Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 337 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 88% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment and authorize purchases.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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