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How an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary) can use AI, task by task

O*NET 11-9032.00: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMedian pay $105,870/year (BLS, May 2025)32 tasksJob Zone 5: Extensive preparation

Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.

Type your own title and every prompt on this page updates to match. Also called: Athletic Director, Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent, Curriculum Director, Elementary Principal, K-12 Principal (Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Principal), MS Principal (Middle School Principal), School Administrator (School Admin), School Superintendent, SPED Director (Special Education Director), Superintendent.

Where AI fits in this job

AI-ready 24%AI-assist 38%Stays human 38%

Share of the job's tasks, weighted by how important and how frequent each task is (O*NET ratings). 7 AI-ready, 14 AI-assist and 11 human-led tasks out of 32. This measures where AI can help, not whether the job will disappear.

Information & paperwork
Thinking & planning
People & communication
Leading & teaching
Hands-on & physical

Shape of the job: importance of each kind of work activity (O*NET, 1 to 5).

🔒 Many of these tasks involve people's information. Remove names and identifying details before using AI, or use only a tool your employer has approved.

AI can draft these 7

AI produces a usable first pass. You review it, fix it and own it.

Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.

Weekly

AI drafts lesson plans, quizzes and practice scenarios.

Show prompt & steps

AI can draft lesson plans, training outlines, quizzes and practice scenarios in minutes. You shape them around your learners and your standards.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.

Context: We use Common Curriculum and Schoology; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Program: [school, childcare, curriculum]
Goals: [outcomes]

Draft standards, policies or procedures with rationale. Include timings, a realistic practice scenario from my work, and a short check for understanding with answers.

10-minute exercise: Education standards draft

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you set educational standards and goals (this week).
Step 2Fill in [Program] and [Goals] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Swap one AI example for a real story from your own work. Real stories are what people remember.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

Importance 4.1/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures.. Also involves: Develop organizational policies or programs..

Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.

Weekly

AI drafts lesson plans, quizzes and practice scenarios.

Show prompt & steps

AI can draft lesson plans, training outlines, quizzes and practice scenarios in minutes. You shape them around your learners and your standards.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.

Context: We use Common Curriculum and Schoology; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Program: [school, childcare, curriculum]
Goals: [outcomes]

Draft standards, policies or procedures with rationale. Include timings, a realistic practice scenario from my work, and a short check for understanding with answers.

10-minute exercise: Education standards draft

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you collaborate with teachers (this week).
Step 2Fill in [Program] and [Goals] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Swap one AI example for a real story from your own work. Real stories are what people remember.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

Importance 4.2/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures..

Prepare, maintain, or oversee the preparation and maintenance of attendance, activity, planning, or personnel reports and records.

Weekly

AI writes the first draft from your notes; you check every fact.

📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 81% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.

Show prompt & steps

Give AI your rough notes, numbers or last version and it will turn them into a clean, well-structured first draft. You check every fact and figure before it goes anywhere.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to prepare, maintain, or oversee the preparation and maintenance of attendance, activity, planning, or personnel reports and records.

Context: We use Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Word.
Records: [attendance, production]
Rules: [privacy, retention]

Draft templates. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].

10-minute exercise: Personnel records

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you prepare, maintain, or oversee the preparation and maintenance of attendance and activity (this week). Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Records] and [Rules] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every fact, name and number against your source before it goes anywhere.

AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.

Importance 3.6/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Maintain personnel records.. Also involves: Prepare operational progress or status reports.; Direct organizational operations, projects, or services..

Plan and develop instructional methods and content for educational, vocational, or student activity programs.

Monthly

AI drafts lesson plans, quizzes and practice scenarios.

Show prompt & steps

AI can draft lesson plans, training outlines, quizzes and practice scenarios in minutes. You shape them around your learners and your standards.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to plan and develop instructional methods and content for educational, vocational, or student activity programs.

Context: We use Common Curriculum and Schoology; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Program: [school, childcare, curriculum]
Goals: [outcomes]

Draft standards, policies or procedures with rationale. Include timings, a realistic practice scenario from my work, and a short check for understanding with answers.

10-minute exercise: Education standards draft

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you plan and develop instructional methods and content. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Program] and [Goals] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Swap one AI example for a real story from your own work. Real stories are what people remember.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

Importance 3.7/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures..

Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.

Monthly

AI drafts the plan, schedule or checklist for you to adjust.

Show prompt & steps

Describe the goal, the people and the constraints, and AI drafts the plan, schedule or checklist. You adjust it to what you know about real life on the ground.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.

Context: We use Google Classroom and Scheduling software; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Activities: [classes, operations, programs]
Constraints: [rooms, staff, times]

Draft a schedule and flag conflicts. Lay it out as a table with steps, owner, timing and what could go wrong, then list the decisions I still need to make.

10-minute exercise: Activity schedule

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you determine the scope of educational program offerings.
Step 2Fill in [Activities] and [Constraints] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Cross out anything that won't work on the ground and ask AI to revise with your corrections.

AI doesn't know your people, your site or your history. Treat its plan as a starting point to react to.

Importance 4.2/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Schedule activities or facility use.. Also involves: Perform human resources activities..

Prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding.

A few times a year

AI writes the first draft from your notes; you check every fact.

📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 18% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.

Show prompt & steps

Give AI your rough notes, numbers or last version and it will turn them into a clean, well-structured first draft. You check every fact and figure before it goes anywhere.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding.

Context: We use Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Word.
Project: [describe]
Funder: [requirements]

Draft the proposal. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].

10-minute exercise: Funding proposal

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations.
Step 2Fill in [Project] and [Funder] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every fact, name and number against your source before it goes anywhere. Recompute every total yourself.

AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.

Double-check every number. AI can make arithmetic and rounding mistakes.

Importance 3.8/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.. Also involves: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets..

Write articles, manuals, and other publications, and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about facilities and programs.

A few times a year

AI generates ideas and first drafts to choose from.

📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 30% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.

Show prompt & steps

AI is a brainstorming partner and first-draft machine for copy, concepts and variations. Your taste and judgment pick the winner.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to write articles, manuals, and other publications, and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about facilities and programs.

Context: We use Microsoft Publisher; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Product or offer: [what we're promoting]
Audience and channel: [who, where]

Give me 10 concept lines, then develop the best 2 into an ad, a short social post and a one-page flyer outline.

10-minute exercise: Promotional campaign materials

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you write articles and manuals.
Step 2Fill in [Product or offer] and [Audience and channel] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every claim is true before it goes out.

Check the usage rules for AI images and text in your field, and make sure the final work is original.

Importance 3.1/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Develop promotional materials..

AI can help you prep these 14

AI speeds up the prep, drafting or thinking. The core of the task is still yours.

Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.

Weekly

AI preps the materials; reading the room is you.

Show prompt & steps

AI preps the materials: lesson outlines, quizzes, examples, practice scenarios. Reading the room and coaching people is still you.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.

Context: We use Common Curriculum and Schoology; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Program: [school, childcare, curriculum]
Goals: [outcomes]

Draft standards, policies or procedures with rationale. Include timings, a realistic practice scenario from my work, and a short check for understanding with answers.

10-minute exercise: Education standards draft

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you observe teaching methods (this week).
Step 2Fill in [Program] and [Goals] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Swap one AI example for a real story from your own work. Real stories are what people remember.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

Importance 4.3/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures..

Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Weekly

AI pre-checks against the rules; the sign-off stays with you.

Show prompt & steps

Use AI as a first-pass checker against a list of rules or standards. The final judgment and sign-off stay with you.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Context: We use Microsoft SharePoint and IBM SPSS Statistics; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
What I'm reviewing: [project, acquisition, operation]
Requirements: [regulations, standards, goals]

Make a requirement-by-requirement table with status and evidence. Make a table: requirement, met / not met / unclear, and the exact evidence.

10-minute exercise: Compliance determination

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you evaluate curricula (this week).
Step 2Fill in [What I'm reviewing] and [Requirements] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Do your usual review too, and note what AI caught and what it missed. Confirm the rules against the current official source.

AI can miss things and sound sure about it. Use it to catch extra problems, not as the final check.

Rules and regulations vary by place and change often. Confirm against the official source before relying on anything.

Importance 4.0/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Determine operational compliance with regulations or standards.. Also involves: Evaluate program effectiveness..

Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.

Monthly

AI preps the materials; reading the room is you.

Show prompt & steps

AI preps the materials: lesson outlines, quizzes, examples, practice scenarios. Reading the room and coaching people is still you.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.

Context: We use Common Curriculum and Schoology; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Topic: [describe]
Employees: [describe]

Plan a program with sessions and evaluation. Include timings, a realistic practice scenario from my work, and a short check for understanding with answers.

