Assist students who need extra help, such as by tutoring and preparing and implementing remedial programs.

“Assist students who need extra help, such as by tutoring and preparing and implementing remedial programs.” is a core task performed by Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Among the occupation's 35 rated tasks, workers place it 28th by importance (#8 most important). About 90% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Teach academic or vocational subjects. in Training and Teaching Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 2.8 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. · importance 4.6
• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. · importance 4.5
• Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies. · importance 4.5
• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress. · importance 4.4
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students. · importance 4.3
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate these objectives to students. · importance 4.3
• Assign lessons and correct homework. · importance 4.2
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems. · importance 4.1
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. · importance 4.1
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. · importance 4.1
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. · importance 4.1
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students. · importance 4.1
• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · importance 4.0
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education page.

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.

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  title  = {Assist students who need extra help, such as by tutoring and preparing and implementing remedial programs.},
  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},
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}