Dance teacher to performing arts school dance instructor
A dance teacher already meets 71% of what the performing arts school dance instructor role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a performing arts school dance instructor is expected to do is already part of a dance teacher’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the performing arts school dance instructor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A performing arts school dance instructor role treats 23 of its required skills as things a dance teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- apply teaching strategies
- assess students
- assessment processes
- bring out performers’ artistic potential
- create a work environment where performers can develop their potential
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 50 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performing arts school dance instructor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dance teacher background worth leading with.
- already held evolution in delivery practices in practiced dance tradition arts and humanities
- already held keep up to date on professional dance practice information skills
- already held devise choreography communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held help performers internalise choreographic material communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held inspire dance participants to improve management skills
- already held maintain dance training communication, collaboration and creativity
All 50 carried skills, including the 23 the performing arts school dance instructor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn define creative components required
- still to learn apply intercultural teaching strategies required
- still to learn compile course material required
- still to learn liaise with educational support staff required
- optional, not held facilitate compositional structures in dance optional
- optional, not held assist students with their dissertation optional
- optional, not held notate different dances optional
- optional, not held perform dances optional
- optional, not held perform exercises for artistic performance optional
- optional, not held promote the conservatory optional
- optional, not held read musical score optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- still to learn curriculum objectives required
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- still to learn develop course outline required
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- still to learn human anatomy required
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held theatre techniques optional
- optional, not held acting techniques optional
- optional, not held adapt training to labour market optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a performing arts school dance instructor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 define creative components practise this
- 02 apply intercultural teaching strategies practise this
- 03 compile course material practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 50 skills that carry over
- already held adapt teaching to student's capabilities skill
- already held apply teaching strategies skill
- already held assess students skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held bring out performers’ artistic potential skill
- already held create a work environment where performers can develop their potential skill
- already held demonstrate when teaching skill
- already held evolution in delivery practices in practiced dance tradition knowledge
- already held express yourself physically skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held history of dance style knowledge
- already held inspire dance participants to improve skill
- already held instructional strategies knowledge
- already held keep up to date on professional dance practice skill
- already held maintain safe working conditions in performing arts skill
- already held manage student relationships skill
- already held perform classroom management skill
- already held prepare lesson content skill
- already held prepare performance training session skill
- already held stimulate performers' imagination skill
- already held subject of music coaching knowledge
- already held teach dance skill
- already held analyse your fight discipline expertise skill
- already held assist students in their learning skill
- already held assist students with equipment skill
- already held be a role model in community arts skill
- already held contribute to the choreographer's process of reflection skill
- already held create choreographic material skill
- already held demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style skill
- already held develop codified movements skill
- already held develop learning curriculum skill
- already held develop methods for choreographic integration skill
- already held develop proposed choreographic language skill
- already held develop the physical language skill
- already held devise choreography skill
- already held direct movement experiences skill
- already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
- already held help performers internalise choreographic material skill
- already held learning difficulties knowledge
- already held link between dance and music style knowledge
- already held maintain dance training skill
- already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
- already held match needs of target community with your skills skill
- already held movement techniques knowledge
- already held provide lesson materials skill
- already held read dance scores skill
- already held teamwork principles knowledge
- already held understand the architecture of a live performance skill
- already held understand the emotional dimension of a performance skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held facilitate compositional structures in dance optional
- optional, not held assist students with their dissertation optional
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held notate different dances optional
- optional, not held perform dances optional
- optional, not held perform exercises for artistic performance optional
- optional, not held promote the conservatory optional
- optional, not held read musical score optional
- optional, not held theatre techniques optional
- optional, not held acting techniques optional
- optional, not held adapt training to labour market optional
- optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
- optional, not held provide career counselling optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
16 held skills the performing arts school dance instructor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adopt a person-centred approach to community arts skill
- not needed by the target role balance participants' personal needs with group needs skill
- not needed by the target role consult students on learning content skill
- not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
- not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
- not needed by the target role develop a rehabilitation programme skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
- not needed by the target role encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
- not needed by the target role inspire enthusiasm for dance skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage artistic career skill
- not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role record lessons learnt from your sessions skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn curriculum objectives required
- still to learn human anatomy required
- optional, not held musical theory optional
- optional, not held theatre techniques optional
- optional, not held acting techniques optional
- optional, not held intellectual property law optional
- optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a dance teacher become a performing arts school dance instructor?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A dance teacher already covers 71% of what a performing arts school dance instructor is expected to do: 50 skills carry over, 23 of which the performing arts school dance instructor role treats as required.
What skills does a dance teacher need to become a performing arts school dance instructor?
7 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is define creative components.
How hard is the move from dance teacher to performing arts school dance instructor?
Its learning distance is 41 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.