Encourage students.

Encourage students. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 14 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Provide support or encouragement to others. in Developing and Building Teams .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 14 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (36%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.010% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students. · Tutors · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education. · Adapted Physical Education Specialists · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement. · Special Education Teachers, Preschool · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Encourage students to explore learning opportunities or persevere with challenging tasks to prepare them for later grades. · Special Education Teachers, Elementary School · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Self-Enrichment Teachers · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Encourage students to explore learning opportunities or persevere with challenging tasks to prepare them for later grades. · Special Education Teachers, Preschool · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Special Education Teachers, Secondary School · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Prepare students for further education by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Tutors
• Adapted Physical Education Specialists
• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
• Special Education Teachers, Preschool
• Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
• Self-Enrichment Teachers
• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
• Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
• Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-encourage-students,
  title  = {Encourage students.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/encourage-students}
}