Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-10-307 - Instructor 350-hour Curriculum Requirements

A. A school licensee shall ensure each student in a barber, aesthetics, cosmetology, hairstyling, or nail technology instructor course completes 350 curriculum hours that include the following:

1. Orientation and review of Board statutes and rules;

2. Theory, preparation, and practice curriculum development. This includes:

a. Developing and using educational aids;

b. Practical and written presentation principles;

c. Classroom management evaluation, assessment, and remediation methods;

d. Diversity in learning including cultural differences;

e. Methods of teaching;

f. Professional development including ethics; and

g. Alternative learning;

3. Classroom and clinic oversight.

B. A school licensee may allow a student in an instructor course to satisfy, in part, curriculum hours required under subsection (A)(2) by completing a course at an accredited college or university or an educational institution described under R4-10-101(24)(c) and (d). Hours obtained under this subsection are subject to the following limits:

1. No more than nine credit hours for barbering, cosmetology, hairstyling, nail technology, or aesthetics;

2. No more than six credit hours for nail technology; and

3.2. Each credit hour equals no more than 30 of the curriculum hours required under subsection (A).

C. A school licensee may allow a student in an instructor course to satisfy the curriculum hours required under subsection (A)(2) by participating in virtual learning.

D. A school licensee shall ensure all instruction given by a student instructor is under the direct supervision and observation of a licensed instructor.

E. A school licensee shall not allow a student instructor to instruct students or check student services performed on the public until the student instructor has received at least 80 hours of instructor training.

E. Under A.R.S. § 32-557, a student enrolled in a school for the purpose of becoming an instructor may be a paid employee of the school.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-10-307

Renumbered and amended from R4-10-302 by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 527, effective 5/6/2024.