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Will AI replace Special Education Teachers, Elementary School?

AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.

33/100

Moderate exposure

More exposed to AI than 50% of US workers.

AI already used in
14% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
52% of the work

What the job involves

Teach academic, social, and life skills to elementary school students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Already happening(5)

  • Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
  • Plan or conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Prepare, administer, or grade tests or assignments to evaluate students' progress.
  • Organize and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their perceptual skills.
  • Prepare objectives, outlines, or other materials for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or school or state requirements.

Within reach(11)

  • Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations.
  • Establish and communicate clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects to students.
  • Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual educational plans (IEPs) for students' educational, physical, or social development.
  • Meet with parents or guardians to discuss their children's progress, advise them on using community resources, or teach skills for dealing with students' impairments.
  • Modify the general elementary education curriculum for students with disabilities.

and 6 more

Out of reach(14)

  • Instruct students with disabilities in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs.
  • Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
  • Encourage students to explore learning opportunities or persevere with challenging tasks to prepare them for later grades.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.

and 9 more

Also called

SPED Teacher (Special Education Teacher) · Elementary SPED Teacher (Elementary Special Education Teacher) · Elementary SPED Teacher · Self-Contained Special Education Teacher (Self-Contained SPED Teacher) · Self-Contained SPED Teacher · SPED Teacher · Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher (DHH Teacher) · Emotional Disabilities Teacher

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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.

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