Strings teacher vs college professor

The differences between strings teachers and college professors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a strings teacher and a college professor. Additionally, a college professor has an average salary of $81,207, which is higher than the $46,739 average annual salary of a strings teacher.

The top three skills for a strings teacher include public schools, string instruments and private lessons. The most important skills for a college professor are curriculum development, classes taught, and mathematics.

Strings teacher vs college professor overview

	Strings Teacher	College Professor
Yearly salary	$46,739	$81,207
Hourly rate	$22.47	$39.04
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	52,662	27,390
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	2	2

Strings teacher vs college professor salary

Strings teachers and college professors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Strings Teacher	College Professor
Average salary	$46,739	$81,207
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $72,000	Between $39,000 And $166,000
Highest paying City	Berkeley, CA	-
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	-
Best paying company	South Orange-Maplewood School District	-
Best paying industry	Education	-

Differences between strings teacher and college professor education

There are a few differences between a strings teacher and a college professor in terms of educational background:

	Strings Teacher	College Professor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Music	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Strings teacher vs college professor demographics

Here are the differences between strings teachers' and college professors' demographics:

	Strings Teacher	College Professor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 38.4% Female, 61.6%	Male, 50.2% Female, 49.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 11.2% White, 65.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 7.1% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% Asian, 11.3% White, 66.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between strings teacher and college professor duties and responsibilities

Strings teacher example responsibilities.

Lead classroom management activities including attendance while coordinating lesson plan delivery for consumer science, physics and mathematics classes.
Collaborate with AAL administrators and other departments in developing and implementing IEP annual goals and subsequent objectives.
Collaborate with teacher and other interdisciplinary team members on IEP goals for high school students with severe/profound disabilities.
Assume full responsibility for general, special education, and ESL classrooms, providing support and facilitating any require student accommodations.
Create curriculum, syllabus and lesson plans for each class.

College professor example responsibilities.

Used blackboard online to manage students tests, grade papers and assign materials.
Create and teach lessons about business management, business procedures, economics, finance, and religion
Model when creating new course work each semester.
Work as a part-time mathematics instructor teaching courses from basic mathematics to pre-calculus in the evening program.
Survey literature pertaining to health consequences in the disruption of biological rhythms, with particular emphasis on fatigue.
Administer instructional align with the collegiate level syllabus.

Strings teacher vs college professor skills

Common strings teacher skills

Public Schools, 42%
String Instruments, 38%
Private Lessons, 20%

Common college professor skills

Curriculum Development, 31%
Classes Taught, 9%
Mathematics, 6%
Syllabus, 4%
Semester, 4%
Anatomy, 3%

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