Special Education Teachers, Preschool
Educational Instruction and Library Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 25-2051.00
Teach academic, social, and life skills to preschool-aged 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.
AI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.006
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.28
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
36 rated tasks · 10 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (27.8%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks
Task statements from the O*NET® 31.0 Database, core tasks first.
| Task | Type | β (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Arrange indoor or outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, or safety. | Core | 0 |
| Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, or changing their diapers. | Core | 0 |
| Communicate nonverbally with children to provide them with comfort, encouragement, or positive reinforcement. | Core | 0 |
| Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to resolve students' behavioral or academic problems. | Core | 0 |
| Develop individual educational plans (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, or social development. | Core | 0.5 |
| Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities. | Core | 0 |
| Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory. | Core | 0 |
| Encourage students to explore learning opportunities or persevere with challenging tasks to prepare them for later grades. | Core | 0 |
| Establish and communicate clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects to students, parents, or guardians. | Core | 1 |
| Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students. | Core | 0 |
| Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment or materials to prevent injuries and damage. | Core | 0 |
| Modify the general preschool curriculum for students with disabilities. | Core | 0.5 |
| Monitor teachers or teacher assistants to ensure adherence to special education program requirements. | Core | 0 |
| Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. | Core | 0 |
| Organize and supervise games or other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, or social development. | Core | 0 |
| Plan and supervise experiential learning activities, such as class projects, field trips, or demonstrations. | Core | 0 |
| Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play. | Core | 0 |
| Prepare objectives, outlines, or other materials for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements. | Core | 0.5 |
| Present information in audio-visual or interactive formats, using computers, television, audio-visual aids, or other equipment, materials, or technologies. | Core | 0.5 |
| Read books to entire classes or to small groups. | Core | 0 |
| Serve meals or snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines. | Core | 0 |
| Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, or social skills, to preschool students with special needs. | Core | 0 |
| Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement. | Core | 0 |
| Teach students personal development skills, such as goal setting, independence, or self-advocacy. | Core | 0 |
| Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, or potential. | Core | 0 |
| Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, or teacher training workshops to maintain or improve professional competence. | Core | 0 |
| Collaborate with other teachers or administrators to develop, evaluate, or revise preschool programs. | Core | 0 |
| Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to develop individual education plans (IEPs). | Core | 0.5 |
| Control the inventory or distribution of classroom equipment, materials, or supplies. | Core | 0 |
| Coordinate placement of students with special needs into mainstream classes. | Core | 0 |
| Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations. | Core | 1 |
| 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. | Core | 0 |
| Organize and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their perceptual skills. | Core | 0.5 |
| Prepare assignments for teacher assistants or volunteers. | Core | 1 |
| Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration. | Core | 1 |
| Provide assistive devices, supportive technology, or assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms. | Core | 0 |
Occupation information
Sources and attribution
This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database (https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. AI Changing Work has modified all or some of this information: the O*NET-SOC code, title and task statements are reproduced in English without change; task-type labels are shown in the page's language and tasks are listed core first; any Korean occupation title shown on the Korean-language page is AI Changing Work's translation; any KSCO-8 unit groups linked to this occupation were paired with it by AI Changing Work's judgment, and the relation labels and statuses are AI Changing Work's additions. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Any AI exposure figures on this page are published by third parties, not by AI Changing Work, and none is part of the O*NET information. OpenAI publishes task-level scores (MIT License) for O*NET 27.2 task statements; each is shown next to the O*NET 31.0 task statement with the same task ID, whose wording can differ from the 27.2 statement that was scored. OpenAI also publishes occupation-level scores for O*NET-SOC codes in the same release, and any such score is shown on the O*NET occupation with the same code. Anthropic publishes an observed exposure index in the Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes relative AI exposure categories (public domain); both are published per SOC code, and each value is shown on every O*NET occupation with that code. The International Labour Organization publishes a generative AI exposure index in ILO Working Paper 140 (CC BY 4.0) for ISCO-08 unit groups; AI Changing Work links those groups to O*NET occupations by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC and 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC crosswalks as published, without case-by-case selection, and these crosswalks match many groups only in part. Where several unit groups are linked, each group's published value is listed, and any summary shows only the lowest and highest of those values with the number of groups; no exposure figure is averaged or recalculated. Any employment figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the SOC group containing this occupation. Each source is credited where its figures are shown.
O*NET OnLine: 25-2051.00 Special Education Teachers, Preschool
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