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Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.Mostly human for now
- 04Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.Mostly human for now
- 05Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.Mostly human for now
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 loss29%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
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 61% 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 40% 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.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.