The CEA Committee is looking for speakers for the CEA Annual Convention (July 25 – 28, Ft. Lauderdale, FL). They are looking for sessions ranging from motivational to technical to methodology. The audience is purely beauty and wellness school educators—so sessions should be geared toward teachers and should not contain product selling. Click here for the application. Submissions will be accepted until February 12.

 

Join us Thursday, February 6 at 1 p.m. EST to learn about scholarships for your students!

We’ll discuss our upcoming opportunities, which include scholarship opportunities for Massage, Nail and Cosmetology tuition, as well as Advanced Education for licensed cosmetologists. We’ll give you all the tools you need, including marketing materials to help you promote these amazing opportunities, and a chance to ask any questions you might have. BCL has had the privilege of awarding 56 winners with tuition for their beauty and wellness education. We look forward to adding your students to our list of awarded individuals. Don’t miss this exciting webinar! Click here to register.

 

Did you know that unless a period is placed before the username, a Tweet to another user will only be seen by the sender, the person tweeted and people who follow both the sender and recipient? The fix? Place a period (.) before the @ sign. Ex: instead of @btychangeslives, tweet .@btychangeslives. Check out 6 additional tips that will boost your social media marketing muscle.

 

 

The instructor is the real key to student retention at career colleges. Instructors must keep focused on student motivation and retention each and every day of class. Developing strategies for retaining students throughout the entire training sequence is both complex and rewarding. All instructors should have the goal of seeing all of their students successfully complete their class. This course in the AACS Online Training Center helps you reach that goal by helping you to understand your students and use proven motivation and retention techniques to keep them enrolled and engaged in the learning process. Learn more here. Call 800.831.1086 x 100 for your members-only VIP discount code.

 

There is a universal worry among cosmetology school owners and employees: Gainful Employment—the rule that yokes career schools to the performance of their students long after the students have graduated. To meet the Gainful Employment requirements, schools have instituted multiple programs, from courses on upselling and customer management to job interviewing. Among these programs, career schools are slowly beginning to add a subject that is crucial: personal finance. Click here to read this article by Peter Bielagus.