Do you need qualifications to teach guitar?
The short answer to the above question is "Yes.......... and No"
"Yes" (you will probably need qualifications) such as those offered by RSL if you are seeking work in schools and colleges and "No" (you won't need any) if you teach privately from home (or if you visit your students in their own homes)
The three types of guitar teaching job
1: Teaching in schools and colleges
2: Teaching in music stores
3: Teaching from home or visiting your students
Each of the situations described above has its own set of pros and cons and it can be worth considering them before setting out do do what I will still maintain is the best job in the world
Teaching guitar in a school or college environment is one of the three basic types of guitar teaching job that you can find out more about the three basic type of guitar teaching job by following the link in the box below
The Three main types of guitar teaching job
Qualifications Required to Teach Guitar In Schools
Although there are exceptions you will generally be expected to have recognised qualifications to get work from a standing start teaching in a school or college situation
As much as anything this is because the people who decide if you get the job cannot be blamed if it turns out that you were qualified to do it but rubbish at it whereas if they appointed you because they know you are a wonderful player without qualifications they put themselves in the firing line Harsh I know but thats the way it is
Teaching guitar in a school or college can be lucrative but on the downside there can be long periods without any money coming in and because of the way that the education system is geared up and going employment (although generally well paid) can be insecure
Follow the link below for more information on teaching in a school or college situation
Qualifications Required to Teach Guitar In Music Stores
Do you require qualifications to teach guitar in music stores? The (cop out I know!) answer is that it depends on the music store and it depends on the guitar teacher
If you are the local hot shot guitar player with a red hot reputation some music stores will have no problem in giving you a job Stores catering for costomers interested in Rock Music may put more store by technical ability and reputation than stores with a customer base more associated with marching bands and "formal" music education
Use the link below to find out more about teaching guitar in music stores
Qualifications Required to Teach Guitar In Your Own Home
The good news here is of course that you don't need any qualifications to teach guitar in the comfort of your own home
There are advantages and disadvantages to teaching from your home but its how I started and at that stage of my life it was just about the perfect job, offering enough flexibility to arrange lessons around my gigging scedule and the not inconsiderable plus point of allowing me to roll out of bed half an hour before my first lesson of the day
Click below to see a more detailed analysis of the whole teaching guitar from home thing
At home, in schools and colleges or in bricks and mortar music stores......
Regardless of where you teach , you will need three things in order to be able to do the job properly
The first is......
1: Knowledge capability and experience relevant to the people that you set out to teach
The second is.........
2: The ability to communicate effectively with your customers
3: The resources to allow you to do your job
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Rather than divide the materials into a series of teaching packs and sell them separately (as I have been advised to do on numerous occasions by people who know much more about this online marketing malarkey than I do) I would much rather just bundle all of the guitar teaching aids together in a single download and have folks feel like they got a bargain rather than decide between options and run the risk of choosing the wrong one
Alongside the resources aimed at beginners and children there is also a whole load of materials that can be used when teaching intermediate and more advanced guitar players
There are a whole load of resources designed for teaching music theory to guitar players and even stuff aimed at helping a teacher to understand how songwriting works on guitar
Add the material on teaching ukulele alongside the bass guitar teaching resources in addition to stuff geared towards teaching jazz guitar basics and you can see why I feel justified in claiming that the teachwombat download offers rediculously good value for money
Only the most advanced and versatile guitar teachers will use all of the materials but I think it is fair to claim that anyone who teaches guitar will find that the download makes their teaching better and the process easier
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If you are a reasonable standard intermediate guitarist there is no reason why you cannot be a very effective guitar teacher with or without either qualifications or recognised grades just so long as you set out to teach guitar to the right customers in the right way
We have a more detailed article themed around the subject of How good do you need to be in order to teach guitar? here This site also features detailed information and lesson plans for a series of guitar lessons aimed at an absolute beginner or a whole “mini-site” which covers teaching children to play guitar that you may find interesting or you may choose to stay on this page and take a closer look at the business of guitar teaching (with or without qualifications) from the point of view of being able to do it effectively
There are basically two types of novice guitar student
1: Grown ups who decide that since they always wanted to play the guitar it’s “now of never”
2: Young kids (I take them from the age of eight) or teenagers who wish to learn to play because it seems like a fun thing to do
One of the nice things about both groups is that in the early stages you cover the same ground (albeit in slightly different ways?) Complete beginners need only (at this stage) to learn how to change between chords and how to strum those chords in time? It’s as simple as that.
An idea for a “good” intermediate standard player who wishes to explore the possibility of developing a long term career as a guitar instructor is to get teaching experience (and income!) from working with beginners whilst at the same time studying towards gaining the recognised qualifications and grades that will allow them to progress “up the teaching ladder” (to schools and colleges). A(by no means small!) advantage of following this path is that by doing so you will also become a better player (guaranteed!)
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