Will AI replace self-enrichment teachers?

Part of the work, not the whole job. AI could take on about 37% of the working time in a typical self-enrichment teacher job today. The other 63% still needs a person.

Self-enrichment teacher at work

63% of the work still needs a person.

Needs a person: 63%A person checking AI: 15%AI alone: 22%

The bracket under the bar is the evidence range for the share AI could take on: 31 to 37%. One end comes from how well AI did each responsibility in real use, or a second rating where that isn't measured. The other is our figure, which also follows research across the industry.

29 responsibilities in a typical self-enrichment teacher job. Median pay $46,800 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).

Still needs a person

  • Teach classes in person
  • Encourage students to keep trying
  • Assess students' abilities and interests
  • Lead hands-on classes and demonstrations
  • Enforce class rules
  • Teach safe equipment use

AI can do or help with

  • Adjust lessons to fit students AI helps
  • Track progress and suggest improvements AI helps
  • Set and share lesson goals AI helps
  • Assign and grade homework AI helps
  • Keep accurate student records AI can do it
  • Set up materials and the classroom AI helps

The biggest responsibilities on each side, ranked by a person's time on the left. "AI helps" means AI takes on part of the work, or most of it with a person checking what it produces, so one can show on both sides. See all 29, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.

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Questions people ask

Will AI replace self-enrichment teachers?

Part of the work, not the whole job. AI could take on about 37% of the working time in a typical self-enrichment teacher job today. The other 63% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.

Which parts of the job can AI do?

The biggest ones AI can do or help with: adjust lessons to fit students, track progress and suggest improvements, set and share lesson goals, assign and grade homework, keep accurate student records, set up materials and the classroom.

Which parts still need a person?

The biggest ones: teach classes in person, encourage students to keep trying, assess students' abilities and interests, lead hands-on classes and demonstrations, enforce class rules, teach safe equipment use.

How is this measured?

The U.S. Department of Labor lists 30 responsibilities for this job (O*NET 31.0), and the split covers the 29 people in it do today. Each is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. The evidence range for the share AI could take on is 31 to 37%. One end comes from how well AI did each responsibility in real use, or a second rating where that isn't measured. The other is our figure, which also follows research across the industry. Scores version 0.8.8, updated November 13, 2026.

Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.

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