Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary

1. 01Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.Mostly human for now
2. 02Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, or handouts.AI could speed this up a lot
3. 03Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.People already use AI for this at work
4. 04Supervise students' laboratory and field work.Mostly human for now
5. 05Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as family behavior, child and adolescent mental health, or social intervention evaluation.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
6. 06Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
7. 07Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.People already use AI for this at work
8. 08Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.People already use AI for this at work
9. 09Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.People already use AI for this at work
10. 10Collaborate with colleagues and community agencies to address teaching and research issues.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.

The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.

1. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
2. Supervise students' laboratory and field work.

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