Will AI replace Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors?

What this score means

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors leans toward the safer end for Education. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands-on work or judgment that resists automation. At 37 out of 100 it scores 4 points below the Education average of 41. Across the 4 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 25 to 59, 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 Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors, most central first, showing 12 of 37.

• 01Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress and make suggestions for improvement.
• 02Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
• 03Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• 04Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs, abilities, and interests.
• 05Prepare students for further education by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• 06Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• 07Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• 08Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• 09Assign and grade class work and homework.
• 10Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws or administrative policies.
• 11Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations to teach principles, techniques, or methods in subjects, such as basic English language skills, life skills, and workforce entry skills.
• 12Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.

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 4 research sources that scored Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 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
• 02Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025
• 03GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 04AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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