How to hire instructional coordinators
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[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Advise and teach students. • Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures. • Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students. • Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards. • 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. • 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. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Master's degree] • Strong learning strategies, speaking, writing, active listening, monitoring and reading comprehension skills • Working knowledge of education and training, English Language, administration and management and mathematics • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $37.23 an hour ($77,440 a year). [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for instructional coordinators
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to advise and teach students. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- How do you teach yourself a new process, and how would you teach it to someone else?
- Explain something technical from your last job as you would to a new coworker.
- Describe something important you wrote at work, such as a report, notes or an email. Who read it and what happened next?
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What instructional coordinators do
- Advise and teach students.
- Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures.
- Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students.
- Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards.
- 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.
- 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.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for instructional coordinators
- Typical education to start: Master's degree (BLS)
- Related work experience most have: 2 to 4 years (O*NET)
- Experience usually needed to start: 5 years or more (BLS)
- Job outlook: +1.6% over ten years, little or no change · about 23,100 openings a year (BLS)
What to pay instructional coordinators
Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:
| State | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $105,990 |
| Maryland | $102,220 |
| Washington | $97,250 |
| California | $97,010 |
| Connecticut | $96,170 |
| Montana | $60,920 |
| Florida | $60,790 |
| South Dakota | $57,910 |
See instructional coordinators pay in every state
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