need a classroom lesson to help with teaching your students to be successful with retailing in salon? check out this lesson! -(what the teacher does): open the lesson by asking questions about retailing to engage students and spark interest. (examples below) Example Questions: what is retail? what type of retail is sold in the salon? why are retail products sold in the salon? how do we as cosmetologist benefit from selling retail in the salon? do you think you would be comfortable attempting to sell a product to your customer? Once all questions have been answered and a classroom ..read more

Check out this Helpful activity to do with your Cosmetology Students at the start of the year to help with proper classroom management.  While you are setting your classroom rules and expectations to help aid in a success school year, it’s always helpful to have a system in place for getting the attention of your students when the classroom gets busy or noisy! Lots of teachers may implement things like “If you can hear me clap once”, however,  I believe classroom management is more effective when you allow the students to be apart of creating the system! Allow your students to help ..read more

The beginning of the school year is the BEST time to set a positive atmosphere for your classroom! Students enjoy being in a classroom environment where they feel welcomed and a part of a team!!! My partner and I have our students create what we call a “Cosmetology Creed” (basically a short speech) to say at the start of each day! Cosmetology Creed Activity Divide your students into small groups! Each group should be given 15 minutes (just an estimate) to create a short 5-8 sentence creed about cosmetology! The creed should include positive things about reaching their goal of completing hou ..read more

allow your students to let their creativity flow with this fun and engaging facial activity!!! when our students begin the facials chapter, My partner and I allow them an opportunity to create their own facial product! they always have a lot of fun with this activity and enjoy receiving their spa facials with their homemade facial products! The activity that we assign is shown below! After the students have completed the assignment, we have them to bring the ingredients for their facial products to class the following class period. during that class, The students are given the opportunity to ..read more

Is it that time of the school year for your students to complete their salon business projects? Are you looking for new Criteria ideas or a grading rubric before you assign the project? well, check out my salon business project and see what ideas you may like to incorporate into your own classrooms!!! Every year, like many other cosmetology schools, my students complete the salon business project. I assign it to them about a month or two before school ends as their final 2nd semester project. IT is worth 3 test grades for my students. Below I have included the Criteria, grading rubric, and a ..read more

START THE NEW YEAR BY HAVING YOUR STUDENTS TO RE-EVAUATE THE VISIONS AND GOALS THEY HAVE FOR THEIR LIFE. BEFORE YOU GET BACK INTO YOUR NORMAL LESSONS, LET THEM COMPLETE THIS VISION BOARD ACTIVITY! BELOW I HAVE PROVIDED THE GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT I DISPLAY ON MY BOARD AND UPLOAD INTO MY GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR THE ACTIVITY. VISION BOARD ACTIVITY VISION BOARDS ARE SUCH A VALUABLE AND CREATIVE WAY TO PLACE ALL OF YOUR GOALS AND DREAMS IN ONE PLACE. ALLOWING YOUR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY WILL HELP SET A POSITIVE TONE FOR THE NEW YEAR AS WELL AS YOUR CLASSROOM ENVIROMENT. IT ALLOWS ..read more

check out the christmas holiday project guidelines that we used in class for our students christmas themed projects!! you may take these project guidelines and use them for any holiday or non holiday themed project that you choose with your students. Just change the theme and minor details on the assignment instructions!! ENjoy! BELOW I HAVE INCLUDED THE GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT WE PRESENT TO OUR STUDENTS WHEN WE ASSIGN OUR HOLIDAY PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE PARENT LETTER WE SEND HOME, THE GRADING RUBRIC, AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHRISTMAS PROJECT PORTFOLIO THAT ONE OF MY TALENTED STUDENTS CR ..read more

CHECK OUT THESE SHORT, EFFECTIVE, AND ENGAGING communicating for success ACTIVITIES TO INCORPORATE INTO YOUR CHAPTER 4 LESSON! BELOW I HAVE COMBINED MY LESSON ACTIVITIES FROM THE COURSE OF A 2 WEEK TIME FRAME (I SEE MY INTRO STUDENTS EVERY OTHER DAY!) INTO 1 GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENTATION FOR YOUR Convenience. UNDER THE PRESENTATION I WILL PROVIDE BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OR DIRECTIONS FOR EACH ACTIVITY! why study “communicating for success” As An Introduction Activity For This Chapter I Start With A Short Writing Activity That Requires The Students To Journal. They Must Write A Short Paragraph About A ..read more

allow your students to let their creativity flow with this fun and engaging facial activity!!! when our students begin the facials chapter, My partner and I allow them an opportunity to create their own facial product! they always have a lot of fun with this activity and enjoy receiving their spa facials with their homemade facial products! The activity that we assign is shown below! After the students have completed the assignment, we have them to bring the ingredients for their facial products to class the following class period. during that class, The students are given the opportunity to ..read more

need a classroom lesson to help with teaching your students to be successful with retailing in salon? check out this lesson! -(what the teacher does): open the lesson by asking questions about retailing to engage students and spark interest. (examples below) Example Questions: what is retail? what type of retail is sold in the salon? why are retail products sold in the salon? how do we as cosmetologist benefit from selling retail in the salon? do you think you would be comfortable attempting to sell a product to your customer? Once all questions have been answered and a classroom ..read more