Develop and coordinate educational programs for residents.

“Develop and coordinate educational programs for residents.” is a core task performed by Residential Advisors. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 21st by importance (#10 most important). About 76% 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.

• Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures. in Thinking Creatively
• Teach life skills. 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: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Communicate with other staff to resolve problems with individual students. · importance 4.6
• Observe students to detect and report unusual behavior. · importance 4.4
• Supervise, train, and evaluate residence hall staff, including resident assistants, participants in work-study programs, and other student workers. · importance 4.3
• Provide emergency first aid and summon medical assistance when necessary. · importance 4.3
• Make regular rounds to ensure that residents and areas are safe and secure. · importance 4.3
• Mediate interpersonal problems between residents. · importance 4.2
• Enforce rules and regulations to ensure the smooth and orderly operation of dormitory programs. · importance 4.1
• Determine the need for facility maintenance and repair, and notify appropriate personnel. · importance 4.1
• Collaborate with counselors to develop counseling programs that address the needs of individual students. · importance 4.0
• Develop program plans for individuals or assist in plan development. · importance 4.0
• Oversee departmental budget. · importance 3.9
• Provide requested information on students' progress and the development of case plans. · importance 3.9
• Administer, coordinate, or recommend disciplinary and corrective actions. · importance 3.8
• Confer with medical personnel to better understand the backgrounds and needs of individual residents. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Residential Advisors 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-20137,
  title  = {Develop and coordinate educational programs for residents.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-20137}
}