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Get the Skills to Become a Professional Beauty Instructor

Young woman Instructor teaching students in makeup school
If you’ve always wanted to teach others about your passion for beauty, consider the Instructor program at Cosmetology & Spa Academy

500 or 1,000-Hour* Instructor Career Training Program in Illinois

If you’re already licensed and you want to be a cosmetology, esthetics or nail tech instructor, this is the program for you. Our program is designed to prepare you for a career at a cosmetology, vocational, technical or proprietary school, sharing your talent with others and helping them with their own careers. This is your chance to inspire and help countless other people.

To Get Started, You’ll Need:

  • An active cosmetology/esthetic license
  • A completed and submitted application for enrollment in the school
  • A completed instructor-in-training application, to be forwarded to the State Board of Cosmetology/Esthetics

Become a Qualified Beauty Instructor

The Instructor program is designed to prepare currently licensed professionals to be able to instruct future professionals for the beauty industry. To increase the confidence and classroom management of the new instructor, the program is hands-on.

The goal of the program is to prepare new instructors to be able to manage different classroom-related stress situations, to increase self-discipline, maintaining managing skills, work under timelines, perfect customer service, ability to deliver theory and practical demonstrations to all different learners, to create lesson plans, time management, and prepare the new instructor to be a good team player for the instructor’s staff in beauty schools.

The best way to see if Cosmetology & Spa Academy is the right fit for you is to come and tour the school. You can tour our facilities and meet with students and instructors. Schedule a tour now or Get more info.

Is a Career as a Beauty Instructor Right for You? Take the Cosmetology & Spa Academy “Beauty Instructor Career Training Readiness Quiz”

This fun, online quiz takes 3-minutes to complete and you’ll get a personalized report. Identify your strengths and social style plus the training and positions you’re best suited for. Get Your Beauty Career Training Readiness score now.

"First, I chose Cosmetology & Spa Academy because of the convenient location, but after I met the staff and students, I couldn't picture myself ANYWHERE else. I absolutely love everything about the school. The challenges every day. The other students and faculty at the school. I feel so grateful every day that I get to come to a school where I feel respected, useful and helpful."
Christmas Krug - Cosmetology Program Alum


Get Credit For Your Experience

If you have your cosmetology license and more than two years in the field, you could earn credits for up to half of the Cosmetology and Spa Academy instructor training program. Our program will prepare you to pass the state written exam in order to be issued an Instructor’s license.

Is a Creative Career as a Beauty Instructor Right For You? Get More Info…

If you’re interested in learning more about careers in Beauty Instruction and exploring whether Cosmetology & Spa Academy is right for you, fill out the form to receive more information.

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*Program length when completed in normal time