Expert: Peter Messaline - 5/26/2010

Question
i have a question about being an acting Instructor. What is the job security in this career? and How will this job change in the future? I'm really interested in this job and I would like it if you reply ASAP :)

Answer
Acting instructors work in their own studios, in camps of various sorts, and in Continuing Education.
In these cases, and in the assistant jobs that often lead to being an instructor, the teacher is self-employed and so has little or no job security.
In schools or colleges, instructors may be self-employed, brought in to teach one or two classes a week for a term or so, but they may be staff members. Even the staff members are normally hired on year-long contracts and while they often work for a college for many years, they have no absolute guarantee that they'll be there next year.
Acting teaching is more and more about on-camera work, and I expect that this will grow. However, probably the camera will be used so that students can see where their acting was going wrong, more than in a class to teach camera skills.