RE: TEACHING INFO- OT?

Thanks to all who have responded to my question about hourly teaching fees
for private tutoring. It has been a great help!
                        CHEERS!
                                    BOB

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-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Kleider [mailto:bkleider@sihope.com]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:33 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: 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> <mailto: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
Received on Mon Sep 26 06:45:54 2005