How to become an arts teacher

Official title: Other arts teachers

Also called: Dance teacher (private tuition), Drama teacher (private tuition), Painting teacher (private tuition), Sculpture teacher (private tuition)

Other arts teachers teach students in the practice, theory and performance of dance, drama, visual and other arts (excluding music) outside the mainstream primary, secondary and higher education systems, but may provide private or small group tuition as an extracurricular activity in association with mainstream educational institutions

Main tasks

• Assessing the students’ level of ability and determining learning needs
• Planning, preparing and delivering programmes of study, lessons and workshops for individual students and groups
• Preparing and presenting material on the theory of the subject area being studied
• Instructing and demonstrating practical aspects of drama, dance, visual or other arts
• Assigning exercises and work relevant to students’ level of ability, interests and talents
• Assessing students and offering advice, criticism and encouragement
• Revising curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction
• Preparing students for examinations, performance and assessments
• Arranging visits and tours to exhibitions and performances
• Organizing and assisting in performances or exhibitions of students’ work

Ways in

• University: Education & Teaching degrees, Offered by 14 universities in Hong Kong
• University: Arts & Humanities degrees, Offered by 21 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Other language teachers
• Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified
• Other music teachers
• Special needs teachers
• Information technology trainers
• Education methods specialists

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Questions people ask

How do I become an arts teacher?

Ways in include: Education & Teaching degrees; Arts & Humanities degrees.

Do you need a degree to become an arts teacher?

Usually. 91% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of an arts teacher?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026