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Instructional Coordinators

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.

Also called: Curriculum and Instruction Director, Curriculum Coordinator, Curriculum Director, Curriculum Specialist, Education Specialist, Instructional Designer

Median pay in Greater Boston
$98,370
$47.29/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
4,450
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+4.4%
560 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Master's degree
5 years or more of related work experience

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$58,250$72,340$98,370$122,530$129,950

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d 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.
  • Advise and teach students.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Higher exposure86 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 87
  • Language-model AIOE 88
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 84

Observed AI use today: Substantial (Anthropic Economic Index)

This job has higher AI exposure, and people already use AI tools for some of this work. AI tools can help draft lesson materials, training outlines, and summaries of education rules. Watching teachers in class, coaching them, and leading workshops depend on people and relationships, and AI tools touch those much less.

Likely to change

  • Drafting instructional materials and curriculum outlines
  • Summarizing education codes and program rules

Still relies on people

  • Observing classrooms and coaching teachers
  • Leading workshops and advising school staff

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

5 programs near Boston (plus 16 graduate)

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