Jobs / Education and social services / 25-2021.00
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Teach academic and social skills to students at the elementary school level.
- US jobs
- 1,388,390
- Median wage
- $63,970 a year
- Job family
- Education and social services
Can agents do the work of elementary school teachers, except special education?
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.
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students.
- Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems or with special academic interests.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Read books to entire classes or small groups.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
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Art Teacher · Classroom Teacher · Elementary Classroom Teacher · Elementary School Teacher · Elementary Teacher · Math Teacher (Mathematics Teacher) · Music Teacher · Primary Teacher · Reading Teacher · Teacher · Art Educator · Art Instructor · Band Teacher · Bilingual Instructor · Bilingual Teacher · Choir Teacher · Educator · Elementary Art Teacher · Elementary Education Teacher · Elementary Educator · Elementary PE Teacher (Elementary Physical Education Teacher) · Elementary School Band Director · ESL Teacher (English as a Second Language Teacher) · General Education Teacher · Grade School Teacher · Gym Teacher · Home Teacher · Language Arts Teacher · Language Instructor · Montessori Teacher · Music Educator · Music Instructor · Orchestra Teacher · PE Teacher (Physical Education Teacher) · Physical Fitness Teacher · Reading Specialist · Resource Teacher · Social Studies Teacher · Student Teacher · Upper Elementary Teacher