Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
In short: today's best AI models could do about 29% of this job's working time (projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index) if the work were set up for them, and about 57% by the end of 2028 if progress keeps its long-run pace. The conversations, in-person and hands-on work, about 43% of the time, stays with people.
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
328,330 people do this job in the US. $105,870 a year.
Reviewed on September 30, 2026: what each task is made of, and what handing it over would ask.
A typical 40-hour week
- AI could take on0 h
- A person checks AI's work11 h
- Desk work AI can't do yet12 h
- Stays with people17 h
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary, now: of a 40-hour week, AI could take on 0 hours, 11 hours become checking its work, 12 hours are desk work it can't do yet, and 17 hours stay with people.
The largest pieces: Evaluate curricula and programs (about 2 h, a person checks); Set standards and policies (about 1 h, a person checks); Set program offerings and schedules (about 1 h, a person checks).
Estimates for a typical week of this job, if progress keeps its long-run pace, counting work the best models finish four times in five. Every task is below.
of the working time. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.
- 56%
- 1%
- 21%
- 22%
- 0%
of the work: Anthropic's measure of what people already bring to Claude at work (2025). It counts help with part of a task, so it can be higher than the share within reach.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
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What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 2.4 work days long four times in five.
What handing it over would take, now
The 29% within reach splits by what a model would need. The dates, pace and reliability follow the controls above. Estimates.
of the working time. The material can be handed to a model and the result handed back.
of the working time. The model has to be connected to the system the work lives in.
is conversation short enough by length. This site leaves conversation with people, so it is not in the total.
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, 6%. Today's estimate: 29%.
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.
Measured use over time
Of the Claude.ai conversations Anthropic sampled and tied to a work task, 0.52% went to this job's tasks in May 2026, the 49th largest of the 447 jobs that showed up at all; 2 of its 32 tasks showed up. Within each of Anthropic's methods, never across a change: 0.44% to 0.46% (released February and March 2025); 0.16% to 0.16% (August 2025 to February 2026); 0.51% to 0.52% (April to May 2026).
Each release
| Conversations | Share | Rank | Tasks seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released February 2025 | 0.44% | 42 of 708 | 10 of 32 |
| Released March 2025 | 0.46% | 37 of 703 | 12 of 32 |
| The week of Aug 4, 2025 (released September 2025) | 0.16% | 110 of 655 | 9 of 32 |
| The week of Nov 13, 2025 (released January 2026) | 0.18% | 95 of 672 | 10 of 32 |
| The week of Feb 5, 2026 (released March 2026) | 0.16% | 108 of 677 | 11 of 32 |
| April 2026 (released June 2026) | 0.51% | 48 of 434 | 2 of 32 |
| May 2026 (released June 2026) | 0.52% | 49 of 447 | 2 of 32 |
Measured, not estimated: Anthropic's samples of Claude.ai conversations, each tied by a model to an O*NET task, from the Anthropic Economic Index. It says where Claude's use goes, not how much of this job's working time it covers, so it is not on the same scale as the reach above. The releases differ in their sample, their classifier and the smallest share they report (the June 2026 file rounds each task to a hundredth of a percent, so a smaller task reads as none), which is why a change of method starts a new line. At least 96% of each older release's task-tied use matched this site's tasks, and all of the newest. Claude.ai only, so use through other tools and other companies' models is not in it. Every job ranked.
Robots and the physical work
Anthropic rates almost none of this job's working time as physical work, so robots do not reach it.
Anthropic's rating, not this site's estimate: Claude Opus 5, searching the web, rated each physical O*NET task by the kind of setting in which a robot it could cite (deployed, sold or demonstrated) does most of the task, weighted by its own estimate of each task's share of the time (What work can robots do?, September 30, 2026, data CC BY 4.0; every job ranked). A robot shown somewhere is not a robot in your building: cost, setup and safety decide that. The share within reach on this page still counts no body work. The robot behind each rated task is under the task below.
What changes for the people in this job
From the task-by-task review, by the end of 2028 on the long-run pace at four in five. It says which parts of the work stay with people and which change, not whether anyone keeps a job: that depends on decisions no data set can see.
What stays with people
42% of the working time: the conversation, in-person and hands-on parts of the tasks.
- Advocate for school facilities, the conversation, 5%
- Run programs across districts, the conversation, 5%
- Build community partnerships, the conversation, 4%
- Direct maintenance and facility use, the in-person work, 3%
- Counsel students, the in-person work, 2%
- Teach classes, the in-person work, 2%
What becomes checking the machine
55% of the working time: desk work a model could do by then, in tasks where a mistake costs something or a licensed person signs. A person checks it.
- Evaluate curricula and programs, costly if wrong, 9%
- Write school improvement plans, costly if wrong, 8%
- Run programs across districts, costly if wrong, 8%
- Set standards and policies, costly if wrong, 5%
- Set program offerings and schedules, costly if wrong, 5%
- Develop instructional programs, costly if wrong, 3%
What to learn
- Reviewing work you did not do yourself. The tasks under What becomes checking the machine, where a mistake costs something, stay a person's to check or sign: spotting what a draft gets wrong is a skill of its own.
