Will instructional coordinators be replaced by AI?
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Instructional coordinators score 59 of 100 for AI exposure. The largest share of their task time, 74%, is work AI speeds up while they stay in charge. AI can take over 10% outright, and 16% stays with people.
- 10% AI can do it
- 74% AI helps
- 16% Needs a person
High exposure
Higher than 89% of the 923 occupations we scored.
Task by task
We graded 30 tasks, listed here from most to least exposed. AI can do 3 of them today, speeds up 23 and leaves 4 to people.
| Task | AI exposure |
|---|---|
| Develop instructional materials, such as lesson plans, handouts, or examinations. AI drafts lesson plans, handouts, and exam items quickly. | 80% AI can do it |
| Edit instructional materials, such as books, simulation exercises, lesson plans, instructor guides, and tests. Editing and proofreading are highly automatable with AI. | 80% AI can do it |
| Define instructional, learning, or performance objectives. Writing clear learning objectives is a strong AI task. | 75% AI can do it |
| Adapt instructional content or delivery methods for different levels or types of learners. AI can rapidly tailor content and delivery for learner groups. | 65% AI helps |
| Design instructional aids for stand-alone or instructor-led classroom or online use. AI generates slides, job aids, and visuals; designers refine. | 65% AI helps |
| Develop measurement tools to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction or training interventions. AI drafts surveys, rubrics, and test items; validity needs review. | 65% AI helps |
| Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems. AI can research and draft recommendations; experts verify findings. | 60% AI helps |
| Analyze performance data to determine effectiveness of instructional systems, courses, or instructional materials. AI can analyze performance data; coordinators interpret results. | 60% AI helps |
| Design learning products, including Web-based aids or electronic performance support systems. AI assists web module authoring; design decisions stay human. | 60% AI helps |
| Develop master course documentation or manuals according to applicable accreditation, certification, or other requirements. AI drafts manuals; compliance accountability stays with people. | 60% AI helps |
Show the other 20 tasks
| Task | AI exposure |
|---|---|
| Research and evaluate emerging instructional technologies or methods. AI can rapidly scan and summarize new technology research. | 60% AI helps |
| Prepare or approve manuals, guidelines, and reports on state educational policies and practices for distribution to school districts. AI drafts policy guidance; approval and state accountability stay human. | 60% AI helps |
| Assess effectiveness and efficiency of instruction according to ease of instructional technology use and student learning, knowledge transfer, and satisfaction. AI can summarize satisfaction and outcome data; judgement stays human. | 55% AI helps |
| Provide analytical support for the design and development of training curricula, learning strategies, educational policies, or courseware standards. AI supports analysis of standards and policy options; experts decide. | 55% AI helps |
| Prepare grant proposals, budgets, and program policies and goals or assist in their preparation. AI drafts grant narratives and budgets; leaders take responsibility for final submission. | 55% AI helps |
| Update the content of educational programs to ensure that students are being trained with equipment and processes that are technologically current. AI can scan new tools and draft content updates quickly. | 50% AI helps |
| Recommend changes to curricula or delivery methods, based on information such as instructional effectiveness data, current or future performance requirements, feasibility, and costs. AI can model options; costs and feasibility need leader judgement. | 50% AI helps |
| Conduct needs assessments and strategic learning assessments to develop the basis for curriculum development or to update curricula. AI drafts surveys and summarizes responses; interviews stay live. | 45% AI helps |
| Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards. AI can explain code provisions; enforcement needs accountable human judgement. | 40% AI helps |
| Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards. AI compares materials and drafts orders; staff approve purchases. | 40% AI helps |
| Interview subject-matter experts or conduct other research to develop instructional content. AI helps research topics; SME interviews require human conversation. | 40% AI helps |
| Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids. AI drafts plans and materials; live delivery stays human. | 35% AI helps |
| Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures. AI drafts curriculum guidance; advising staff needs human context. | 35% AI helps |
| Present and make recommendations regarding course design, technology, and instruction delivery options. Presenting to decision makers is human; AI helps prepare options. | 30% AI helps |
| Teach instructors to use instructional technology or to integrate technology with teaching. Live coaching on technology use is human; AI drafts guides. | 30% AI helps |
| Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging, distributing, and maintaining educational materials and equipment in curriculum libraries and laboratories. Catalog tracking can be automated; staff coordination stays human. | 30% AI helps |
| Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills. Needs classroom presence; AI helps only with notes. | 15% Needs a person |
| Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students. Mostly in-person committee work and community engagement. | 15% Needs a person |
| Address public audiences to explain program objectives and to elicit support. Public speaking and community persuasion need a live human. | 15% Needs a person |
| Advise and teach students. Live student teaching needs people; AI tutors add minor help. | 12% Needs a person |
How instructional coordinators compare
All occupations (923)
Educational instruction and library (62)
Pay and outlook in the US
- Median pay
- $77,440 a year, May 2025
- People employed
- 227,760 in the US, May 2025
- Projected change in jobs
- +1.6% from 2024 to 2034
Skills to build
- Run validity review on AI-drafted assessments and rubrics
- Map learning objectives to assessments in Microsoft Excel
- Build interactive modules in Articulate Storyline
- Produce instructional video in TechSmith Camtasia
- Coach teachers live on the learning management system
- Present course design options in Microsoft PowerPoint
Safer roles nearby
5 related occupations with lower scores.
Questions about instructional coordinators and AI
Will AI replace instructional coordinators?
Partly. About 5 in 10 working hours of an instructional coordinator's time go to tasks AI can already do, mostly developing instructional materials and editing them. Live coaching, presenting course options to decision makers, and speaking to public audiences stay with people because they need a person in the room.
Which instructional coordinator tasks will AI take over?
Editing instructional materials, scored 80 for exposure, is marked for automation because AI proofreads lesson plans, instructor guides, and tests in seconds. Defining learning objectives, scored 75, is a strong AI task since drafting measurable outcomes from a course outline is pattern work. Developing measurement tools, scored 65, gets AI-drafted surveys and rubrics that a coordinator still checks for validity.
Which instructional coordinator tasks stay with people?
Observing teaching staff, scored 15 for exposure, stays with people because a coordinator has to sit in the classroom and judge how a teacher handles students. Addressing public audiences, also scored 15, needs a live speaker who wins over a school board. Advising and teaching students, scored 12, needs a person in front of learners. Together these sit in the 16 percent of task weight that stays human.
How can instructional coordinators stay valuable as AI spreads?
Start by taking responsibility for the validity review of AI-drafted exam items and rubrics, checking each item against learning objectives in Microsoft Excel. Build interactive modules in Articulate Storyline and video in TechSmith Camtasia, where layout and pacing decisions still need a designer's eye. Spend freed hours coaching teachers live on the learning management system and presenting course options in Microsoft PowerPoint to decision makers.
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