Piano teacher: professional qualities and job responsibilities

A piano teacher is a creative and interesting profession, but you need to go to work as a music teacher solely by vocation. Only then will work bring satisfaction and benefit to others. Before deciding to study this profession, you need to know what professional qualities are important for the teacher and what job duties to be performed.

A piano teacher should not only perfectly master the instrument, have a hearing and a sense of rhythm, know the musical notation, the history of music, be able to pick up by ear and play any work. A teacher, in addition to playing the piano, must teach children everything that he can do.

Features of the profession are that each child should have an individual approach. The teacher with each student is engaged separately several times a week, he knows what this or that child is capable of, what his opportunities are. One needs to pay more attention and dwell on difficult points, repeating them from lesson to lesson. The other, on the contrary, needs an enhanced program. He quickly grasps everything, is well prepared for lessons and is ready to participate in competitions. In this case, it is worth concentrating on preparing for such events. After meeting and a few months of study with the student, he sees whether this education will be just for general development or whether the child is seriously planning to connect his life with music.

Working with children requires certain qualities from a person. You need to be pretty patient first and foremost. Not all young musicians learn the art of playing the instrument equally well. But a lot depends on the teacher. He should interest, inspire, do not forget to praise the student even for small successes, so that he has an incentive. For the first successes will come more significant. The characterization of the teacher from this is highly appreciated by the students and their parents. The achievements of children, high marks, victories in competitions, participation in concerts and festivals eloquently speak about the quality of teaching.

In addition to professional qualities, the teacher must possess other important features, which include the following:

• goodwill;
• stress resistance;
• sociability;
• the ability to feel the mood of the child;
• the desire to be not just a mentor, but a good friend;
• in difficult situations to provide moral support.

The music teacher is hired by the director of the music school, and he is fired. But there must be good reasons for this. For example, failure to perform their duties. In the process of his activity, a music teacher should perform the following functions:

• teach a child to play an instrument;
• cultivate a love of art in him;
• contribute to the formation of an aesthetic taste;
• develop creativity;
• stimulate the child’s desire to reach new heights;
• organize various musical events that contribute to the development of creative abilities and the formation of the taste of students.

But that is far from all. Teacher with other colleagues takes part in the development of educational programs, strives to improve the learning process. Participates in all school, as well as urban, regional events, and not only prepares students, but he also demonstrates his abilities, thus being an example to follow. The student should see in his teacher the ideal that he would like to strive for.

In addition, the teacher holds meetings, consultations for parents, explains everything that can raise questions from parents, suggests how to control the educational process and what help to provide at home. The teacher may, at his discretion, conduct additional classes if he feels that the child is behind due to illness or is given something with difficulty. Also, the number of classes can be increased if a competition or other important event is ahead.

If a music teacher does not work at school, he can work with students at home or as a tutor at the request of his parents. Work at home is possible when the teacher officially works at school, but only in his spare time, when he is not busy with basic lessons and other activities in which he must participate according to the plan of the educational institution.

To become a music teacher, first you need to go to a music school, study well for all years. And not only successfully master your tool, but also an additional one. In addition, it is mandatory to study such subjects as solfeggio, music literature. After successfully passing the exams and graduating from music school, you need to go to a music college, where you have to improve your skills by studying all related subjects. And besides, will have to continue training under the general education program. After graduation, you can already go to work at school. But this is not necessary to stop, but to enter a higher educational institution. There are a lot of such people throughout the country, it all depends on the place of residence of the future teacher and the opportunity to go to another city for the purpose of training. These may be such educational institutions:

• art institutes;
• cultural institutions;
• music academies;
• conservatory.

Salary depends on various factors: work experience, qualifications, region of residence, type of school, teacher employment, additional workload. When a teacher comes to school immediately after college or university, he will not receive much. His salary may be 15-18 thousand. But over time, experience accumulates, additional premiums appear.