What Do Instructional Coordinators Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Instructional Coordinators develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology in specialized fields that provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses. Includes educational consultants and specialists, and instructional material directors. They also observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.

Other tasks include:

• 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.
• Confer with members of educational committees and advisory groups to obtain knowledge of subject areas and to relate curriculum materials to specific subjects, individual student needs, and occupational areas.
• Advise and teach students.

We asked Instructional Coordinators how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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77% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 66% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Instructional Coordinators advise and teach students. They observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.

A typical day for an Instructional Coordinator will also include:

• Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards.
• Organize production and design of curriculum materials.
• Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems.
• Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards.
• Develop instructional materials to be used by educators and instructors.

We asked some Instructional Coordinators a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	95% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	75% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	96% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	55% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	11% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	48% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Instructional Coordinators also confer with members of educational committees and advisory groups to obtain knowledge of subject areas and to relate curriculum materials to specific subjects, individual student needs, and occupational areas. They may also conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Instructional Coordinators Develop instructional materials to be used by educators and instructors. They might also Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging, distributing, and maintaining educational materials and equipment in curriculum libraries and laboratories.

In addition, they Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.

To some Instructional Coordinators, it is also their responsibility to Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.

Working life

More than 40 hours per week

Regular schedule like a 9 to 5

In a typical work week as an Instructional Coordinator, you can expect to work more than 40 hours per week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like working with, communicating with, and teaching people. They like helping or providing service to others..

They also like working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. They like searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

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