase support for the AP Program’s mission among external stakeholders.
Collaborate with the AP Professional learning team to support AP French Language and Culture consultants and teachers.
Recruit educators for the AP French Language and Culture Development Committee and other opportunities.
Work with the AP Higher Education team to co-develop and implement plans to raise college and university awareness of AP French Language and Culture courses and exams.