Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.

“Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.” 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 29th by importance (#2 most important). About 97% 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 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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips. · importance 4.6
• 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
• 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-22481,
  title  = {Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.},
  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-22481}
}