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Art Teacher (Private Tuition)

ProfessionalsUsually a bachelor degree or higher, or long experience

What the work is

Teaches students in the practice and theory of art in private training establishments.

Would you enjoy the work?

These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.

  • Plans, prepares and delivers effective learning programs in art theory and practice
  • Assesses students' learning, maintains students' records and reports on students' performance to students, parents and other stakeholders
  • Undertakes regular professional learning in effective art teaching
  • Prepares students for exhibitions and assessments
  • Arranges visits and tours to professional exhibitions and performances
  • Organises exhibitions or performances of students' work

Try it

A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a speech and drama studio in a converted church hall. They are fictional.

The kind of days you could have

Good days

  • A student who whispered on day one stands up and finishes their whole speech
  • A showcase night where the audience is laughing in all the right places
  • A parent says their child now talks at the dinner table

Hard days

  • A student refuses to go on stage ten minutes before curtain
  • Parents who each want the biggest part for their own child
  • Rehearsal rooms that are booked, cancelled and double booked again

Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.

Work a mission

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Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 259231, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.