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Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondaryresume guide.

Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. A strong Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary resume shows speaking, instructing and learning strategies, and names the tools you have worked with, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Creative Cloud software.

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01Also called

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Art History ProfessorArt InstructorArt ProfessorAssistant ProfessorAssociate ProfessorInstructorMusic InstructorMusic ProfessorProfessorTheater Professor

02Skills employers expect

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Importance is how much the skill matters to the job; level is how much of it the job demands. Both are worth naming on the resume, in this order.

SkillImportanceLevel
SpeakingVery highAdvanced
InstructingVery highAdvanced
Learning StrategiesVery highAdvanced
Active LearningVery highAdvanced
Active ListeningVery highAdvanced
Reading ComprehensionVery highAdvanced
WritingHighAdvanced
MonitoringHighIntermediate
Critical ThinkingHighIntermediate
Social PerceptivenessHighIntermediate

03Knowledge areas

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  • Fine Arts
  • Education and Training
  • English Language
  • Communications and Media
  • History and Archeology
  • Psychology
  • Philosophy and Theology
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Customer and Personal Service

04Common responsibilities

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Ordered by importance. Each one is a bullet waiting for a result and a number.

  1. Explain and demonstrate artistic techniques.
  2. Evaluate and grade students' class work, performances, projects, assignments, and papers.
  3. Prepare students for performances, exams, or assessments.
  4. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  5. Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as acting techniques, fundamentals of music, and art history.
  6. Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  7. Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  8. Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  9. Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  10. Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

05Software and tools

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52 tools across 20 categories. The six largest categories are below; Hot marks a hot technology, In demand a tool employers ask for most often.

Graphics or photo imaging software8
+ 3 more
Computer based training software6
  • Learning management system LMSIn demand
  • Blackboard Learn
  • Desire2Learn LMS software
  • Course management system software
  • Sakai CLE
  • Moodle
+ 1 more
Music or sound editing software6
  • Adobe AuditionIn demand
  • Apple Logic Pro
  • Komplete Kontrol
  • Propellerhead Software Reason
  • Pure Data PD
  • Sonic Studio audio software
+ 1 more
Video creation and editing software6
  • Adobe After EffectsHotIn demand
  • Apple Final Cut ProIn demand
  • Apple DVD Studio Pro
  • Autodesk MotionBuilder
  • Pixar RenderMan Studio
  • The Foundry Nuke
+ 1 more
Web platform development software4
Word processing software3
Data base user interface and query software2
  • MySQLHotIn demand
  • Blackboard software
Desktop publishing software2
Development environment software2
  • Microsoft Visual StudioHotIn demand
  • PhoneGap
Electronic mail software2
Information retrieval or search software2
  • DOC Cop
  • iParadigms Turnitin
Desktop communications software1
  • Edmodo
Document management software1
Internet browser software1
Office suite software1
Operating system software1
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software1
  • Image scanning software
Presentation software1
Spreadsheet software1
Web page creation and editing software1
  • Adobe Dreamweaver

06Education and preparation

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Typical education
Master's Degree
51% of surveyed workers. Others report Doctoral Degree (32%) and Bachelor's Degree (14%).
Preparation level
Job Zone 5 · Extensive preparation
Usually a graduate degree and extensive related experience.

07Putting it on your resume

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BEE · How to show it

Lead with what you built. For a Job Zone 5 role, hiring managers and parsers both look for outcomes before credentials. Put two or three results at the top of each job entry, with the scale or effect stated plainly.

Name the tools exactly. This occupation is heavy on named software. A skills section that says "Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Cloud software, Adobe After Effects" matches more job descriptions than a general phrase. Use the spelling employers use.

Show instructing and learning strategies, not just speaking. Instructing and learning strategies rank close to speaking for this occupation. One bullet per role that shows a decision, a tradeoff or a result covers them.

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