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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.Mostly human for now
- 02Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.Mostly human for now
- 03Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.Mostly human for now
- 04Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.Mostly human for now
- 07Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Assign and grade class work and homework.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.AI could speed this up a lot
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
32%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 62% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 41% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.