Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques.

Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers.

Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments.

Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.

Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.

Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.

Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator

Faux Labs Splashup

Next Limit Maxwell Render

The Pixel Farm PFTrack

Blackboard software

Learning management system LMS

Moodle

Sakai CLE

Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects

Apple DVD Studio Pro

Apple Final Cut Pro

The Foundry Nuke

Adobe Systems Adobe Audition

Apple Logic Pro

Pure Data PD

Sonic Studio audio software

Cascading style sheets CSS

Hypertext markup language HTML

JavaScript

Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Visual Studio

PhoneGap

Collaborative editing software

Google Docs

Microsoft Word

Email software

Microsoft Outlook

Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign

QuarkXPress

DOC Cop

iParadigms Turnitin

Band saws

Metal cutting band saws

Sliding table saws

Handheld microphones

Wireless microphones

Pug mills

Slab rollers

Reshaping hammers

Tinsmithing hammers

Printmaking presses

Tabletop presses

Computer numerical control CNC routers

Computer numerical control CNC vertical knee mills

Computer inkjet printers

Poster printers

Liquid crystal display LCD televisions

Television monitors

Interactive whiteboard controllers

Student response systems

Computer projectors

Multimedia projection equipment

Art, Drama, & Music Teachers, Postsecondary

I never had a lot of money growing up- so even going to college was dependent on making sure I could get scholarships (working hard in high school) and working a few jobs while I went to school. But it was worth it. And it was doable! 

There is no typical day! That's part of why I love the job- it can't be boring or routine. 

Music Teacher

Music is a hobby, not a career.
How can you make money doing that?
There are no jobs in music education, there are always funding cuts. 
How will you travel and explore the world with this job?
You can't leave the US, that's crazy! 

Laurie Bonner

Music Teacher

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Music

Education

Teaching / Mentoring

Day to Day

Recommended Education

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Society in General:

Challenges I Overcame

Financial

Laurie Bonner

Music Teacher

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Music

Education

Teaching / Mentoring

Day to Day

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Society in General:

Challenges I Overcame

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