Recreation and Fitness Studies 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 137 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the 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 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 83% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
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
Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as anatomy, therapeutic recreation, and conditioning theory.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Participate in campus and community events.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Prepare students to act as sports coaches.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Act as advisers to student organizations.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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