Teacher Trainee Program (600 Clock Hours)

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The student enrolled in a Teacher Trainee program shall consist of six hundred (600) clock hours of technical instruction and practical operations covering all practices of the Teaching all practices of the Cosmetology Field. Technical instruction means instruction by demonstration, lecture, classroom participation, or examination. Practical operation means the actual performance by the Trainee in a classroom environment:

Minimum Specified Practical Operations Hours:
50 - Organization techniques: 4 step teaching meathod; performance objectives and learning domains ect..
50 – Lesson Planning: Subject; title; outlines; development and visual ids ect…

     
Subject Of Technical Instruction:
Minimum Hours of Theory Instruction
 
     
  • The Barbering and Cosmetology Act and the Bureau's Rules and Regulations

10

 
  • Preparatory Instruction

 

 
    • Instructional Techniques: method of instruction; lecture; demonstration;
      performance; communication skills; instructional aids; and the use of questions to
      promote learning.

40

 
    • Organization Techniques: 4 step teaching method; performance objectives;
      and learning domains, etc.

30

 
    • Lesson Planning: subject; title; outlines; development; and visual aids, etc.

60

 
    • Techniques of evaluation: purpose of test; types of test; test administration;
      scoring; and grading, etc.

10

 
  • Conducting classroom and technical instruction and demonstration for three (3) or more students on all practices of cosmetology, including the Barbering and Cosmetology Act and Rules and Regulations.

140

 
  • Supervising, and Training of students while they are practicing the art of
    cosmetology on a live person or mannequin in a classroom or laboratory

100

 

Additional training is given in the following subjects matters:
Salon management, communication skills, that includes professional ethics, salesmanship, decorum, record keeping, completing client service record cards. Preparing a resume, employment development, modeling, desk and reception, and care and other subjects relating to Cosmetology field.


Teacher Trainee Program performance objective:
Acquire knowledge of laws and rules regulating California Cosmetology establishment's practices and understand sterilization procedures.

Acquire the knowledge of general theory relative to the teaching the art of cosmetology, including anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and theory relative to practical procedures and perform and acquire business management technique common to Cosmetology Instructors.

Potential occupations after completion:
Educator in any phase of the Cosmetology Field, product representative and company demonstrator and educator.

Skills to be developed:
Develop the necessary skills to teach students in the Cosmetology, Esthetician or Manicurist fields the necessary methods to acquire the required knowledge to pass the Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology Exam of their field of instruction.

Attitudes and appreciation has to be developed:
Appreciate good workmanship common to manicuring, possess a positive attitude towards the public and fellow workers, appreciate honesty and integrity and have improved personality in dealing with patrons and colleagues.

Requirements for satisfactory completion of program:
Student shall have satisfactorily completed Theory and Operations required by Bureau of Barbering and Cosmetology with an average grade of "C" (70%) or better.

Graduation requirements:
When a student has completed the required theory hours and practical operations in the Teacher Trainee Program with a GPA of "C. (70%) or better, a diploma is awarded certifying his or her graduation. The College assists students with completing the necessary documents to file with the appropriate Barbering and Cosmetology Examination.

Licensing requirements:
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and have completed high school, GED, or its equivalent (Transcript may be required). A Cosmetology license is a prerequisite and a Cosmetology Instructor's License will be granted by the State of California only after the student has successfully completed and graduated from the Cosmetology Teacher Trainee program as described above and passed the licensing exam with an overall average of 75%.