Re: TEACHING INFO- OT?

Bob, Christina, et al.

For what it's worth:

The going rate for teaching artists in Minnesota (set by the state arts
board) is $65/hour with 4 hours of teaching time considered a full day.
The state also assumes you would need a minimum of 4 hours of planning
for each 20 hours of teaching - also at $65/hour.

Barry

Christina Z. Anderson wrote:

> Bob,
> I think this is not OT because even if we are not all university
> professors,
> it is likely that with the shrinking traditional photography market many
> will be confronted some day with teaching workshops or one-on-ones.
>
> I'll tell you a mistake I did 5 years ago. I was asked by a woman to
> teach
> Polaroid processes at her home for a day. I had never done this
> before and
> so I chose an hourly rate ($15, which was a tad high for the area, around
> nurses' pay). We did a 4 hr workshop and I charged $60.
>
> When I saw her Polaroid images on a wall in a gallery the next month
> (!) for
> $400 a piece, I realized I had not valued my experience high enough.
>
> Now I am smarter but not that much. When I was asked recently to teach
> gum
> for a day, I gave the woman a ballpark of "minimum of $600." If she gets
> together 6 people, that is only $100 per! If it were just her, I think a
> day rate of around $500 is fair, but for more participants there has
> to be a
> higher per capita rate.
>
> That said, I'm in the neighborhood of an hourly rate of $60, but when
> you
> include the time preparing for the day, it probably cuts that pay in
> half.
>
> I still think this is low, so I myself am interested in what others are
> charging. For instance, what do people make teaching at Santa Fe
> Workshops,
> Maine Workshops, and Photographer's Formulary Workshops?
> Chris
>
> From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@caribsurf.com>
>
>> DEAR LIST,
>> Please help me with some review info. Please feel free to send it off
>> list
>> as it may be considered off topic. About two years ago I asked the list
>> for
>> some suggestions of hourly rates for teaching photography one on
>> one...i.e.
>> private tutoring. Please help me with an update of suggested rates.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> BOB
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Received on Mon Sep 26 06:33:06 2005