Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud.

“Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud.” 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 23rd by importance (#8 most important). About 88% 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 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: T1.

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
• 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
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required. · importance 3.9

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-22476,
  title  = {Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud.},
  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-22476}
}