Will AI replace Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary?
Estimated risk score: 46 out of 100
Moderate replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (27 to 65).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 32 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 11-9032.00 · Management
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 2 of its 32 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Write articles, manuals, and other publications, and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about facilities and programs.
- Prepare, maintain, or oversee the preparation and maintenance of attendance, activity, planning, or personnel reports and records.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 6 of its 32 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
- Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.
- Mentor and support administrative staff members, such as superintendents and principals.
- Teach classes or courses to students.
What the job is
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
Also called: Elementary Principal, Middle School Principal, Headmaster, SPED Admin, PE Director, School Admin, SPED Director, K-12 Principal.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Management). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate