Special Education Teachers, All Other
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 314 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 a quarter 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 65% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Assist in screening or placement of students in adapted physical education programs.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records.
AI could do much of this on its own
Advise education professionals of students' physical abilities or disabilities and the accommodations required to enhance their school performance.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Establish and maintain standards of behavior to create safe, orderly, and effective environments for learning.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide adapted physical education services to students with intellectual disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic impairments, or other disabling condition.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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