Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education
Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher with instructional duties. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.
$36,780 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 6%
- 25%
- 69%
Anthropic's data does not cover this job.
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, 6%. Today's estimate: 6%.
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 . 28 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.Done daily by most who do it. | 18% | 38 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.Done several times a day by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 11% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Teach social skills to students.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Conduct demonstrations to teach skills, such as sports, dancing, and handicrafts.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 29 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Clean classrooms.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 17 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Distribute teaching materials, such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils, to students.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 4% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Requisition and stock teaching materials and supplies.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 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.
- Teaching Assistants, Special Education5% now, 5% by 2028
- Tutors66% now, 67% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School22% now, 31% by 2028
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education29% now, 35% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Elementary School27% now, 36% by 2028
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors57% now, 66% by 2028
Where this job works
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