Glossary
Instructional Coordinator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential instructional coordinator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key instructional coordinator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in instructional coordinator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ADDIE
- An instructional design model.
- Backward design
- Planning from goals to activities.
- Curriculum
- The planned content and learning.
- Data-driven instruction
- Using data to guide teaching.
- Fidelity
- Using a program as designed.
- Formative assessment
- Ongoing checks.
- Instructional coaching
- Supporting teachers to improve.
- Learning walk
- Observing classrooms to spot trends.
- MTSS
- Multi-tiered system of supports.
- Pacing guide
- A curriculum timeline.
- Professional development
- Training for educators.
- Professional learning community
- Teachers working together to improve.
- Program evaluation
- Measuring effectiveness.
- Scope and sequence
- What is taught and in what order.
- Standards alignment
- Matching instruction to standards.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Instructional Coordinator practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Instructional Coordinator training.
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