Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.

AI: Fully automatable - AI can reliably prepare course objectives and outlines aligned to curriculum standards and institutional requirements.

Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.

AI: Fully automatable - AI can establish clear lesson/unit/project objectives and communicate them to students through learning platforms and automated messaging.

Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.

AI: Fully automatable - AI systems can maintain, update, and produce complete student records and reports in accordance with policies and legal templates with high automation.

Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

AI: Fully automatable - AI systems in 2025 can create, schedule, and control digital multimedia, interactive simulations and integrated AV workflows so this task can be fully automated in most cases.

Keep informed about trends in education and subject matter specialties.

AI: Fully automatable - AI can continuously scan research, news, and professional resources and provide personalized summaries and alerts to keep educators informed about trends.

Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.

AI: Fully automatable - AI can extract student/activity data from school systems and produce formatted reports to administrative specifications with minimal human intervention.

Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.

AI: Partial - AI can deliver lectures, facilitate discussions, and demonstrate concepts—especially online or in simulations—but cannot fully replicate in-person classroom management and hands-on guidance.

Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.

AI: Partial - AI can help define rules and monitor behavior via analytics, but actual enforcement and resolving disciplinary situations require human authority and judgment.

Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

AI: Partial - AI can observe and evaluate academic performance and some observable behaviors via data and sensors, but nuanced assessments of social development and physical health still need human evaluation.

Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

AI: Partial - AI can plan and run balanced instructional activities and simulated demonstrations, but facilitating real-world hands-on investigations and ensuring safety typically requires human oversight.

Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.

AI: Partial - AI can instruct on equipment use and monitor via sensors or video to flag misuse, but preventing injury and supervising hands-on equipment use in person requires human supervision.

Prepare materials and classroom for class activities.

AI: Partial - AI can design and produce lesson materials and generate classroom checklists but cannot reliably perform all physical preparation and context-specific setup.

Assign and grade class work and homework.

AI: Partial - AI can generate assignments and auto-grade objective work and provide feedback on writing at scale but struggles with nuanced, project-based, and high-stakes grading decisions.

Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.

AI: Partial - AI can draft reports, synthesize student data and suggest interventions but cannot fully replace human-led, empathetic conflict resolution and legally sensitive decision-making.

Instruct students in the knowledge and skills required in a specific occupation or occupational field, using a systematic plan of lectures, discussions, audio-visual presentations, and laboratory, shop, and field studies.

AI: Partial - AI can deliver lectures, simulations, and guided practice for many occupational skills but cannot fully replace hands-on supervision, safety instruction, and in-shop mentorship.

Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.

AI: Partial - AI can prepare tests, proctor remotely and auto-grade many item types, but complex assessments and validity/fairness judgments still require human oversight.

Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.

AI: Partial - AI can monitor behavior, flag policy violations and recommend actions but cannot fully enforce rules, exercise discretion, or handle disciplinary authority and sensitive judgment calls.

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

AI: Partial - AI can personalize learning paths and provide motivational feedback and nudges but cannot fully replicate sustained human mentorship and encouragement needed for student persistence.

Plan and supervise work-experience programs in businesses, industrial shops, and school laboratories.

AI: Partial - AI can help plan placements, match students with hosts and manage logistics but cannot fully supervise in-person work experience or legally assume employer supervisory roles.

Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.

AI: Partial - AI can prepare data-driven reports and facilitate virtual meetings but cannot fully substitute human professional collaboration and nuanced case-by-case decision-making.

Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests.

AI: Partial - AI can provide counseling guidance, resources, and triage but lacks the full human judgment, empathy, and safeguarding needed to fully replace teachers in adjustment and special-interest counseling.

Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.

AI: Partial - AI can recommend, configure, and personalize assistive technologies and software but cannot perform physical assistance or manage on-site access needs like restroom help.

Place students in jobs or make referrals to job placement services.

AI: Partial - AI can match students to opportunities, generate referrals, resumes, and outreach, but cannot fully execute placement logistics, employer relationship management, background checks, and final hiring negotiations.

Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

AI: Partial - AI can plan logistics, risk assessments, and learning materials for projects and trips and support post-activity reflection, but cannot provide in-person supervision and real-time student management.

Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

AI: Partial - AI can design, personalize, and deliver many remedial curricula and tutoring interventions, but typically requires teacher oversight for complex cases, motivation, and noncognitive supports.

Sponsor extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.

AI: Partial - AI can organize, administratively support, and even run virtual extracurriculars, but cannot provide in-person sponsorship, supervision, safety oversight, and pastoral care.

Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.

AI: Partial - AI can generate lesson plans, schedules, and curricular alignments and facilitate collaboration, but cannot fully replace human pedagogical deliberation, consensus-building, and contextual adjustments.

Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.

AI: Partial - AI can attend virtually, summarize conferences, and recommend professional development, but cannot fully replicate human networking, credentialing, and the reflective practice gained from in-person participation.

Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.

AI: Partial - AI can prepare detailed progress reports and assist in parent communication, but cannot fully manage sensitive conversations, build trust, or take on decision-making authority in parent–teacher interactions.

Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.

AI: Partial - AI can analyze data, draft program revisions, and suggest evaluations, but cannot fully replace human collaboration, institutional accountability, and nuanced policy decisions in program development.

Select, order, store, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.

AI: Partial - AI can manage inventory records, recommend and generate purchase orders, and optimize ordering but cannot perform the physical storing/issuing or final human oversight for accountability.

Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.

AI: Partial - AI can join meetings virtually to take notes, summarize, and provide input, but cannot legitimately replace the social, legal, and collaborative role of a human staff member on committees.

Perform administrative duties, such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.

AI: Partial - AI can assist with scheduling, rostering, and remote camera-based monitoring and alerts, but cannot perform the hands-on supervision and safety-critical physical tasks required.