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School Psychologists
Diagnose and implement individual or schoolwide interventions or strategies to address educational, behavioral, or developmental issues that adversely impact educational functioning in a school. May address student learning and behavioral problems and counsel students or families. May design and implement performance plans, and evaluate performance. May consult with other school-based personnel.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Report any pertinent information to the proper authorities in cases of child endangerment, neglect, or abuse.Mostly human for now
- 02Interpret test results and prepare psychological reports for teachers, administrators, and parents.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Maintain student records, including special education reports, confidential records, records of services provided, and behavioral data.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Compile and interpret students' test results, along with information from teachers and parents, to diagnose conditions and to help assess eligibility for special services.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Collaborate with other educational professionals to develop teaching strategies and school programs.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Select, administer, and score psychological tests.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Assess an individual child's needs, limitations, and potential, using observation, review of school records, and consultation with parents and school personnel.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Collect and analyze data to evaluate the effectiveness of academic programs and other services, such as behavioral management systems.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Initiate and direct efforts to foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in school communities.Mostly human for now
- 10Promote an understanding of child development and its relationship to learning and behavior.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
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 loss5%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
39%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 74% 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
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.
- Report any pertinent information to the proper authorities in cases of child endangerment, neglect, or abuse.
- Initiate and direct efforts to foster tolerance, understanding, and appreciation of diversity in school communities.