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Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary 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
- 02Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.Mostly human for now
- 03Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.Mostly human for now
- 04Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury 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
- 08Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.Mostly human for now
- 10Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, 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
33%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 31% 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.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.