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25-1121.00 - 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.


Key Facts
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Bright Outlook
Career Details
Green Job
Career Details
Current Employment
120,700
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Forecasted Employment
133,700
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Change in Employment
+13,000
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Change in Employment %
+10.8%
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Tasks
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Tasks
The tasks listed below can be performed to prepare you for a career in this field.
Core
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers.
  • Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques.
  • Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments.
  • 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.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and performance pieces.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Participate in campus and community events.
  • Keep students informed of community events, such as plays and concerts.
  • Display students' work in schools, galleries, and exhibitions.
  • Act as advisers to student organizations.
Supplemental
  • Organize performance groups and direct their rehearsals.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
  • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
  • Maintain or repair studio facilities.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Knowledge
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Knowledge

The items listed below are organized into sections that contain knowledge useful for pursuing a career in this field. Each section also contains a "Percentage of Importance" statistic that shows how relevant an item is to the occupation.
 Fine Arts
  • 98%
    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
 Education and Training
  • 93%
    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 English Language
  • 86%
    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 Communications and Media
  • 71%
    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
 Psychology
  • 68%
    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
 History and Archeology
  • 68%
    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
 Philosophy and Theology
  • 64%
    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
 Computers and Electronics
  • 64%
    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 Sociology and Anthropology
  • 63%
    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
 Customer and Personal Service
  • 60%
    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
 Design
  • 59%
    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
 Administration and Management
  • 59%
    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 Clerical
  • 57%
    Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 Foreign Language
  • 54%
    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
 Therapy and Counseling
  • 52%
    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Tools
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Tools
The tools listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Audio presentation and composing equipment and hardware and controllers
  • Analog to digital audio converters
  • Digital audio workstations
  • Digital mixing consoles
 Audio and visual equipment
  • Audio recording equipment
  • Compact disk CD players
  • Digital video disk DVD players
  • Handheld microphones
  • Liquid crystal display LCD televisions
  • MP3 digital voice recorders
  • Multitrack recording systems
  • Surround sound systems
  • Television monitors
  • Wireless microphones
 Power tools
  • Band saws
  • Belt sanders
  • Engraving equipment
  • Metal cutting band saws
  • Oscilliating spindle sanders
  • Power disc sanders
  • Scroll saws
  • Sliding compound miter saws
  • Sliding table saws
 Binding and lamination machines
  • Book presses
  • Laminating equipment
 Projectors and supplies
  • Carousel slide projectors
  • Computer projectors
  • Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
  • Multimedia projection equipment
  • Opaque projectors
  • Overhead data projectors
  • Projector screens
 Clay and modeling compounds and ceramics equipment and accessories
  • Clay firing kilns
  • Gas-fired kilns
  • Modeling material extruders
  • Pug mills
  • Slab rollers
 Cameras
  • Compact digital cameras
  • Digital video cameras
  • Sound stage cameras
  • Webcams
 Computer data input devices
  • Computer data input scanners
  • Interactive whiteboard controllers
  • Student response systems
 Computer printers
  • Computer inkjet printers
  • Computer laser printers
  • Poster printers
 Machinery for working wood and stone and ceramic and the like
  • Computer numerical control CNC routers
  • Computer numerical control CNC vertical knee mills
 Lathes and turning centers
  • Computer numerical control CNC vertical lathes
  • Machine lathes
  • Wood lathes
 Keyboard instruments
  • Computerized synthesizers
 Computers
  • Desktop computers
  • Laptop computers
  • Tablet computers
 Musical instrument parts and accessories
  • Electronic metronomes
  • Experimental hyperinstruments
 Lamps and lightbulbs
  • General stage lighting
 Metal bending machines
  • Hossfield metal benders
  • Hydraulic tubing benders
  • Magnetic finger brakes
  • Sheet metal brakes
 Computer displays
  • Interactive whiteboards
 Metal cutting machines
  • Laser cutting equipment
  • Plasma cutters
 Duplicating machines
  • Laser facsimile machines
  • Photocopying equipment
 Crucibles
  • Metal crucibles
 Welding machinery
  • Metal inert gas MIG welders
  • Spot welders
  • Tungsten inert gas TIG welders
 Personal communication devices
  • Multi-line telephone systems
 Paint systems
  • Paint booths
 Desk supplies
  • Paper cutters
 Wood crafts
  • Pneumatic carving equipment
 Compressors
  • Portable air compressors
 Printmaking supplies and accessories
  • Printmaking presses
  • Silkscreen machines
  • Tabletop presses
 Forming tools
  • Reshaping hammers
  • Tinsmithing anvils
  • Tinsmithing hammers
 Metal grinding machines
  • Surface grinding machines
 Media storage devices
  • Universal serial bus USB flash drives
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Technology
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Technology
The technologies listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Content management software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe AcrobatHOT
 Content authoring and editing software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Flash
  • Adobe Systems Adobe IllustratorHOT
  • Adobe Systems Adobe InDesignHOT
  • Adobe Systems Adobe PhotoshopHOT
  • Apple DVD Studio Pro
  • Apple Final Cut Pro
  • Autodesk MotionBuilder
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Collaborative editing software
  • Faux Labs Splashup
  • Google DocsHOT
  • Image scanning software
  • Microsoft ExcelHOT
  • Microsoft PowerPointHOT
  • Microsoft WordHOT
  • Next Limit Maxwell Render
  • Pixar RenderMan Studio
  • QuarkXpress
  • Red Giant Trapcode Particular
  • The Foundry Nuke
  • The Pixel Farm PFTrack
  • Word processing software
 Computer game or entertainment software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Audition
  • Apple Logic Pro
  • Komplete Kontrol
  • Propellerhead Software Reason
  • Pure Data PD
  • Sonic Studio
 Development software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
  • Cascading style sheets CSSHOT
  • Hypertext markup language HTMLHOT
  • JavaScriptHOT
  • Microsoft Visual StudioHOT
  • PhoneGap
  • PHP: Hypertext PreprocessorHOT
 Industry specific software
  • Autodesk Maya for Design VisualizationHOT
 Educational or reference software
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Blackboard software
  • Course management system software
  • Desire2Learn
  • Learning management system LMS
  • Moodle
  • Sakai CLE
 Data management and query software
  • Data entry softwareHOT
  • DOC Cop
  • iParadigms Turnitin
  • MySQLHOT
 Network applications software
  • Edmodo
  • Web browser software
 Information exchange software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft OutlookHOT
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Certifications
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Certifications
The certifications listed below are useful to pursue if you are interested in a career in this field.
 Specialty
 Advanced
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Licensing
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Licensing
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All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
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