Can AI Replace Substitute Teachers, Short-Term in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 39% of today's substitute teachers, short-term tasks by 2036, and there is a 15% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

25%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

10% 2030 · 15% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.3 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Occupational Therapy Aides3% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Distribute or collect tests or homework assignments".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Grade students' assignments and exams".Get visibly better at your human core: "Assist students with boarding or exiting school buses".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Occupational Therapy Aides.

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Occupational Therapy Aides — 3% chance of contraction by 2036

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Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education · Teaching Assistants, Special Education · Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Based on 18 O*NET tasks for "Substitute Teachers, Short-Term" (SOC 25-3031.00). LLM alone: 28% of tasks; with AI tools: 44%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10