Instructional Coordinators

Median salary

$77,440

Average salary

$80,920

Employment

227,760

Projected growth

1.3% growth

Annual openings

21,900

Typical entry education

Master's degree

What Instructional Coordinators Do

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.

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Career Outlook

National employment outlook, 2024–2034.

Related work experience: 5 years or more
On-the-job training: None
Self-employed: 3.3%

Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.

How Much Preparation Does This Take?

Job Zone 5 of 5

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Experience: Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience.
Education: Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Job training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Source: O*NET Job Zones.

Key Knowledge Areas

Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.

Education and Trainingimportance 4.8/5
English Languageimportance 4.3/5
Administration and Managementimportance 3.8/5
Mathematicsimportance 3.7/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.6/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.5/5
Public Safety and Securityimportance 3.5/5
Personnel and Human Resourcesimportance 3.4/5

Work Environment

What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.

E-Mail5.0/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled5.0/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams5.0/5
Contact With Others4.8/5
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.8/5
Telephone Conversations4.6/5

Careers With Similar Skills

Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.

Anthropologists and Archeologists98% skill match
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary98% skill match
Education Administrators, Postsecondary98% skill match
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education97% skill match
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare97% skill match
Archivists97% skill match
Financial Managers97% skill match
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers97% skill match

Transferable Skills

Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.

Instructingimportance 4.1/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.9/5
Coordinationimportance 3.9/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.9/5
Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.8/5
Service Orientationimportance 3.6/5
Time Managementimportance 3.6/5
Persuasionimportance 3.3/5

Software & Technologies

Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.

Hot Technologies

In-Demand Technologies

Articulate Storyline
Learning management system LMS
TechSmith Camtasia

Other Software Used

Work Style

Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.

Innovation
Dependability
Cooperation
Intellectual Curiosity
Adaptability
Achievement Orientation
Leadership Orientation

Career Interests

This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.

SocialHigh
EnterprisingMedium
InvestigativeMedium
ConventionalMedium
ArtisticMedium
RealisticLow

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