AI exposure: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.
Reading this score
computed39.4% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare at the 70th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.7 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 17 tasks it averages 2.13 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Write articles, manuals, and other publications and assist in the distribution of promotional..., at 80.0%. The least is Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children, at 11.7%. A gap of 68.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within management occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 41.4% across the group's 56 roles, with 34 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 17 tasks, 11 are currently banded exposed, 3 assisted and 3 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
17 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write articles, manuals, and other publications and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about programs and facilities. | 80.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 3.53 | exposed |
| Collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and the need for curriculum changes. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.88 | exposed |
| Prepare and submit budget requests or grant proposals to solicit program funding. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 4.12 | exposed |
| Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 4.41 | exposed |
| Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maintenance activities. | 50.0% | 33.3% | 16.7% | 4.32 | exposed |
| Review and interpret government codes and develop procedures to meet codes and to ensure facility safety, security, and maintenance. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.23 | exposed |
| Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.14 | exposed |
| Inform businesses, community groups, and governmental agencies about educational needs, available programs, and program policies. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.52 | exposed |
| Review and evaluate new and current programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with state, local, and federal regulations and recommend any necessary modifications. | 41.7% | 33.3% | 25.0% | 4.33 | exposed |
| Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 4.68 | exposed |
| Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment and authorize purchases. | 37.5% | 25.0% | 37.5% | 4.47 | exposed |
| Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services. | 31.1% | 35.6% | 33.3% | 4.74 | assisted |
| Plan, direct, and monitor instructional methods and content of educational, vocational, or student activity programs. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 4.11 | assisted |
| Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems. | 20.0% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 4.45 | assisted |
| Direct and coordinate activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers, schools, public agencies, or institutions. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 4.46 | untouched |
| Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 3.79 | untouched |
| Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 4.56 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.68 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.13 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.25 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.14 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.13 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.63 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.