About College Board

College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today, the membership association is made up of over 6,000 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year, College Board helps more than seven million students prepare for a successful transition to college through programs and services in college readiness and college success—including the SAT®, the Advanced Placement® Program, and BigFuture®. The organization also serves the education community through research and advocacy on behalf of students, educators, and schools.   

About Career Kickstart

Career Kickstart (CK) expands the successful AP model to the career and technical education space, by offering schools a new set of career-oriented high school courses that provide students with relevant, high-quality instruction and experiences that lead to industry-recognized credentials and college credit, and ultimately, power students' progress to in-demand jobs in high-growth sectors and choice-filled lives.

About the Opportunity

As the course lead for CK Cybersecurity 1: Networking Fundamentals you will be a catalyst for change in expanding and diversifying the networking/cybersecurity talent pipeline and creating opportunities for students to own their futures.  You are an experienced IT course designer and teacher at the high school level, or at the post-secondary level with high school experience/interaction. You are excited to apply your experience and knowledge with Information Technology education to a role where you will pilot, launch, and manage the on-going improvement of a new networking course and assessment for high school students: Cybersecurity 1: Networking Fundamentals. You will also be responsible for the development and revision of instructional materials to ensure all courses are engaging and relevant for students.

Your deep commitment to educational equity and the potential of all students will be a major asset as you work to ensure the networking course is designed to serve a diverse group of hundreds of thousands of high school students. Your experience providing consultation and implementing processes and strategies allows you to work effectively with teachers, higher education faculty, employers and workforce committees, and a diverse set of advisors to refine the course content, develop instructional and assessment materials, and train teachers.

In this role, you will:

Product Strategy & Launch

Manage a standing advisory committee – made up of K-12 leaders, higher education professors and industry experts - to provide input and advice on the course and the associated assessment, instructional materials, and teacher training.
Maintain a deep understanding of the career technical education (CTE) landscape and IT Pathways. Translate knowledge and updates in the field into Career Kickstart’s program strategy and improvements. 
Support workstreams to ensure product/program delivers exceptional user experience to students, educators, and schools. 
Work with cross-functional teams to ensure program vision is translated into key design choices and technical requirements, and that development roadmap stays on track.

Course Development and Instruction

Responsible for updating and maintaining the Course Exam Description (CED) to ensure alignment with industry and higher education standards, ensuring it is relevant and valuable to students taking the course.
Coordinate a broad coalition of stakeholders - including expert high school teachers, industry experts and higher education leaders - to ensure the networking course and assessment meets state standards and aligns to secondary, postsecondary, and industry needs and requirements. 
Collaborate with external curriculum development providers to ensure curriculum materials are aligned with course content and skills, support the overarching Cybersecurity 1: Networking Fundamentals course goals, and provide high quality materials for teachers and students.

Assessment

Collaborate with the assessment team to on the Cybersecurity 1: Networking Fundamentals assessment, and:
Develop strategies for formative and summative assessment
Develop formative and summative assessment materials, including sample questions and task models
Review assessment questions and forms

About You

You have: 

A degree in Information Technology or a related field or a degree in teaching required 
Three years’ experience teaching postsecondary or high school Information Technology courses with a focus in Cybersecurity
Experience with design and implementation of professional development as well as experience with instructional design and content development required
Passion for networking and cybersecurity education
Proven ability to manage and/or launch new projects
High degree of personal ownership and accountability to consistently deliver results in a fast-paced and high-profile environment 
Comfort with ambiguity and an entrepreneurial mindset 
Natural curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning
Strong organizational and time management skills with a process-oriented mindset 
Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, and communication skills; demonstrated ability to establish positive working relationships at all levels of the organization
Thorough understanding of the CTE landscape and experience with career-focused education offerings (e.g., coursework, credentials) that are successfully adopted in K-12, including development processes, state/district needs, emerging technologies, go-to-market strategies, partnership integrations, etc. Preferred 
Ability to travel up to approximately 10%
You are eligible to work in the US for any employer

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 $80,000 to $135,000. 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
A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive
You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process

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