Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.

“Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.” is a task performed by Teaching Assistants, Special Education. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#18 most important). About 79% 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.

• Develop educational programs, plans, or procedures. in Thinking Creatively

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Provide assistance to students with special needs. · importance 4.5
• Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. · importance 4.5
• Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips. · importance 4.4
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms. · importance 4.2
• Carry out therapeutic regimens, such as behavior modification and personal development programs, under the supervision of special education instructors, psychologists, or speech-language pathologists. · importance 4.1
• Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers. · importance 4.1
• Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory. · importance 4.0
• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students. · importance 4.0
• Observe students' performance, and record relevant data to assess progress. · importance 4.0
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage. · importance 4.0
• Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud. · importance 3.9
• Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts. · importance 3.9
• Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices. · importance 3.8
• Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, or food preparation. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Teaching Assistants, 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-22500,
  title  = {Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.},
  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-22500}
}