Teach life skills.

Teach life skills. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 23 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Teach life skills. in Training and Teaching Others .

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 23 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (4%) 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 5 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.032% 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.

• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. · Special Education Teachers, Elementary School · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. · Special Education Teachers, Preschool · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, or social skills, to preschool students with special needs. · Special Education Teachers, Preschool · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills. · Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, or self-advocacy. · Special Education Teachers, Preschool · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills. · Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, or self-advocacy. · Special Education Teachers, Elementary School · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. · Teaching Assistants, Special Education · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation. · Special Education Teachers, Middle School · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement. · Special Education Teachers, Secondary School · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Teach social skills to students, such as communication, conflict resolution, and etiquette. · Substitute Teachers, Short-Term · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement. · Special Education Teachers, Middle School · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene. · Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Conduct classes or deliver lectures on subjects such as nutrition, home management, and farming techniques. · Farm and Home Management Educators · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Teach personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy. · Special Education Teachers, Secondary School · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Teach social skills to students. · Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, and self-advocacy. · Special Education Teachers, Middle School · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, or food preparation. · Special Education Teachers, Elementary School · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations to teach principles, techniques, or methods in subjects, such as basic English language skills, life skills, and workforce entry skills. · Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations, and provide individual instruction to teach topics and skills, such as cooking, dancing, writing, physical fitness, photography, personal finance, and flying. · Self-Enrichment Teachers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, or food preparation. · Teaching Assistants, Special Education · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, and food preparation. · Special Education Teachers, Secondary School · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. · Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
• Special Education Teachers, Preschool
• Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
• Teaching Assistants, Special Education
• Special Education Teachers, Middle School
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
• Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
• Farm and Home Management Educators
• Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education
• Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
• Self-Enrichment Teachers
• Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten

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-teach-life-skills,
  title  = {Teach life skills.},
  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/teach-life-skills}
}