Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
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 grow over the next decade, with about 2,648 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 more than 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 75% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
AI could do much of this on its own
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Organize performance groups and direct their rehearsals.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Maintain or repair studio facilities.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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