Will AI replace Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
46/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 72% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 7% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 64% of the work
What the job involves
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(3)
- Plan and develop instructional methods and content for educational, vocational, or student activity programs.
- Write articles, manuals, and other publications, and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about facilities and programs.
- Collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and data on demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and curriculum change needs.
Within reach(18)
- Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.
- Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
- Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.
- Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
and 13 more
Out of reach(11)
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.
- Direct and coordinate activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions.
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
and 6 more
Also called
MS Principal (Middle School Principal) · MS Principal · Athletic Director · Curriculum Director · SPED Director (Special Education Director) · Elementary School Principal · Headmaster · Special Services Director
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics