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Where a drama teacher can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a drama teacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Drama teachers instruct students in a recreational context in the various theatrical genres and dramatic expression forms, such as comedy, tragedy, prose, poetry, improvisation, monologues, dialogues etc. They provide students with a notion of theatre history and repertoire, but mainly focus on a practice-based approach in their courses, in which they assist students in experimenting with and mastering different dramatic expression styles and techniques and encourage them to develop their own style. They cast, direct and produce plays and other performances, and coordinate the technical production and the set, props and costume usage on stage.

Also known as teacher of dramatic arts, drama educator, performing and dramatic arts instructor, performing and dramatic arts teacher, educator in drama, drama instructor, instructor in performing and dramatic arts, teacher of drama.

Professionals 61 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: performing arts theatre instructor, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
performing arts theatre instr… 71% covered music teacher 62% covered drama teacher secondary school 59% covered photography teacher 58% covered visual arts teacher 54% covered drama teacher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from drama teacher, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a drama teacher already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A drama teacher needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • define artistic performance concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • conduct background research for plays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • stimulate creativity in the team management skills
  • assemble an artistic team management skills
  • identify performers' needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • lead cast and crew management skills
  • bring out performers’ artistic potential management skills
  • stimulate performers' imagination management skills
  • create a work environment where performers can develop their potential management skills
  • understand the emotional dimension of a performance communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a drama teacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Drama teacher is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a drama teacher’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.