NorthStar

Occupations/25-3031.00

Substitute Teachers, Short-Term

Teach students on a short-term basis as a temporary replacement for a regular classroom teacher, typically using the regular teacher's lesson plan.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

35%

More resilient

Human characteristics

46%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

26%

More resilient

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Follow lesson plans designed by absent teachers.

  • Mostly routine

    Take class attendance and maintain attendance records.

  • Mostly human

    Supervise students during activities outside the classroom, such as recess, lunch, and field trips.

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. 01Enforce school and class rules to maintain order in the classroom.
  2. 02Answer students' questions.
  3. 03Follow lesson plans designed by absent teachers.
  4. 04Take class attendance and maintain attendance records.
  5. 05Supervise students during activities outside the classroom, such as recess, lunch, and field trips.
  6. 06Teach social skills to students, such as communication, conflict resolution, and etiquette.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks2.85
  • Degree of automation1.59
  • Time sitting2.72
  • Originality (ability)2.62
  • Conflict situations2.94
  • Hands-on objects/tools3.10
  • Outdoors / weather2.12
  • Disease exposure1.71
  • Decision freedom4.26

Top abilities

  • Oral Comprehension4.00
  • Oral Expression3.88
  • Speech Clarity3.62
  • Near Vision3.62
  • Written Expression3.50
  • Written Comprehension3.50
  • Speech Recognition3.38
  • Inductive Reasoning3.38

Essential skills

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

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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