For those of you that teach in college - how did you go about it?

[MINKUS]

Questions in the title really:green:

Just wondered the best way to get your foot in the door.

I've emailed a few colleges in our area and was advised to send in a cv. (god havent done one of them for about 15 years any tips?)

And...whats your experience/feedback of teaching in a college like if you dont mind sharing:hug:

Thanks

Amber

 

[Doorie]

we don't have such college here.

but I just wanted to say... enclose picts (close ups) of your sets with it, as you could of been working for 20 yrs and still be doing poor stuff.

I am an educator and I was asked to join the team when the boss saw my nails, and then he tested me for about 6 months... before putting me on stage showing off my skills. and I had to wait 3 months more to finally have "students".

also for your cv, enclose any training you did, any comp result (only the best of course)...

what I'd do would be like...

- your personnal data on top, with a picture of your face.
(name, surname, date of birth, nationnality, addy... etc)

- your nail experience
(years going mobile, salon experience, where and when)

-trainings/courses/conversions you attended (with copies of the paper/certificate)
(again, give dates, name of the educator, brand used, etc)

- mixed stuff... Anything ELSE you can offer them REGUARDING nails. could be of previous professionnal experience, in training/management, etc.

 

[Jen Smith]

I am sure you need the 7303 and 7304 as a minimum to teach in college.

I am doing this course in September so that I can add it to my portfolio.

Is it nails you are thinking of teaching Amber or beauty and nails?

 

[hippy-chick]

You can start teaching in the colleges as long as you are working towards a teaching certificate.

I first got into colleges by answering an advert in a local paper, and have worked for that college now for the past 6 years.

I rang a few colleges and they all told me that they only work through an agency.

I joined the agency and just today I got offered a job, its not brill pay as they take a % but you end up with £17ph (which quite frankly is NOT WORTH IT as you have to do all your lesson plans, preperation and marking for free).

The company is protocol, hang on....[email protected]

One word of warning, they are now taking out an additional cut of your wage for teaching insurance, which means if a student sues you in years to come, you are covered (I think thats sick and unnecessary and have since stopped working for them).

My honest opinion of working in colleges........not my bag! Unless you work there for a reasonal amount of hours and 'get in' with your peers you are left high and dry to get on with it.

My last assignment, I turned up, got shown the classroom and turned round and the head of dept had gone home. When I went into the classroom to teach reflexology, there was about 35 students crammed in and boy were they peed off. Apparently the class had been running for 6 weeks and they had done NOTHING! So I had an unfamiliar college to get used to and students that were not happy and very resentful.

I asked for help with handouts and were told there was only reflexology theory handouts NO Anatomy & Physiology.

I had to rake through the staff room and filing cabinets to cobble together some handouts and spent most of my winter writing new notes (which they immediately started using themselves).

HTH

 

[sharon h]

Hi if you want to work in a college, they do like you to have or be on the 7303 qualification/course then working towards the 7304 and then the 7305. If you see a job you want to go for send them a cv along with a covering letter stating your interest in the job and that you are doing or starting etc the above course.That is what my tutor told me to do as they were looking for a spray tan tech in my area. it is alot of work and you do have alot of students not really wanting to be there and not interested in learning.

 

[MINKUS]

I am sure you need the 7303 and 7304 as a minimum to teach in college.

I am doing this course in September so that I can add it to my portfolio.

Is it nails you are thinking of teaching Amber or beauty and nails?

hi jen

the lady told me on the phone they want you to either BE qualified or be 'working towards it' as the other geeks have mentioned.

It would be nails the area i want to teach in, not beauty, well i spose i 'could' teach level II beauty - i just never did my level III