Jobs / Education and social services / 25-1193.00
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses pertaining to recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, including exercise physiology and facilities management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
- US jobs
- 12,630
- Median wage
- $77,270 a year
- Job family
- Education and social services
Can agents do the work of recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Education and social services:
- Task levelUnexploredNo task-level benchmark in our collection tests teaching, counseling, or casework.
- Project levelPartialThin, adjacent evidence only. GDPval, which spans 44 occupations, is the one benchmark in our collection mapped here. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all GDPval occupations. No benchmark tests work with students or clients.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in education and social services, not always this occupation's tasks.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as anatomy, therapeutic recreation, and conditioning theory.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
Other job titles for this occupation (39)
Adjunct Professor · Assistant Professor · Associate Professor · Health and Human Performance Professor · Health and Physical Education Professor (HPE Professor) · Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Professor (HPER Professor) · Instructor · Kinesiology Professor · Physical Education Professor (PE Professor) · Professor · Adjunct Instructor · Aquatic Instructor · Athletic Instructor · College Faculty Member · College Professor · Education Programs Professional · Exercise Instructor · Exercise Science Instructor · Exercise Science Professor · Exercise Teacher · Fitness and Wellness Instructor · Fitness Instructor · Fitness Studies Teacher · Gymnasium Teacher · Health and Physical Education Instructor (HPE Instructor) · Health Fitness Professional · Health Professor · Human Performance Professor · Leisure Studies Professor · Physical Education Instructor (PE Instructor) · Physical Education Teacher (PE Teacher) · Physical Fitness Teacher · Recreation Professor · Recreation Teacher · Sports Management Professor · Teacher · University Faculty Member · Wellness and Activities Instructor · Wellness Instructor