Prepare lesson outlines and plans in assigned subject areas and submit outlines to teachers for review.

“Prepare lesson outlines and plans in assigned subject areas and submit outlines to teachers for review.” is a task performed by Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 1st by importance (#30 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.

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: T2.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips. · importance 4.6
• Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers. · importance 4.5
• Take class attendance and maintain attendance records. · importance 4.3
• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students. · importance 4.3
• Teach social skills to students. · importance 4.3
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage. · importance 4.2
• Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts. · importance 4.2
• Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud. · importance 4.2
• Participate in teacher-parent conferences regarding students' progress or problems. · importance 4.1
• Clean classrooms. · importance 4.1
• Observe students' performance, and record relevant data to assess progress. · importance 4.1
• Assist in bus loading and unloading. · importance 4.0
• Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their eye levels and perceptual skills. · importance 4.0
• Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-22475,
  title  = {Prepare lesson outlines and plans in assigned subject areas and submit outlines to teachers for review.},
  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-22475}
}