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name: drama-teacher
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'drama teacher' (also: teacher of dramatic arts, drama educator, performing and dramatic arts instructor, performing and dramatic arts teacher, educator in drama, drama instructor). Use when the user asks for typical drama teacher work such as: typical drama teacher responsibilities"
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# Drama Teacher

Drama teachers instruct students in a recreational context in the various theatrical genres and dramatic expression forms, such as comedy, tragedy, prose, poetry, improvisation, monologues, dialogues etc. They provide students with a notion of theatre history and repertoire, but mainly focus on a practice-based approach in their courses, in which they assist students in experimenting with and mastering different dramatic expression styles and techniques and encourage them to develop their own style. They cast, direct and produce plays and other performances, and coordinate the technical production and the set, props and costume usage on stage.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- acting techniques
- adapt teaching to student's capabilities
- analyse a script
- apply teaching strategies
- assemble an artistic team
- assess students
- assist students in their learning
- bring out performers’ artistic potential
- conduct background research for plays
- consult students on learning content
- create a work environment where performers can develop their potential
- define artistic performance concepts
- define creative components
- demonstrate when teaching
- develop a coaching style

## Hot technologies

- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Cascading style sheets CSS
- Google Docs
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- JavaScript

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cbde2432-cb7f-451f-a686-b22cad3957a6), O*NET 30.3 (25-1121.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*