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Postsecondary Creative Arts Teacher

Postsecondary Creative Arts Teacher

  • Inspire creativity by teaching drama, music, and arts to future artists.
  • Shape the next generation of artists and performers through education and mentorship.
  • Blend teaching with research to explore and innovate in the creative arts field.
💰 Earn $80K-$162K
📚 Master Degree

Overview

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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

Master Degree

Career Prospects

Good (Increasing by 1-5%)

Training Time

Over 4 years

Job Openings

9,900 Annually

Median Earnings

$107,680 in California
$80,360 Nationally

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Day-to-Day

  • 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.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Being creative or artistic
  • Relating with or serving others

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Instructing
  • Learning Strategies
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking

You value 🙏

  • Having freedom
  • Job security
  • Personal relationships

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