10-minute exercise: Employee training program

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you plan and lead professional development activities.
Step 2Fill in [Topic] and [Employees] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Swap one AI example for a real story from your own work. Real stories are what people remember.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

Importance 4.0/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Conduct employee training programs..

Teach classes or courses to students.

Weekly

AI preps the materials; reading the room is you.

📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 21% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.

Show prompt & steps

AI preps the materials: lesson outlines, quizzes, examples, practice scenarios. Reading the room and coaching people is still you.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to teach classes or courses to students.

Context: We use Common Curriculum and Schoology; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Subject: [topic]
Learners: [describe]

Plan a session with objectives, activities and a check for understanding. Include timings, a realistic practice scenario from my work, and a short check for understanding with answers.

10-minute exercise: Class session plan

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you teach classes or courses (this week). Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Subject] and [Learners] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Swap one AI example for a real story from your own work. Real stories are what people remember.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

Importance 3.7/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Teach classes in area of specialization..

Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.

Monthly

AI drafts the structure and wording; the specifics and sign-off are yours.

Show prompt & steps

AI can draft the structure and standard wording. The specifics, the judgment calls and the sign-off are yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.

Context: We use Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Word.
Role: [describe]
Needs: [duties, skills]

Draft a job description, posting and interview questions. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].

10-minute exercise: Hiring documents

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.
Step 2Fill in [Role] and [Needs] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check the posting for biased or unlawful wording.

AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.

Importance 4.2/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Hire personnel.. Also involves: Conduct employee training programs.; Recruit personnel..

Create school improvement plans, using student performance data.

Monthly

AI preps the materials; reading the room is you.

Show prompt & steps

AI preps the materials: lesson outlines, quizzes, examples, practice scenarios. Reading the room and coaching people is still you.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to create school improvement plans, using student performance data.

Context: We use Common Curriculum and Schoology; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Assignment: [paste the prompt and rubric]
Sample work: [paste one anonymized submission]

Apply the rubric to the sample with reasons for each score and draft feedback. Then suggest a comment bank for common issues.

10-minute exercise: Grade faster and fairer

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you create school improvement plans. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Paste the [Assignment] rubric and one anonymized piece into [Sample work].
Step 3Compare its scores with yours. Keep the comment bank, keep the grading yours.

Check that every procedure in the material matches your workplace's actual standards.

Importance 3.9/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Evaluate student work.. Also involves: Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities..

Recommend personnel actions related to programs and services.

Monthly

AI helps you prepare clearer wording and likely questions.

📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 40% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.

Show prompt & steps

Use AI to prepare: simpler wording, analogies, likely questions and a one-page handout. The conversation itself is yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to recommend personnel actions related to programs and services.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Issue: [market, operations, policy]
Audience: [groups, dealers]

Write advice with reasons. Use plain language, one everyday analogy, and the questions people are most likely to ask with short answers.

10-minute exercise: Business advice

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you recommend personnel actions. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Issue] and [Audience] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every answer is right for your workplace before you share it.

Rules, prices and policies change. Make sure AI is working from your current official version.

Importance 3.5/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Advise others on business or operational matters..

Coordinate and direct extracurricular activities and programs, such as after-school events and athletic contests.

Monthly

AI lays out options and timelines to react to.

Show prompt & steps

AI can lay out options, timelines and checklists to react to. Fitting it to your people, budget and situation is your call.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to coordinate and direct extracurricular activities and programs, such as after-school events and athletic contests.

Context: We use Google Classroom and Scheduling software; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Program: [campaign, after-school]
Goals: [describe]

Plan activities and volunteers. Lay it out as a table with steps, owner, timing and what could go wrong, then list the decisions I still need to make.

10-minute exercise: Outreach program plan

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you coordinate and direct extracurricular activities and programs.
Step 2Fill in [Program] and [Goals] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Cross out anything that won't work on the ground and ask AI to revise with your corrections.

AI doesn't know your people, your site or your history. Treat its plan as a starting point to react to.

Importance 3.2/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Manage outreach activities..

Collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and data on demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and curriculum change needs.

Monthly

AI gets you up to speed; confirm findings with records or people.

Show prompt & steps

AI can get you up to speed fast and suggest where to look, but you need to confirm findings against real sources, records or people.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and data on demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and curriculum change needs.

Context: We use IBM SPSS Statistics and SAS; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Population: [market, community, department]
Decision: [what the results will inform]

Design a needs survey: questions, sample, timeline, and analysis plan. Give sources I can check and say clearly when you're unsure.

