Adapted Physical Education Specialists
Provide individualized physical education instruction or services to children, youth, or adults with exceptional physical needs due to gross motor developmental delays or other impairments.
$76,580 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 16%
- 7%
- 77%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 14%. Today's estimate: 15%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 20 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 19% | 42 min25 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide adapted physical education services to students with intellectual disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic impairments, or other disabling condition.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 16% | 50 min25 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 38 min25 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Assess students' physical progress or needs.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Establish and maintain standards of behavior to create safe, orderly, and effective environments for learning.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 6% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare lesson plans in accordance with individualized education plans (IEPs) and the functional abilities or needs of students.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min25 min to 2.1 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Collaborate with other educational personnel to provide inclusive activities or programs for children with disabilities.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 8 min4 min to 17 min | Stays with people | |
| Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Write or modify individualized education plans (IEPs) for students with intellectual or physical disabilities.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.1 h50 min to 3.3 h | 80%Half by now | |
| Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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Where this job works
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