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Prepare informational or instructional materials

Work activity · O*NET

Prepare informational or instructional materials is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Documenting/Recording Information. 99 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Develop instructional materials
  • Create technology-based learning materials
  • Modify teaching methods or materials to accommodate student needs
  • Write informational material
  • Develop training materials
  • Document lesson plans
  • Prepare healthcare training materials
  • Prepare informational or reference materials

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 92.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 52.9% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 68.2% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 97th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Instructional Coordinators 8
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten 5
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 4
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 4
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 4
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 3
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 3
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 3
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 3
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 3
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 3
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 3
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 3
Self-Enrichment Teachers 3
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 3
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education 3
Teaching Assistants, Special Education 3
Training and Development Specialists 3
Tutors 3
Adapted Physical Education Specialists 2
Archivists 2
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2
History Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Library Technicians 2
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Public Relations Specialists 2
Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 2
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property 1
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Art Directors 1
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 1
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Audio and Video Technicians 1

Showing 40 of 99 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 35 occupations in occupations that perform Prepare informational or instructional materials.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Adapted Physical Education Specialists Special Education Teachers, Preschool Special Education Teachers, Middle School Audio and Video Technicians Self-Enrichment Teachers Library Technicians Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Archivists Art Directors Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary Education Teachers, Postsecondary Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary Tutors AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Prepare informational or instructional materials., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Prepare informational or instructional materials." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/prepare-informational-or-instructional-materials

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Prepare informational or instructional materials. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/prepare-informational-or-instructional-materials

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-prepare-informational-or-instructional-materials,
  title  = {Prepare informational or instructional materials},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/prepare-informational-or-instructional-materials}
}

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