Career switch, measured
From College Instructor to Instructional Designer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 66% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Curriculum development, Teaching, Leadership, Communication; the main skills to add are Training and coaching, Instructional design, Research, Process improvement.
66%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillCollege InstructorInstructional Designer
- Curriculum development92%41%
- Teaching92%32%
- Leadership64%23%
- Communication19%16%
- Stakeholder management17%11%
- Problem solving17%10%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Instructional Designer postings, rarely in College Instructor ones.
SkillCollege InstructorInstructional Designer
- Training and coaching–43%
- Instructional design–28%
- Research–17%
- Process improvement–13%
- Agile–8%
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