Will AI replace Adapted Physical Education Specialists?

What this score means

Adapted Physical Education Specialists is among the least exposed roles in Education. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 23 out of 100 it scores 18 points below the Education average of 41. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 20 to 25, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Adapted Physical Education Specialists, most central first, showing 12 of 20.

• 01Maintain inventory of instructional equipment, materials, or aids.
• 02Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.
• 03Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.
• 04Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals.
• 05Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education.
• 06Establish and maintain standards of behavior to create safe, orderly, and effective environments for learning.
• 07Provide adapted physical education services to students with intellectual disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic impairments, or other disabling condition.
• 08Assess students' physical progress or needs.
• 09Assist in screening or placement of students in adapted physical education programs.
• 10Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services.
• 11Collaborate with other educational personnel to provide inclusive activities or programs for children with disabilities.
• 12Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Adapted Physical Education Specialists for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
• 02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

Also covers

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