How a Cosmetology Teaching License Can Improve Your Career

Few stylists explore the benefits of becoming a cosmetology teacher. Nevertheless, the education sector can be a rewarding place to further your cosmetology career. Beyond the potential for an increase in salary, cosmetology instructors benefit from great opportunities for professional growth, personal fulfillment, and creative freedom. Read on to learn if cosmetology education is right for you.

Opportunities for Professional Growth

Though many stylists open and run their own salons, it can be difficult for traditional cosmetologists to break into academic administration. Cosmetology teachers, however, often move on to become beauty school managers and administrators, not to mention state board examiners. Teachers gifted with the art of persuasion and an entrepreneurial spirit may also land jobs as product representatives and educational consultants, providing them with a wide variety of career opportunities.

Personal Fulfillment

While most cosmetologists would agree that it is rewarding to help clients look and feel their best, it can be even more fulfilling to prepare aspiring hair and makeup artists for their dream careers. After all, cosmetology teachers do not squander their talent to make others feel beautiful – they increase it tenfold by equipping their students with the same power. In fact, cosmetology instructors have the ability to improve the beauty industry at large. With every class they teach, instructors have a platform to impart wisdom, inspire vision, minimize bad habits, and train students to perfect the details that many stylists overlook.

Creative Freedom

Lesson planning offers cosmetology instructors a creative outlet that the average salon simply might not. After all, salons typically perform the same rotation of services week after week. Yet, what seasoned cosmetologists tend to forget is that most of them are artists at heart. Sometimes, it is refreshing to break out of the cut-and-color rut and craft an avant-garde updo, or a dramatic makeup look fit for the runway. Fortunately, in cosmetology school, these types of projects are encouraged. And though teachers may spend more time instructing than designing such looks themselves, it can be satisfying to work in a creative environment that nourishes the inner artist in every student.

Complete Your Cosmetology Teacher Training at Health & Style Institute

Interested in pursuing a career as a cosmetology instructor? All you need to get started is your cosmetology license and a high school diploma or GED. Health and Style Institute can help you with the rest. Health and Style Institute was originally formed in North Carolina. Our main campus is still in Greensboro, but we have additional campuses in Kennesaw and Atlanta, Georgia as well. Contact the location nearest you to obtain further information about our Cosmetology Teacher Training program.