As of June 2026, Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education has an AI-exposure score of 48/100 (Moderate exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education
More exposed than 28% of the roles we track.
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as durable (55%).
- Type, file, and duplicate materials.
- Take class attendance and maintain attendance records.
- Observe students' performance, and record relevant data to assess progress.
- Clean classrooms.
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
- Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations.
- Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Requisition and stock teaching materials and supplies.
- Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their eye levels and perceptual skills.
- Conduct demonstrations to teach skills, such as sports, dancing, and handicrafts.
- Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
- Laminate teaching materials to increase their durability under repeated use.
- Distribute teaching materials, such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils, to students.
- Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
- Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
- Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts.
- Teach social skills to students.
- Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud.
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