Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.

“Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.” is a core task performed by Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education. Among the occupation's 38 rated tasks, workers place it 23rd by importance (#16 most important). About 99% 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.

• Provide support or encouragement to others. in Developing and Building Teams

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

• Instruct students individually and in groups, using teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. · importance 5.0
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students. · importance 4.8
• Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or with special academic interests. · importance 4.8
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. · importance 4.7
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. · importance 4.6
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. · importance 4.6
• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. · importance 4.5
• Read books to entire classes or small groups. · importance 4.5
• Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems. · importance 4.5
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs. · importance 4.5
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations. · importance 4.5
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students. · importance 4.4
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress. · importance 4.4
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Elementary School Teachers, 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.

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  title  = {Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.},
  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-6548}
}