I am a student (currently Grade 8) and not a teacher (I apologise for this.) and I have a few requests. I am doing a job presentation (asked by my lecturer) on piano teaching which means I chose 'piano teacher' as a career that I want to present. I have searched through the internet for quite a long time but I still can't find the things that I need to include in my presentation. Can anyone be so kind to let me know what are the:

1. Qualifications to teach students of Grade 1, 2, 3 and so on...?
2. Salary to teach different Grades.
3. Job opportunity
4. Job description (History, present time)
5. Working environment
6. "Equipments"
7. Advantages and disadvantages of being a piano teacher
8. Working hours and working benefits

I thank all who took the time to reply. Thank you.

I'll try and answer a few of your points. I should say I am from the UK. I'm not sure where you are from but hopefully this will help a bit.
1 At present you don't actually need any qualifications to teach the piano by law BUT to work in schools qualifications are expected. In the UK various Boards award qualifications. ie Royal Schools of Music, Trinity College and Guildhall. All have post grade 8 qualifications known as Diplomas. These can generally be taken in Teaching, Performance and Directing. There are various levels each one being progressively more challenging.
2 Of course teaching privately you can charge what you want in a way. Views differ as to whether you should charge more for a higher grade student. . Personally I feel teaching a diploma student is a piece of cake compared to a young beginner and don't alter my fees.
3. Job opportunities in a private capacity. Depending on where you live pupils may be easy or hard to come by. Living in London I find there is no shortage of pupils and I never need to advertise. Teaching piano in schools is also a possibility both in the state and private sector. Especially in the private sector the higher qualified and experienced you are the better.
7 The advantages and disadvantages of being a piano teacher are of course going to differ from person to person. For me the advantages include - one to one work with a pupil. The chance to build up a rewarding pupil/teacher relationship over a number of years. The excitement of watching a pupil learn and develop. Being my own boss.

Hope this is of some help Chai. Let me know how you get on.

Hello Chai,

The Incorporated Society of Musicians website has lots of useful information. For general info on private teaching look at:

http://www.ism.org/info/03_5.html

and for details of rates:

http://www.ism.org/info/02_13.html

Hope that helps!

To Margaret and Emma,

Thank you for your answers! I really appreciate it.