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Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems, setting educational standards and goals and help establish policies, preparing and maintaining attendance, activity, planning and planning, directing. If that's your week, this page is about your job.
The honest answer
This job is splitting in two: preparing and maintaining attendance, activity, planning, accounting or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies or directing preparation and maintenance activities is work AI now does quickly and cheaply, and conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems is work it can't touch.
Which half fills your week decides your exposure. Moving toward the second half is a real, doable plan.
Your week, as this page understands it
Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care. The job title says “education”, “childcare administrators”, “preschool” or “daycare”: officially one job, several names. The real job is the part underneath: conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems. That is the thing someone has to be right about.
The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare is not one task. It is 17 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems, and the ledger below shows exactly why.
Where the work sits, by task weight
- shifting to AI
- 41%
- changing shape
- 14%
- staying human
- 45%
These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.
Whole-job exposure score 49 out of 100 (44–55 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, across 17 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.
How we know this
What is measured: Every published task statement for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.
How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.
Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-04. Read the full method.
Your job, task by task
These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.
- 1 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
Shifting to AI
7 tasksTasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.
Setting educational standards and goals and help establish policies
This is reading one thing and writing another: educational standards in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 64 out of 100 (57–71 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Setting standards, policies and programs draws on widely published frameworks, so strong drafts come easily.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Determining the scope of educational program offerings and preparing drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements
This is reading one thing and writing another: the scope of educational program offerings in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Working out program scope, schedules and the staffing they imply is planning arithmetic software handles well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Preparing and maintaining attendance, activity, planning, accounting or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies or directing preparation and maintenance activities
This is reading one thing and writing another: attendance, activity in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maintenance activities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Attendance, activity and personnel reporting is exactly the routine record work software already handles.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Determining allocations of funds
This is reading one thing and writing another: allocations of funds in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment and authorize purchases.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Allocating a budget across staff and supplies and raising purchase orders is standard financial admin.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Changing shape
3 tasksTasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.
Reviewing and interpreting government codes and developing procedures to meet codes and to ensure facility safety
The software now makes the first pass at government codes, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Review and interpret government codes and develop procedures to meet codes and to ensure facility safety, security, and maintenance.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 54 out of 100 (50–58 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Childcare codes are published in full, so procedures to meet them draft well, with checks on site.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Informing businesses, community groups and governmental agencies about educational needs, available programs and programing policies
The software now makes the first pass at businesses, community groups and governmental agencies, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · CoreSource: “Inform businesses, community groups, and governmental agencies about educational needs, available programs, and program policies.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Information for community groups and agencies drafts easily, though it is often delivered in person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Preparing and submitting budget requests or grant proposals to solicit program funding
The software now makes the first pass at budget requests, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 3 · SupplementalSource: “Prepare and submit budget requests or grant proposals to solicit program funding.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 58 out of 100 (51–65 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Budget requests draft well, but a persuasive grant proposal has to be tailored to a particular funder.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Staying human
7 tasksTasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.
Conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems
The value here is that a specific person handles parents and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 21 out of 100 (17–25 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Conversations with parents about a child's behavior or progress depend on trust built with that family.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Monitoring students' progress and providing students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems
This work happens in the physical world: students' progress, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 18 out of 100 (11–25 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Progress data can be tracked easily, but helping a young child or their teacher happens in the room.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Recruiting, hiring, training and evaluating primary and supplemental staff and recommending personnel actions for programs and services
The value here is that a specific person handles primary and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 30 out of 100 (23–37 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Job adverts and shortlists draft well, but hiring and appraising staff rests on judgment about people met in person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Show the other 7 tasks
Writing articles, manuals and other publications and assisting in the distribution of promotional literature about programs and facilities
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: articles, manuals and other publications in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 3 · CoreSource: “Write articles, manuals, and other publications and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about programs and facilities.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Writing articles, manuals and promotional material is straightforward drafting with plenty of examples to follow.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Collecting and analyzing survey data
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: survey data in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and the need for curriculum changes.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Analyzing enrollment, demographic and survey data to forecast demand is standard statistical work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Reviewing and evaluating new and current programs to determine their efficiency
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: new and current programs in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Review and evaluate new and current programs to determine their efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with state, local, and federal regulations and recommend any necessary modifications.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 66 out of 100 (62–70 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Reviewing programs against regulations and recommending changes is document comparison with clear reference material.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Planning, directing and monitoring instructional methods and content of educational, vocational or student activity programs
staying humanThe ratings behind this row put instructional methods well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Plan, direct, and monitor instructional methods and content of educational, vocational, or student activity programs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 37 out of 100 (30–44 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Teaching approaches are well documented, but monitoring how they land needs someone watching real classrooms.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Organizing and directing committees of specialists
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles committees of specialists and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 3 · SupplementalSource: “Organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and advisory assistance for programs.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Committee papers can be prepared easily, but getting specialists and volunteers to turn up and contribute is a live task.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Directing and coordinating activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: activities of teachers, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Direct and coordinate activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers, schools, public agencies, or institutions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 11 out of 100 (4–18 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Directing teachers day to day means being in the setting and being someone the staff will follow.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Teaching classes or courses or providing direct care to children
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: classes, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Teaching and caring for young children is entirely about being present with them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
What this job pays, and how many people do it
- Median pay
- $59,300a year, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.bls-oews, 2025 · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
How we know this
Source: bls-oews
Reference period: May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
Rounding: Shown as published.
- People doing this job
- 73,660in the US, 2025.bls-oews · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.
Why this is shifting
The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: attendance, activity in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: preparing and maintaining attendance, activity, planning and setting educational standards and goals and help establish policies. What it cannot do is be trusted in person, which is what parents run on: someone specific doing it and standing behind it. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.