10-minute exercise: Needs assessment design

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information and data.
Step 2Fill in [Population] and [Decision] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Open two of the sources it gives and confirm the key claim before you use it. Confirm the rules against the current official source.

AI can invent sources and citations. Open every link and confirm it says what the AI claims.

Rules and regulations vary by place and change often. Confirm against the official source before relying on anything.

Importance 3.7/5 · O*NET work activity: Conduct opinion surveys or needs assessments.. Also involves: Analyze forecasting data to improve business decisions..

Establish, coordinate, and oversee particular programs across school districts, such as programs to evaluate student academic achievement.

Monthly

AI lays out options and timelines to react to.

Show prompt & steps

AI can lay out options, timelines and checklists to react to. Fitting it to your people, budget and situation is your call.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to establish, coordinate, and oversee particular programs across school districts, such as programs to evaluate student academic achievement.

Context: We use Google Classroom and Scheduling software; the work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Program: [campaign, sponsorship, event]
Goals: [describe]

Plan timeline, budget and roles. Lay it out as a table with steps, owner, timing and what could go wrong, then list the decisions I still need to make.

10-minute exercise: Special program plan

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you establish, coordinate, and oversee particular programs across school districts. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Program] and [Goals] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Cross out anything that won't work on the ground and ask AI to revise with your corrections.

AI doesn't know your people, your site or your history. Treat its plan as a starting point to react to.

Importance 3.7/5 · O*NET work activity: Coordinate special events or programs.. Also involves: Develop educational goals, standards, policies, or procedures..

Meet with federal, state, and local agencies to stay abreast of policies and to discuss improvements for education programs.

A few times a year

AI drafts clear messages and talking points.

Show prompt & steps

AI can draft updates, emails and talking points so your message is clear and complete. Relationships and real-time calls are yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to meet with federal, state, and local agencies to stay abreast of policies and to discuss improvements for education programs.

Context: We use Google Gmail and Blackbaud The Education Edge.
Stakeholders: [media, parties]
Goal: [describe]

Draft a coordination message. Keep it under 150 words with a clear ask, plus a 2-sentence version for chat.

10-minute exercise: Stakeholder coordination

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you meet with federal, state and local agencies.
Step 2Fill in [Stakeholders] and [Goal] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Edit it until it sounds like you, then send it yourself.

Never let AI send messages for you. Read every word, because tone mistakes cost trust.

Importance 3.5/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Coordinate operational activities with external stakeholders.. Also involves: Maintain knowledge of current developments in area of expertise..

Review and approve new programs, or recommend modifications to existing programs, submitting program proposals for school board approval as necessary.

A few times a year

AI helps you prepare clearer wording and likely questions.

Show prompt & steps

Use AI to prepare: simpler wording, analogies, likely questions and a one-page handout. The conversation itself is yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to review and approve new programs, or recommend modifications to existing programs, submitting program proposals for school board approval as necessary.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Issue: [describe]
Options: [list]

Write a recommendation memo with trade-offs. Use plain language, one everyday analogy, and the questions people are most likely to ask with short answers.

10-minute exercise: Policy change recommendation

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you review and approve new programs.
Step 2Fill in [Issue] and [Options] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check every answer is right for your workplace before you share it.

Rules, prices and policies change. Make sure AI is working from your current official version.

Importance 3.3/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Recommend organizational process or policy changes.. Also involves: Prepare forms or applications..

Advocate for new schools to be built, or for existing facilities to be repaired or remodeled.

A few times a year

AI preps talking points and practice; the relationship is yours.

Show prompt & steps

AI preps you: talking points, objection handling, tailored outreach and negotiation scenarios. The relationship and reading the room are yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to advocate for new schools to be built, or for existing facilities to be repaired or remodeled.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Services: [describe]
Audience: [organizations, district]

Draft a pitch and outreach plan. Keep claims honest, list likely objections with responses, and role-play the other side so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Promote services

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you advocate for new schools.
Step 2Fill in [Services] and [Audience] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Ask for feedback on your answers and write down your best line for the real conversation.

Make sure every claim AI writes about your product is true and allowed. Over-promising is on you.

Importance 3.7/5 · O*NET work activity: Promote products, services, or programs..

Review and interpret government codes, and develop programs to ensure adherence to codes and facility safety, security, and maintenance.

A few times a year

AI drafts the structure and wording; the specifics and sign-off are yours.

📊 Real AI use (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026): AI completed the task directly in 46% of those conversations; the rest were back-and-forth with the person.

