- 1). Decide what age you want to teach and decide what the emphasis of the class will be. This will determine what kind of materials you use for your class. For example, if you want to have a playgroup with an art emphasis, the preparation for this would be different than preparing for an adult class.
- 2). Assess your qualifications to teach. Art, unlike many professions, doesn't require a degree in order to practice it. It terms of teaching, a degree does help. However, if you have other qualifications that set you apart, such as if you've regularly sold your artwork or have had your own one-person show, then this qualifies you as well.
- 3). Write down your qualifications in resume format and start preparing some marketing materials. All of these should be printed up nicely and placed in some sort of folder. They'll be part of the packet you give to people interested in your class.
- 4). Find a venue where you can teach. The most obvious would be your home, particularly if you have a studio or shop that would house enough people to have classes. Otherwise you can try a local community center, school or church.
- 5). Determine how much you're going to charge. An art playgroup might only meet once a week, whereas older, more serious students will want to meet two or three times a week. This affects the price. All of your financial information should be kept in your expense ledger book. You should also set up a separate bank account for these funds.
- 6). Create a lesson plan. This should include a syllabus that lists the supplies and where to find them. This will be especially helpful for new students who don't know where to find this information.
- 7). Buy supplies for your class. Have your own supply of the tools you are requiring your students to have so that you can teach them how to use them.
- 8). Start advertising. Put up notices on appropriate bulletin boards, hand out flyers or place an ad on a website like Craigslist. You can also try signs in local coffee shops, at the library and at art supply stores. The more related to art the venue is, the more successful you'll be, because that's where people interested in art hang out.
- 9). Set up a payment method. Decide if it'll be cash only, checks or credit cards. You can also take money online by using PayPal.
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Create a system by which students can reach you. Email and/or phone are always good choices. You might consider starting up a Facebook fan page as well. This will allow you not only to let people know that you teach art, but to contact all of your art students who are fans with regular updates.
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