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 exclusively by vocation. Only then will the work bring satisfaction and benefit to others. Before deciding to study this profession, you need to know what professional qualities are important for a teacher and what job duties are to be performed.

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

The peculiarities of the profession are that each child should have an individual approach... The teacher deals with each student separately several times a week, he knows what this or that child is capable of, what opportunities he has. One needs to pay more attention and focus on difficult points, repeating them from lesson to lesson. Others, on the other hand, need an enhanced program. He quickly grasps everything, prepares well for lessons and is ready to participate in competitions. In this case, it is worth concentrating on preparing for such events. After meeting and several months of classes 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 have to be pretty patient first of all. Not all young musicians learn the art of playing an instrument equally well. But a lot depends on the teacher. He must interest, inspire, remember to praise the student even for small successes, so that he has an incentive. The first successes will be followed by more significant ones. The characteristic of the teacher from this is highly appreciated by the students and their parents. Achievements of children, high marks, victories in competitions, participation in concerts and festivals speak volumes about the quality of teaching.

In addition to professional qualities, a teacher must have other important traits, which include the following:

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

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

• teach the child to play the instrument;
• to cultivate in him a love of art;
• contribute to the formation of aesthetic taste;
• develop creativity;
• stimulate the child's desire to reach new heights;
• organize a variety of musical activities that promote the development of creativity and the formation of taste in students.

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

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

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

To become a music teacher, you first need to enter a music school, study well throughout the years. And not only successfully master your instrument, but also the additional one. In addition, it is compulsory to study subjects such as solfeggio, musical literature. After successfully passing the exams and graduating from a music school, you need to enter a music college, where you have to improve your skills by studying all related subjects. And besides, I will have to continue my studies in the general education program... After graduation, you can already go to work at school. But you don't have to stop there, but go to a higher educational institution. There are a lot of them all over the country, it all depends on the place of residence of the future teacher and the ability to leave for another city for the purpose of training. These can be educational institutions:

• institutes of arts;
• institutes of culture;
• music academies;
• conservatory.

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