Instructional Coordinator

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Curriculum and Instruction Director; Curriculum Coordinator; Curriculum Director; Curriculum Specialist; Education Specialist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist; Learning Development Specialist; Program Administrator

Tasks

• 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.

Knowledge

• Education and Training
• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Mathematics
• Computers and Electronics
• Customer and Personal Service
• Public Safety and Security
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Communications and Media
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Philosophy and Theology
• Administrative
• Psychology

Skills

• Learning Strategies
• Writing
• Speaking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Monitoring
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning

Abilities

• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Speech Clarity
• Problem Sensitivity
• Speech Recognition
• Deductive Reasoning
• Near Vision
• Originality
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Fluency of Ideas
• Memorization
• Far Vision
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Number Facility
• Flexibility of Closure
• Visualization
• Selective Attention