Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
73,660 people do this job in the US. $59,300 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 41%
- 41%
- 18%
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, 8%. Today's estimate: 12%.
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 . 17 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children.Done daily by most who do it. | 18% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 14% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 3.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Plan, direct, and monitor instructional methods and content of educational, vocational, or student activity programs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 11% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Direct and coordinate activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers, schools, public agencies, or institutions.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Review and evaluate new and current programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with state, local, and federal regulations and recommend any necessary modifications.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 6.7 h3.3 h to 1.7 work days | 10%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 6.7 h3.3 h to 1.7 work days | 10%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Prepare and submit budget requests or grant proposals to solicit program funding.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 1 work day3.3 h to 3.1 work days | 6%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maintenance activities.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 2.5 h25 min to 6.7 h | 29%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Write articles, manuals, and other publications and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about programs and facilities.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 2% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | 49%Half by now | |
| Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 2% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people |
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.
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 Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary10% now, 68% by 2028
- Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education13% now, 14% by 2028
- Social and Community Service Managers24% now, 83% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten19% now, 23% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School22% now, 31% by 2028
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education8% now, 12% by 2028
Where this job works
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