- Briefing a model and checking its drafts. About 56% of the time is documents and data, the part models reach first: writing a clear brief, giving the right material, and checking what comes back.
- The conversations. About 43% of the time is conversation and in-person work, which this site leaves with people: listening, explaining, persuading, calming.
- Dealing with people outside the organization. Customers, patients, suppliers or the public: trust with them is built by a person.
- Handling protected records. Much of the work touches protected personal records: knowing what may be shared with a model, and how, is part of the job.
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The tasks
Sorted by . 32 tasks from .
| Task | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establish, coordinate, and oversee particular programs across school districts, such as programs to evaluate student academic achievement.The program designed on paper and coordinated by phone and meetings.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 13% | 4.2 work days1.7 work days to 1.7 work weeks | Documents 60%, conversation 40% | 4%Desk part half by Jul 2027 |
| Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.Reading the results and the rules, with time in classrooms.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 1 work day2.5 h to 3.1 work days | Documents 80%, in person 20% | 41%Desk part half by now |
| Create school improvement plans, using student performance data.Analysis of the data and the plan written.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 8% | 2.1 work days5 h to 1 work week | Documents 100% | 27%Half by Mar 2027 |
| Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.Policy written, with the discussions behind it.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 7% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Documents 70%, conversation 30% | 51%Desk part half by now |
| Advocate for new schools to be built, or for existing facilities to be repaired or remodeled.Board meetings and calls, with the case written.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 4.2 work days6.7 h to 1.7 work weeks | Conversation 50%, in person 30%, documents 20% | 1%Desk part half by Nov 2027 |
| Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.Working the offerings and the schedule out on paper.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 1 work day3.3 h to 2.5 work days | Documents 100% | 69%Half by now |
| Develop partnerships with businesses, communities, and other organizations to help meet identified educational needs and to provide school-to-work programs.Meetings and calls with partners.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 4% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | Conversation 60%, in person 40% | Stays with people |
| Plan, coordinate, and oversee school logistics programs, such as bus and food services.Plans and contracts on paper, and calls with the providers.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | Documents 50%, conversation 50% | 16%Desk part half by Mar 2027 |
| Plan and develop instructional methods and content for educational, vocational, or student activity programs.Curriculum design at the desk.Done more than weekly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | Documents 100% | 55%Half by now |
| Direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities.Walking the building, calls with the custodians and contractors, and the schedule.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.1 work days | In person 50%, conversation 30%, documents 20% | 10%Desk part half by now |
| Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.Working sessions and the standards written.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 1 work day | Documents 50%, conversation 50% | 49%Desk part half by now |
| Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.Interviews, reviews and the write-ups.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days | Conversation 50%, documents 30%, in person 20% | 21%Desk part 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. Made of: how the task's time splits among five kinds of doing. Only the documents and systems parts can count as within reach, so a task that is 30% documents can be at most 30% within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare41% now, 49% by 2028
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education35% now, 35% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School36% now, 36% by 2028
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary27% now, 54% by 2028
- Instructional Coordinators39% now, 68% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Elementary School40% now, 40% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).
Questions about this job
- How much of the work of Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary is within reach of AI now?
- An estimated 29% of the working time is within reach of AI models now and 57% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five (53% to 57% across the three paces the site shows). Within reach means a model could finish work that long at that reliability. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
- Which tasks of Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary come within reach first?
- Weighted by the time each takes, the tasks with the most within reach now (projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index) are: Evaluate curricula and programs (41% of the task's time now, 80% by the end of 2028); Set standards and policies (51% of the task's time now, 70% by the end of 2028); and Set program offerings and schedules (69% of the task's time now, 100% by the end of 2028).
- Which tasks of Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary stay with people?
- Tasks that are people work or body work are not counted as within reach at any date. The largest: Build community partnerships; Counsel students; and Teach classes. Together such tasks are about 12% of the working time, and the people and body parts of the other tasks stay with people too.
- What should Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary learn as AI takes on more of the work?
- By the job's own task-by-task review, the first things to learn are reviewing work you did not do yourself; briefing a model and checking its drafts; and the conversations. By the end of 2028 on the long-run pace at four in five, about 42% of the working time stays with people, 55% becomes checking a model's work and 1% could be handed over with lighter checks. It says which parts of the work change, never whether anyone keeps a job.
- Do people already use AI for the work of Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary?
- In the Claude.ai conversations Anthropic sampled for May 2026 and tied to a work task, 0.52% went to this job's tasks, the 49th largest share of the 447 jobs that showed up; 2 of its 32 tasks appeared. Anthropic's labor market measure puts the share of the job's tasks seen in real Claude use at work at 5%. These are measures of use, not of how much of the work AI could finish, and they cover Claude only.
- Can robots do the physical work of Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary?
- Anthropic's robot exposure rating (September 2026) finds almost none of the working time is physical work, so robots do not reach it.
- How is this estimated?
- From the 32 tasks O*NET lists for the occupation, each with an estimated length checked against GDPval and a share of the working time, reviewed one task at a time on September 30, 2026 for what each is made of (documents, business systems, conversation, in person, hands-on), and METR's measurements of how long a task the best AI models can finish, carried forward to the date from the latest, Claude Mythos Preview (early) in April 2026. Data checked November 10, 2026.
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