Show prompt & steps

AI can draft the structure and standard wording. The specifics, the judgment calls and the sign-off are yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to review and interpret government codes, and develop programs to ensure adherence to codes and facility safety, security, and maintenance.

Context: We use Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Word.
Area: [warehouse, IT, facility]
Risks: [hazards, threats]
Rules: [regulations, standards]

Draft a policy with scope, rules, responsibilities, training and enforcement. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].

10-minute exercise: Safety or security policy

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you review and interpret government codes.
Step 2Fill in [Area], [Risks] and [Rules] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Review with the people who'll follow it. Check it against the manufacturer's manual and your site procedure before you rely on it.

AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.

Safety-critical: AI output is a starting point. Follow your site's procedures and the manufacturer's guidance.

Importance 3.5/5 · O*NET work activity: Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.. Also involves: Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures..

These stay human 11

They need your hands, your presence or your accountable judgment. Lean into them: they get more valuable as routine work is automated.

📏 Measured in this job (O*NET work context): Face-to-face discussions: every day · Contact with others: constant contact with others · Dealing with the public: very important · Impact of decisions: important results

Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.

Daily

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Situation: [outplacement, development]
Who: [employee]

Prepare supportive talking points and resources. Then play the employee. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Career development conversation

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you counsel and provide guidance (today). Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Situation] and [Who] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

📊 People already use AI around this task (Anthropic Economic Index, Apr 2026 to May 2026). The task itself stays human-led.

Importance 4.5/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Advise others on career or personal development.. Also involves: Support the professional development of others..

Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.

Daily

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Situation: [outplacement, development]
Who: [employee]

Prepare supportive talking points and resources. Then play the employee. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Career development conversation

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you confer with parents and staff (today). Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Situation] and [Who] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 4.3/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Advise others on career or personal development..

Enforce discipline and attendance rules.

Daily

Leading people runs on trust. AI can prep the paperwork around it.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI can prep the paperwork around leading: meeting agendas, feedback drafts, rotas, briefings and difficult-conversation rehearsals.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to enforce discipline and attendance rules.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Team: [describe]
Issue or goal: [performance, change, priority]

Help me prepare: the key message in 2 sentences, what good looks like, how people might react and how I'll respond, and one thing I'll check next week.

10-minute exercise: Supervising employees

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you enforce discipline and attendance rules (today).
Step 2Fill in [Team] and [Issue or goal] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Follow through on what you said you'd check.

Importance 4.2/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Supervise employees..

Direct and coordinate activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions.

Weekly

Leading people runs on trust. AI can prep the paperwork around it.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI can prep the paperwork around leading: meeting agendas, feedback drafts, rotas, briefings and difficult-conversation rehearsals.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to direct and coordinate activities of teachers, administrators, and support staff at schools, public agencies, and institutions.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Team: [describe]
Issue or goal: [performance, change, priority]

Help me prepare: the key message in 2 sentences, what good looks like, how people might react and how I'll respond, and one thing I'll check next week.

10-minute exercise: Supervising employees

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you direct and coordinate activities of teachers and administrators (this week).
Step 2Fill in [Team] and [Issue or goal] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Follow through on what you said you'd check.

Importance 3.9/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Supervise employees..

Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases.

Monthly

Your accountable call. Use AI as a sounding board beforehand.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI as a sounding board before you decide. Ask it to argue the other side, list what you might be overlooking, or organize the evidence.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Request: [budget line, purchase]
Budget status: [remaining, priorities]

Summarize the case for and against approval. Argue the strongest case against my current view and list what extra information would change the decision. I make the final call.

10-minute exercise: Expenditure approval

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you determine allocations of funds.
Step 2Fill in [Request] and [Budget status] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Make the call yourself, then note whether anything it raised changed your mind.

Importance 3.9/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Approve expenditures.. Also involves: Prepare operational budgets..

Participate in special education-related activities, such as attending meetings and providing support to special educators throughout the district.

Weekly

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to participate in special education-related activities, such as attending meetings and providing support to special educators throughout the district.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Who: [mentee, candidate, student]
Their goal: [describe]

Prepare questions, encouragement and next-step suggestions. Then play the mentee. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Mentoring conversation

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you participate in special education-related activities (this week).
Step 2Fill in [Who] and [Their goal] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 3.6/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Support the professional development of others..

Mentor and support administrative staff members, such as superintendents and principals.

