Music Teacher (Private Tuition)
What the work is
Teaches students in the practice, theory and performance of music 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 singing, instrumental performance and music theory
- Assesses students' learning, maintains students' records and reports on students' performance to students, parents and other stakeholders
- Undertakes regular professional learning in effective music teaching
- Prepares students for musical performances, competitions and examinations
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a small music school with practice rooms, a piano and a busy waiting area. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A student plays a piece through for the first time without stopping
- A teenager who wanted to quit asks what to learn next
- A concert where the youngest player takes a bow and beams
Hard days
- A student who has not practised all week and knows you can tell
- A parent who is more anxious about an exam than the child is
- Hearing the same scale played slightly wrong for the fortieth time
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Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 259431, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.