How much does an Music teacher in higher education earn
A Music teacher in higher education earns between $1.113 and $8.949 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.187 and a median salary of $2.207 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.
Our research is based on the salaries of 516 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).
| Monthly Salary | Annual Salary | Salary Per Week | Hourly Salary | |
| Average wage | 3.187 | 38.243 | 797 | 21 |
| 1º Quartile | 1.113 | 13.351 | 278 | 7 |
| Median Salary | 2.207 | 26.485 | 552 | 15 |
| 3º Quartile | 6.825 | 81.900 | 1.706 | 45 |
| Higher Salary | 8.949 | 107.390 | 2.237 | 59 |
Professional job categories
- Science and arts professionals
- teaching professionals
- higher education teachers
- higher education arts teachers
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Main workplaces
Higher Education Arts Teachers they work in higher education institutions, institutes or schools dedicated to teaching the arts. In general, they are hired with a formal contract, full-time or even as an hourly teacher. They work individually, without supervision, indoors, during the day and night. They can remain in uncomfortable positions for long periods, be exposed to the action of toxic materials and intense noise and be subject to stress due to work under pressure.
What does it take to work in the field of Higher Education Arts Teachers
The requirements for exercising these occupations may vary. There are higher-level institutions that require academic and postgraduate training in the field. There are universities where excellence is the criterion, that is, art teachers must be renowned artists in the area in which they will teach.
Functions and activities of Music teacher in higher education
Higher Education Arts Teachers must:
Activities
- participate in debates in the media;
- develop research projects;
- demonstrate aesthetic perception;
- organizing festivals and exhibitions;
- schedule lectures and conferences;
- request support infrastructure;
- organizing workshops and mini-courses;
- schedule shows;
- define curricula;
- evaluate curricula, courses and subjects;
- define workload;
- demonstrate pedagogical ability;
- set workload;
- concrete, in academic works, the results of research;
- developing new approaches to artistic creation;
- evaluate curricula, courses and disciplines;
- supervise productions of an artistic nature;
- research the history of art, sociology of art and aesthetics;
- set course objectives;
- demonstrate a critical attitude;
- concrete, in artistic achievements, the results of research;
- organize workshops and mini-courses;
- articulate art with other areas of knowledge;
- participate in judging committees of artistic competitions;
- participate in committees;
- participate in seminars, colloquiums and congresses;
- programming shows;
- provide consultancy;
- work as a team;
- coordinating study groups;
- scaling support infrastructure;
- guiding students in research and artistic productions;
- develop aptitude tests for technicians and other professionals;
- analyze art, artwork and aesthetic experience;
- preparing theoretical and practical classes;
- delivering workshops and mini-courses;
- participate in the definition of cultural policies;
- define course programs;
- give lectures and conferences;
- present works in seminars, colloquiums and congresses;
- advise governmental and non-governmental organizations;
- demonstrate critical attitude;
- advise the media;
- participate in thesis and dissertation defense committees;
- curating;
- publish theoretical, critical and dissemination texts;
- organize festivals and exhibitions;
- advising research funding agencies;
- providing assistance to students;
- broadcast search results;
- demonstrate capacity for speculation and experimentation;
- advise research funding agencies;
- coordinate committees;
- participate in competition boards;
- analyze artistic creation processes;
- advising artistic-cultural institutions;
- organize seminars, colloquia and congresses;
- advising artistic groups;
- demonstrate ability to create new solutions;
- submit request for approval of new courses;
- presen works in seminars, colloquia and congresses;
- prepare reports;
- give interviews;
- present works in seminars, colloquia and congresses;
- teaching theoretical and practical classes;
- demonstrate research conduct ability;
- define methodologies for research in the arts;
- develop aptitude tests for student selection;
- supervising students in internships;
- participate in editorial boards;
- coordinate courses;
- define research methodologies in the arts;
- work in a multidisciplinary way;
- analyze processes of artistic reception;
- coordinate research groups;
- organizing concerts and recitals;
- evaluating students;
- advising publishers;
- developing menus;
- participate in media debates;
- issuing opinions;
- build work teams;
- providing consultancy;
- systemize knowledge in arts;
- coordinate publications;
- identify prerequisites;
- organizing exhibitions;
- advising educational entities;
Sectors that hire Music teacher in higher education the most in the job market
- elementary school
- associative activities
- child education - pre-school
- activities of associations for the defense of social rights
- music teaching
- child education - day care
- higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
- general public administration
- high school
- higher education - undergraduate
