Instructional Coordinators

Key Responsibilities

• Address public audiences to explain program objectives and to elicit support.
• Prepare or approve manuals, guidelines, and reports on state educational policies and practices for distribution to school districts.
• Analyze performance data to determine effectiveness of instructional systems, courses, or instructional materials.
• Advise and teach students.
• Develop instructional materials, such as lesson plans, handouts, or examinations.
• Design learning products, including Web-based aids or electronic performance support systems.
• Provide analytical support for the design and development of training curricula, learning strategies, educational policies, or courseware standards.
• Edit instructional materials, such as books, simulation exercises, lesson plans, instructor guides, and tests.
• Develop measurement tools to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction or training interventions.
• Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids.
• Define instructional, learning, or performance objectives.
• Present and make recommendations regarding course design, technology, and instruction delivery options.
• Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.
• Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards.
• Design instructional aids for stand-alone or instructor-led classroom or online use.
• Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.
• Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems.
• Adapt instructional content or delivery methods for different levels or types of learners.
• Update the content of educational programs to ensure that students are being trained with equipment and processes that are technologically current.
• Research and evaluate emerging instructional technologies or methods.
• Conduct needs assessments and strategic learning assessments to develop the basis for curriculum development or to update curricula.
• Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging, distributing, and maintaining educational materials and equipment in curriculum libraries and laboratories.
• Teach instructors to use instructional technology or to integrate technology with teaching.
• Develop master course documentation or manuals according to applicable accreditation, certification, or other requirements.
• Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students.
• Interview subject-matter experts or conduct other research to develop instructional content.
• Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards.
• Recommend changes to curricula or delivery methods, based on information such as instructional effectiveness data, current or future performance requirements, feasibility, and costs.
• Assess effectiveness and efficiency of instruction according to ease of instructional technology use and student learning, knowledge transfer, and satisfaction.
• Prepare grant proposals, budgets, and program policies and goals or assist in their preparation.