Confer with other staff members to plan or schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.

“Confer with other staff members to plan or schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.” is a task performed by Special Education Teachers, Elementary School. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 9th by importance (#22 most important). About 92% 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.

• Collaborate in the development of educational programs. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

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

• Instruct special needs students in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs. · importance 4.9
• Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities. · importance 4.8
• Modify the general elementary education curriculum for special-needs students. · importance 4.7
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. · importance 4.7
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations. · importance 4.7
• Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play. · importance 4.7
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students. · importance 4.7
• Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, or assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms. · importance 4.7
• Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes. · importance 4.6
• Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development. · importance 4.5
• Encourage students to explore learning opportunities or persevere with challenging tasks to prepare them for later grades. · importance 4.5
• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. · importance 4.5
• Meet with parents or guardians to discuss their children's progress, advise them on using community resources, or teach skills for dealing with students' impairments. · importance 4.5
• Monitor teachers or teacher assistants to ensure adherence to special education program requirements. · importance 4.5

See all tasks on the Special Education Teachers, Elementary School 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-22362,
  title  = {Confer with other staff members to plan or schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.},
  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-22362}
}