# Self-Enrichment Teachers

> Teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.

- **SOC code:** 25-3021.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-3021-00
- **Also known as:** Dance Instructor, Instructor, Martial Arts Instructor, Teacher, Art Teacher, Dance Teacher, Driving Instructor, Flight Instructor
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
- Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.
- Monitor students' performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.
- Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests, and issue grades in accordance with performance.
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
- Assign and grade class work and homework.
- Prepare instructional program objectives, outlines, and lesson plans.
- 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.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Education and Training _(knowledge)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Speaking _(essential_skill)_
- Speech Clarity _(ability)_
- Customer and Personal Service _(knowledge)_
- Active Listening _(essential_skill)_
- Learning Strategies _(essential_skill)_
- Instructing _(transferable_skill)_
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Speech Recognition _(ability)_
- Reading Comprehension _(essential_skill)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Learning Strategies _(Specialized Skill)_
- Instructing _(Specialized Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(Common Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Active Learning _(Common Skill)_
- Writing _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Adobe Acrobat _(hot technology)_
- Adobe Photoshop _(hot technology)_
- Hypertext markup language HTML _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Access _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft PowerPoint _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology)_
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Blackboard software
- Corel Paint Shop Pro
- Educational software

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 58th percentile (Moderate) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.):** 61st percentile (Moderate) — source: felten_aioe.
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 47th percentile (Moderate) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 69th percentile (High) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Frey–Osborne (2013, historical computerization estimate):** 30th percentile — kept separate from current-era studies.
- **Remote-capable (Dingel–Neiman):** yes — task structure, not who actually works remote.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 3.7% growth (About average); 51.4k annual openings; 417.5k → 433k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $45,590; 308,520 employed.

## How people actually use AI here

Anthropic Economic Index — measured AI conversations mapped to this occupation's tasks:

- **Automation vs augmentation:** 29% automation, 68% augmentation (usage-weighted).
- **Autonomy median:** 4.0 (higher = AI acts more independently).
- **Dominant collaboration mode:** learning.

**Tasks most handed to AI here:**
- 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. _(23.9% of measured AI use; learning)_
- Review instructional content, methods, and student evaluations to assess strengths and weaknesses, and to develop recommendations for course revision, development, or elimination. _(7.8% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations. _(5.7% of measured AI use; learning)_
- Write instructional articles on designated subjects. _(2.6% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. _(2.2% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. _(2.0% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. _(1.5% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Prepare instructional program objectives, outlines, and lesson plans. _(1.0% of measured AI use; directive)_

**Example prompts (honest phrasings of the tasks above — starting points, not endorsed instructions):**
- Help me 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.
- Help me review instructional content, methods, and student evaluations to assess strengths and weaknesses, and to develop recommendations for course revision, development, or elimination.
- Help me use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Help me write instructional articles on designated subjects.
- Help me prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE
- **Frey & Osborne (2013)** (frey-osborne-automation) — academic. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/
- **Dingel & Neiman (2020)** (dingel-neiman-workathome) — academic. https://github.com/jdingel/DingelNeiman-workathome

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-25-3021-00_