Teaching Experience
I wonder how many people hired by Interac (and JET, AEON/Amity, etc) have teaching experience?
I worry a bit about my lack of teaching experience sometimes, but I guess if I get hired it will just be something I’ll learn and get used to. I’m a professional animator by trade but as I work for an educational company who produce content for schools, I do ocassionally take up opportunities to visit schools and help conduct lessons on animation, art and design.
We had a short school trip today to teach a class of 15-16 year olds about Flash animation and man, I always forget how tiring teaching can be. Kids just seem to have unlimited energy! I did have a nice sit down with a girl who was very passionate about drawing, but had no clue whether it was worth pursuing or even what jobs there is in the art industry. I did my best to reassure and inform her, and it must have struck a chord because after the lesson she approached me to give her thanks and let me know how much I’d inspired her. So sweet! It’s moments like those that make me really want to go into teaching. It just feels so rewarding.