Career
Instructional coordinators
Shape what schools teach and how they teach it.
$77,440
Median pay
+1.6%
Job growth, 2025–35
23,100
Openings a year
Master's degree
Typical education
6 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- 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.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on people & care, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Learning Strategies, Speaking, Writing, Instructing.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
6 years of education after high school (master's degree), for a median of $77,440 a year and 23,100 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Curriculum and InstructionCIP 13.0301
- Educational/Instructional TechnologyCIP 13.0501
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Training and Development Specialists$69,280 · +10.8%
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary$75,350 · +2.5%
- Training and Development Managers$133,000 · +6.4%
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$65,030 · -0.5%
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,970 · -0.4%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.