Weekly

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to mentor and support administrative staff members, such as superintendents and principals.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Who: [mentee, candidate, student]
Their goal: [describe]

Prepare questions, encouragement and next-step suggestions. Then play the mentee. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Mentoring conversation

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you mentor and support administrative staff members (this week). Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Who] and [Their goal] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 3.9/5 · O*NET work activity: Support the professional development of others..

Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.

Monthly

Leading people runs on trust. AI can prep the paperwork around it.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI can prep the paperwork around leading: meeting agendas, feedback drafts, rotas, briefings and difficult-conversation rehearsals.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Committee: [board, department, governing body]
Agenda item: [describe]
My view: [what I'll argue for]

Prepare my position in 2 sentences, the strongest counter-arguments, questions to ask, and what I'll vote or decide based on.

10-minute exercise: Committee meeting prep

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers and staff.
Step 2Fill in [Committee], [Agenda item] and [My view] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Read the papers yourself before the meeting.

Importance 3.2/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Serve on institutional or departmental committees.. Also involves: Collaborate with other professionals to develop education or assistance programs..

Plan, coordinate, and oversee school logistics programs, such as bus and food services.

Monthly

Leading people runs on trust. AI can prep the paperwork around it.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI can prep the paperwork around leading: meeting agendas, feedback drafts, rotas, briefings and difficult-conversation rehearsals.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to plan, coordinate, and oversee school logistics programs, such as bus and food services.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Organization: [describe]
Priority or change: [describe]

Help me prepare: the key message in 2 sentences, what good looks like, how people might react and how I'll respond, and one thing I'll check next week.

10-minute exercise: Directing the organization

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you plan, coordinate, and oversee school logistics programs.
Step 2Fill in [Organization] and [Priority or change] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Afterward, note one thing people responded to and one thing you'd change.

Importance 3.5/5 · O*NET work activity: Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.. Also involves: Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures..

Direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities.

Monthly

Leading people runs on trust. AI can prep the paperwork around it.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI can prep the paperwork around leading: meeting agendas, feedback drafts, rotas, briefings and difficult-conversation rehearsals.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school facilities.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Facility: [describe]
Priorities: [describe]

Help me prepare: the key message in 2 sentences, what good looks like, how people might react and how I'll respond, and one thing I'll check next week.

10-minute exercise: Directing facility maintenance

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you direct and coordinate school maintenance services and the use of school.
Step 2Fill in [Facility] and [Priorities] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Afterward, note one thing people responded to and one thing you'd change.

Importance 3.2/5 · O*NET work activity: Direct facility maintenance or repair activities..

Develop partnerships with businesses, communities, and other organizations to help meet identified educational needs and to provide school-to-work programs.

Monthly

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to develop partnerships with businesses, communities, and other organizations to help meet identified educational needs and to provide school-to-work programs.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
Setting: [reception, conference, meeting]
Who I want to connect with: [type of person]

Prepare conversation starters and how to move to a next step. Then play the contact. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Relationship-building conversations

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you develop partnerships.
Step 2Fill in [Setting] and [Who I want to connect with] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Note one personal detail to remember for next time.

Importance 3.4/5 · O*NET work activity: Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities..

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Skills to build

From O*NET's ratings of how important each skill is in this job, matched to which part of the work it supports.

Stays human Deepen these

They power the human-led work, which is the part of the job AI can't take over.

  • Active Listeningimportance 4.9/5
    Used in: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
  • Speakingimportance 4.8/5
    Used in: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
  • Social Perceptivenessimportance 4.0/5
    Used in: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
  • Coordinationimportance 3.9/5
    Used in: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

With AI Use these to work with AI

When AI does the first draft, these are the skills you use to brief it and check what comes back.

  • Critical Thinkingimportance 4.6/5
    Used in: Thinking Creatively
  • Reading Comprehensionimportance 4.8/5
    Used in: Training and Teaching Others

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New tasks appearing in this job

O*NET has started tracking 1 new or updated task here: 0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 1 stays human. They have no worker ratings yet, so they aren't counted in the bar above.

Supervise student pick-up or drop-off.

New in O*NET

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as an education administrator (kindergarten through secondary). Part of my job is to supervise student pick-up or drop-off.

Context: The work draws on education and training, therapy and counseling and administration and management.
I have a conversation coming up with students: [describe it without names or private details]

Help me prepare: what the student may be feeling, 3 ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Rehearse: student pick-up or drop-off

Step 1Pick a real upcoming moment where you supervise student pick-up or drop-off. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Describe it in [describe it] without names, then practise against the role-play student.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

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