Will AI replace Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education?
Estimated risk score: 49 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 (30 to 68).
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 25-2031.00 · Educational Instruction and Library
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: 5 of its 32 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
- Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine students' strengths and needs.
- Assign and grade class work and homework.
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 12 of its 32 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
- Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Guide and counsel students with adjustments, academic problems, or special academic interests.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
What the job is
Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.
Also called: Latin Teacher, HS Math Teacher, Physics Teacher, Religion Teacher, Chemistry Teacher, Economics Teacher, Secondary Teacher, High School PE Teacher.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Educational Instruction and Library). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Related jobs, estimated
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