Your move
Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend
Your week is splitting in two, and which half fills it is the whole question. Preparing and maintaining attendance, activity, planning is going; conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems is not.
So, given all that: 41% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 14% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 45% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 17 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.
The occupation is an average and you are not, so the first job below is finding out where your own week actually sits.
This week: one thing
Print the task ledger above and put your own hours next to each row. Roughly, in pen, in one sitting. Then look at which group your hours actually pile up in. Twenty minutes, this week.
- What you end up holding
- your own week, on one page, sorted into what is shifting and what is not
- How long it takes
- about twenty minutes
If printing it isn’t practical: Read the rows off this page and write the same list on the back of an envelope. Same twenty minutes, same page, and it works just as well said out loud to someone who knows the job. The point is your hours next to the rows, not the paper it is on.
Over the next 90 days
Volunteer toward the durable end, visibly. Over the next ninety days put your hand up for the work in the bottom group (conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems) and let people see you doing it. Not a new project: the same job, with your mix deliberately tilted. The point is that when the rota or the reorganisation comes, the version of you people picture is the one doing the part that stays.
Over the next 12 months
Claim a specialism at the durable end and let the other end go. Over a year, deliberately become the person who handles conferring with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and students' behavioral or learning problems, and deliberately stop being the first choice for the rows in the top group. That trade costs something, because the exposed work is often the comfortable work. Decide it on purpose rather than by drift. Before you pay for anything, use CareerOneStop - Find local training. It is free, it is the Labor Department's own service, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.
The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them
I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.
I checked the 12 nearest US occupations to education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was education administrators, kindergarten through secondary: only about 30% of its durable work is work you already do. Your own job splits about 41/59: that share of the list sits in the top exposure band and the rest does not. On this evidence the honest move is inside the job rather than out of it. Become the person who owns “confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities and policies and…”, and let the exposed end go.
How that was checked: this job was compared against all 830 US occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.
3 moves I checked and rejected
These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and…”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 30% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: It is closer than most, and still not close enough: about 30% of that job's durable work is already yours, against the 35% I want to see before I will call something a route.
Social and Community Service Managers
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already organize and direct committees of specialists, volunteers, and staff to provide technical and…, and their equivalent is to direct activities of professional and technical staff members and volunteers. Across both published task lists that is about 6% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 6% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.
Medical and Health Services Managers
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already plan, direct, and monitor instructional methods and content of educational, vocational, or student…, and their equivalent is to develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community-based educational programs. Across both published task lists that is about 5% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 5% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. The pay gap is the market pricing a barrier: $123,860 against your $59,300 is 2.09× (OEWS May 2025 (both)), and you would be crossing it holding about 5% of their durable work. A gap that size with an overlap that small is a wish, not a route.
What I’d stop worrying about
A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.
The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 41% of its task weight, across 17 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
The whole-job doom story
Nothing on this page says this job ends. It says the mix inside it moves. Half the rows above are unchanged or changing shape, and the plan is about which half your week sits in. That is a very different problem, and a solvable one.
Panic-buying a course
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The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.
You are reading the United States figures
The United Kingdom splits this work across more than one official group, of which Early education and childcare services managers is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.
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The other groups this work is counted across:
In UK official statistics this job is counted as Early education and childcare services managers and Early education and childcare services proprietors. Pay is shown separately for each of those groups (medians cannot be averaged together), while the task list and the scores on this page are for this group only.
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No Space for this job, but one for what is happening to it
Nothing Collab365 runs is built for education / childcare administrators / preschool / daycare, and we are not going to point you at the nearest one and call it a fit.
There is one that is not about a job title at all. The AI Authority is about being the person who directs these tools at work rather than the person they get compared to. That is worth saying here, because 41% of the work on this page is already inside what they can do.
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Questions people ask about this job
- Will AI replace Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare?
- Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 17 official task statements scored for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare (United States, SOC 11-9031), 41% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 49 out of 100 (range 44–55, band: partial). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
- Which tasks in “Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare” can AI already do?
- The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Prepare and maintain attendance, activity, planning, accounting, or personnel reports and records for officials and agencies, or direct preparation and maint…” (93/100, very high); “Write articles, manuals, and other publications and assist in the distribution of promotional literature about programs and facilities” (93/100, very high); “Collect and analyze survey data, regulatory information, and demographic and employment trends to forecast enrollment patterns and the need for curriculum ch…” (93/100, very high). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
- Which tasks in “Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare” stay human?
- About 45% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Teach classes or courses or provide direct care to children” (0/100, minimal); “Direct and coordinate activities of teachers or administrators at daycare centers, schools, public agencies, or institutions” (11/100, minimal); “Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems” (18/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
- What should someone working in “Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare” do about AI?
- Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 41% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 45% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
- How is the AI exposure score for Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare calculated?
- Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 17 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.
Where these numbers come from
Worth knowing about these figures
- The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
- 1 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
- Task statements
- onet-dbProcessing: catalogue-bridge → onet-im-rt-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
- Task weights
- onet-db (im-rt)
- Scores
- Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-04.
- Pay and employment
- bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))
Figures on this page come from release 2026-q4.1, published 2026-08-05. Every release keeps its own permanent address, so a figure you cite in March is still there, unchanged, in November.
The plain-English wording on this page is assembled directly from the task statements and the published ratings, not written by hand for this occupation. That is why it is specific, and it is also why we say so.
The routes and free resources further up are today’s, not the release’s (last reviewed 2026-08-05). A route is an offer, not a historical fact, so it moves on its own clock.
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Plain text
Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).
BibTeX
@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
title = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
author = {{Collab365}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
note = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}Data as of release 2026-q4.1, published . Releases never change after publication; when the figures move, a new dated release is published beside this one and this one stays exactly where it is.