Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

No strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.46
• Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.36
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.36

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.8
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.21
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.22

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 30 puts Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 0 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 5 augmentable, and 15 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: lean into the durable core above and adopt AI on the routine remainder before it becomes a mandate.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $66,270median wage
• 111,420employed
• 6,200annual openings
• -1.8%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 36
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 32
• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 33
• Business Teachers, Postsecondary 38
• Instructional Coordinators 33
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 26

FAQ — Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

What does a score of 30 mean for a Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 30 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems; Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations; Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.