Teaching dance is a rewarding and enjoyable career for those who are passionate about dancing, as well as teaching.
To be a good teacher, it is also essential that you enjoy passing your knowledge on to others and get along with all walks of life, from young children to adults. Some dancers are great dancers but don’t enjoy or have the patience to teach. Others may not be the best dancers, but they are wonderful teachers. The important thing is to have the ability to convey your knowledge in a way that is easy to understand.
Not everything is roses, and like everything, teaching dance has its pros and cons. Here I have listed a couple of them.
Advantages:
1. You can choose your own working hours and also how long you want to work each day. This is ideal for those who have young families to look after.
2. You can dictate your own rates and control your own earnings.
3. You get to do something you love every day.
4. It is rewarding to see your students progress and improve over time.
5. It is a very creative career choice and you can explore new horizons every day.
6. You have more permits than most people, since you usually take them when schools close.
Cons:
1. Dancing is a luxury, so when times are bad, this is the first thing people will cut back on.
2. Most dance teachers can only teach in the afternoon, because the kids are at school in the mornings, so you may have to work quite late to fit all the classes.
3. Teaching requires a lot of energy, so you can’t afford to get sick or have a bad day.
4. You expose yourself to criticism from parents and the public, so you have to be pretty tough.
5. You must have good business management skills, or administrative work will make you depressed.
6. You must also be very organized and on top of everything at all times.
As you can see, the teaching profession like any other has its good and bad points. I love my career choice, so I try to focus only on the good. In any profession, you must absolutely love what you do and be passionate about it, or find something that gets you out of bed every day.
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