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TheCollegeBoard Instructional Designer, AP Instructional Design - REQ001810_1-3175 in Chicago, Illinois
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College Board - AP&I
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
About the Team
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 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.
About the Opportunity
As the Instructional Designer, you will support the prototyping, testing, and development of requirements for a portfolio of instructional projects within the department. To this end, you will work closely with senior leaders, cross-functional teams, and subject matter experts to ensure that prototypes are effectively developed, tested, and refined, and that clear requirements are established for new content.
As an Instructional Designer within the AP Instructional Design department, you will play a key role in the development of innovative educational content. Your work will focus on prototyping, testing, and refining new course components, as well as developing clear requirements for content that will shape the future of AP offerings. You will collaborate closely with the Curriculum and Assessment team and other cross-functional teams to ensure that prototypes evolve into high-quality, scalable instructional materials. You will also contribute to the piloting process, supporting the Executive Director who leads this phase, to ensure that new components are tested and refined based on real-world classroom data.
In this role, you will:
Lead Instructional Prototyping Efforts: Develop and refine prototypes for various components of new AP courses or instructional resources, such as sample topics, course skills, instructional approaches, and project-based learning tasks.
Collaborate on Testing: Conduct small-scale testing of prototypes to gather feedback and data, ensuring that new components meet educational standards and effectively engage students. Support the Executive Director in the piloting process, contributing insights and adjustments based on pilot data working in partnership with Learning Engineering.
Develop Content Requirements: Translate successful prototypes into clear, actionable requirements for new content, working closely with the Curriculum and Assessment team to ensure alignment with AP standards and goals.
Contribute to Cross-Divisional Planning: Participate in the planning process for the Development and Deployment stages, collaborating with the Project Management Office and other departments to ensure smooth hand-offs and effective governance.
Specific Responsibilities:
Prototyping and Testing (40%)
Develop and Refine Prototypes: Work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to create instructional prototypes for new course components, such as a project, sample topic, course skills, instructional approaches, and integration of industry-recognized credentials (IRCs).
Conduct Small-Scale Testing: Plan and execute small-scale tests of prototypes to gather feedback from stakeholders and ensure that the new components are effective and feasible for broader imp