Description

A person who is licensed as a cosmetologist, aesthetician, manicurist or natural hair stylist and is certified with the board as a cosmetology, aesthetician, manicuring or natural hair stylist instructor. The person may not practice cosmetology, esthetics, manicuring, or natural hair styling as a profession within a school setting, but may practice as a cosmetologist, aesthetician, manicurist, or natural hair stylist elsewhere.

Certification Requirements

Hold a valid license as a cosmetologist, aesthetician, manicurist, natural hair stylist and meet educational and experience requirements. Effective July 1, 2015, the individual must hold a license in the field they are approved to teach for at least three (3) continuous years in order to obtain an instructor license.

Education and Experience Requirements

Be a high school graduate or possess a graduate equivalency diploma (G. E. D) and either complete a board-approved course in instructor training of at least 300 hours within a period of six months as an instructor trainee OR complete service as a junior instructor for a minimum of one year. (A junior instructor holds a valid cosmetologist's, aesthetician's, manicurist's or natural hair stylist's license and engages in a course of training in practice teaching in a school under the personal supervision of a licensed instructor for a period not to exceed three years).

Effective July 1, 2015, for a individual to receive an instructor license, they need to have been licensed for at least three continuous years.