Occupations/25-3021.00

Self-Enrichment Teachers

Teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.

Certificate or two-year

Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.

AI automation risk

41%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

42%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

22%

More resilient

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.

  • Mostly routine

    Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.

  • Mostly human

    Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
  2. 02Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
  3. 03Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
  4. 04Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics.
  5. 05Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy.
  6. 06Monitor students' performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks2.90
  • Degree of automation1.41
  • Time sitting3.24
  • Originality (ability)3.00
  • Conflict situations2.14
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.92
  • Outdoors / weather1.72
  • Disease exposure1.33
  • Decision freedom4.79

Top abilities

  • Oral Expression4.00
  • Oral Comprehension3.88
  • Speech Clarity3.62
  • Speech Recognition3.25
  • Written Expression3.12
  • Written Comprehension3.12
  • Near Vision3.12
  • Information Ordering3.12

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.12
  • Active Listening3.38
  • Writing3.00
  • Speaking3.62
  • Mathematics2.00
  • Science1.38
  • Critical Thinking3.12
  • Active Learning3.12
  • Learning Strategies3.38
  • Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

13.1201Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching13.1211Online Educator/Online Teaching30.2502Contemplative Studies/Inquiry

Schools offering related programs

12 of 69 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Texas A & M University-College Station

College Station, TX · Public

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$13,20063%83%

1 yr $63,005

2 yr $78,971

Master's · CIP 13.12

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$12,60048%84%

1 yr $61,262

2 yr $57,451

Master's · CIP 13.12

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA · Public

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$8,20077%71%

1 yr $57,608

2 yr $54,769

Master's · CIP 13.12

Howard University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$33,20053%65%

1 yr $56,716

2 yr $53,001

Master's · CIP 13.12

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$60,1004%96%

1 yr $54,644

2 yr $52,822

Master's · CIP 13.12

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$63,2007%91%

1 yr $46,087

2 yr $41,342

Bachelor's · CIP 13.12

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR · Public

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$13,20083%68%

1 yr $45,070

2 yr $42,682

Master's · CIP 13.12

Texas State Technical College

Waco, TX · Public

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$7,200100%45%

1 yr $44,595

2 yr $45,668

Master's · CIP 13.12

City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College

Chicago, IL · Public

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$4,600100%27%

1 yr $42,728

2 yr —

Bachelor's · CIP 13.12

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · Public

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$17,50045%85%

1 yr $41,831

2 yr $39,880

Bachelor's · CIP 13.12

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Contemplative Studies/Inquiry

30.2502

$15,20024%87%

1 yr $41,565

2 yr $42,682

Bachelor's · CIP 30.25

University of St Thomas

St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching

13.1201

$50,20077%82%

1 yr $41,286

2 yr $41,087

Bachelor's · CIP 13.12