Jobs / Education and social services / 25-9031.00
Instructional Coordinators
Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology into instruction in order to provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses. May train and coach teachers. Includes educational consultants and specialists, and instructional material directors.
- US jobs
- 227,760
- Median wage
- $77,440 a year
- Job family
- Education and social services
Can agents do the work of instructional coordinators?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Education and social services:
- Task levelUnexploredNo task-level benchmark in our collection tests teaching, counseling, or casework.
- Project levelPartialThin, adjacent evidence only. GDPval, which spans 44 occupations, is the one benchmark in our collection mapped here. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all GDPval occupations. No benchmark tests work with students or clients.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in education and social services, not always this occupation's tasks.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.
- Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids.
- Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards.
- Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students.
- Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.
- Advise and teach students.
- Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards.
- Update the content of educational programs to ensure that students are being trained with equipment and processes that are technologically current.
- Address public audiences to explain program objectives and to elicit support.
- Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems.
- Prepare grant proposals, budgets, and program policies and goals or assist in their preparation.
- Prepare or approve manuals, guidelines, and reports on state educational policies and practices for distribution to school districts.
Other job titles for this occupation (58)
Curriculum and Instruction Director · Curriculum Coordinator · Curriculum Director · Curriculum Specialist · Education Specialist · Instructional Designer · Instructional Systems Specialist · Instructional Technologist · Learning Development Specialist · Program Administrator · Career Technical Supervisor · Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) · Course Developer · Courseware Developer · Curriculum and Assessment Director · Curriculum Designer · Curriculum Developer · Curriculum Facilitator · Curriculum Manager · Curriculum Supervisor · E-Learning Instructional Designer (Electronic Learning Instructional Designer) · Education Consultant · Education Coordinator · Education Program Coordinator · Education Supervisor · Educational Specialist · Educational Technologist · Instructional Coach · Instructional Coordinator · Instructional Design Analyst · Instructional Design Consultant · Instructional Design Specialist · Instructional Design Technologist · Instructional Manager · Instructional Material Director · Instructional Materials Director · Instructional Specialist · Instructional Systems Designer · Instructional Technology Coordinator · Instructional Technology Facilitator · Instructional Technology Resource Teacher · Instructional Technology Site Technologist · Instructional Technology Specialist · Learning Consultant · Learning Design Specialist · Learning Experience Designer · Learning Specialist · Literacy Consultant · Literacy Specialist · Professional Development Director · School Curriculum Developer · School Standards Coach · Special Education Coordinator · Special Education Curriculum Specialist · Teacher Support and Student Intervention Team Lead · Technology Infusion Specialist · Technology Integration Specialist · Trainer and Curriculum Specialist