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Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 4,166 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 38% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.

    AI could do much of this on its own

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

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. 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 could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

  • Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

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    +67% pay1,096 openings/yrAbout as exposed as your job now

    Pays about 67% more—$79,802 vs your $47,825 here.

    What the move takes

    A step up—usually requires a bachelor's degree.

    Getting ready typically takes two to four years.

    Skills you already have

    • Education and Training
    • Learning Strategies
    • Oral Expression
    • Oral Comprehension
    • English Language

    New skills to build

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  • Special Education Teachers, Preschool

    Very similar work
    +47% pay489 openings/yrAbout as exposed as your job now

    Pays about 47% more—$70,088 vs your $47,825 here.

    What the move takes

    A step up—usually requires a bachelor's degree.

    Getting ready typically takes more than four years.

    Skills you already have

    • Education and Training
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Learning Strategies
    • English Language

    New skills to build

    • Computers and Electronics
    • Inductive Reasoning
    • Writing
    • Psychology
    • Written Expression