Edit instructional materials, such as books, simulation exercises, lesson plans, instructor guides, and tests.

“Edit instructional materials, such as books, simulation exercises, lesson plans, instructor guides, and tests.” is a task performed by Instructional Coordinators. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#24 most important).

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.

• Edit written materials or documents. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task 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 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Observe work of teaching staff to evaluate performance and to recommend changes that could strengthen teaching skills. · importance 4.5
• Plan and conduct teacher training programs and conferences dealing with new classroom procedures, instructional materials and equipment, and teaching aids. · importance 4.1
• Interpret and enforce provisions of state education codes and rules and regulations of state education boards. · importance 4.1
• Conduct or participate in workshops, committees, and conferences designed to promote the intellectual, social, and physical welfare of students. · importance 4.0
• Advise teaching and administrative staff in curriculum development, use of materials and equipment, and implementation of state and federal programs and procedures. · importance 4.0
• Advise and teach students. · importance 3.9
• Prepare grant proposals, budgets, and program policies and goals or assist in their preparation. · importance 3.9
• Recommend, order, or authorize purchase of instructional materials, supplies, equipment, and visual aids designed to meet student educational needs and district standards. · importance 3.9
• Update the content of educational programs to ensure that students are being trained with equipment and processes that are technologically current. · importance 3.7
• Address public audiences to explain program objectives and to elicit support. · importance 3.7
• Research, evaluate, and prepare recommendations on curricula, instructional methods, and materials for school systems. · importance 3.7
• Prepare or approve manuals, guidelines, and reports on state educational policies and practices for distribution to school districts. · importance 3.5
• Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging, distributing, and maintaining educational materials and equipment in curriculum libraries and laboratories. · importance 3.0
• Adapt instructional content or delivery methods for different levels or types of learners.

See all tasks on the Instructional Coordinators 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-22447,
  title  = {Edit instructional materials, such as books, simulation exercises, lesson plans, instructor guides, and tests.},
  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-22447}
}