I agree Jill..but.. wouldn't it be a novel idea to actually HAVE accredited CEU classes for nails (or hair or whatever) available?? I would've been there in a heart beat! I've taken many classes...and they were NOT cheap and unfortunately they WERE not accredited CEU classes. What a waste! (not my classes...the CEU's) I would think that that would be a major money maker for some distributors. Crap...in Florida...in the Tampa Bay area there has to be a gadzillion nail salons...and they all need to get their CEU's somewhere. OK I know it's once every 2 years but... it would be extra money..oh well...I am in NY now...no need to worry about it!
Pati 'Good friends are like stars... You don't always see them, But you know they are always there. -----Original Message----- From: Jill in Ky <[email protected]> To: NailTech <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 6:01 pm Subject: Re: NailTech:: States with Continuing Education... KY requires 6 hours of CEU's (I have a cosmetology license but it's the same for a nail tech license). Let me think of how to put this.................... the techs that want to learn will seek info out on their own. The techs that don't want to learn will be in the CEU class in body only (not in spirit). So it's 6 of 1, half a dozen of another. Or another saying would be "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink". When the KY state board implemented a $300 fee, plus copious amounts of paperwork, which one had to submit in order to be approved to teach CEU's, essentially most all of the nail classes evaporated. At least in our area they did. That might have been around the same time KY started allowing online courses, too, which would explain why all the nail classes dried up here. About 95% of the people in these nail classes were Vietnamese, and the other 5 people (myself included) were non-Vietnamese. The Vietnamese techs would sit in the back of the class talking to each other in their language and the instructor was constantly having to stop class and ask them to be quiet. Then they'd be quiet for awhile, texting other people on their cell phones, but soon the chatter would start up again. It was very distracting. 6 hours seemed like 6 days! Now I've driven as far as 3 hours away to take CEU classes, and with the exception of the "funeral hairstyling" class (complete with a "behind the scenes" field trip to a funeral home....unfortunately, no dead bodies were on display), all have left me feeling less than inspired. At one class I taught the "teacher" how to do a sculptured nail (hey, she asked). But after that last experience, I figured I'd just stick around our town and take hair classes instead. At least then I had the hopes of learning something I didn't already know. Plus it's not as costly as traveling out of town. So in order to get my CEU's, I've been present in body only for many boring hair classes. Mostly I sat in the back and quietly worked on filling in my standing appts. in my appt. book, filing my nails, reading Nails mag and Nailpro, fantasizing on other places I could be that would be more fun, such as at home cleaning my toilets. Now the online companies that host nail classes are extremely affordable (most in the $15 range). Last year I took my first online course, at home in my PJ's, with my cup of coffee, and it was the best CEU experience I've had thus far. You read a short article, maybe a few pages long, then take a test at the end of each chapter; hit "submit" and you're done! No more getting up at the crack of dawn, wasting gas driving to a boring class. No more wasting my entire day sitting on hard chairs that hurt my back. No more dreading the CEU experience. The only thing I miss is visiting with other professionals in the classes. Other than that, I'm all about the online CEU tests!!! Jill Wright Bowling Green, KY On Feb 19, 10:43 am, Maureen Solan <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I WAS a CEU educator in Indiana for 10 years untill they cancelled > about 4 years ago. We were required 16 hours every 4 years half of which were OSHA, Sanitation, State rules and half technical ( manicuring, hair styling, skin care etc.) As with anything else, theory is boring but, alot of points are necessary. Some people will absorb the info and use it and others will only put in their time and complain that they have to be at the class at all. > > I can't wait to hear why you asked. > > Maureen Solan > > > > --- On Fri, 2/19/10, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: NailTech:: States with Continuing Education... > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 7:48 AM > > Pennsylvania does not require CEU. > After this subject cropped up on this list years ago, I am not sure that mandatory classes for a state is a good thing. Seems that some of the techs found most CEU classes were not worth it. Not to mention time, travel and expenses. > Cannot wait to see what you are headed toward! > Buenos dias, > LynnetteSent via BlackBerry from T-MobileFrom: Michelle Cordes <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:41:12 -0800 (PST)To: > <[email protected]>Subject: NailTech:: States with Continuing Education... > > Hey folks! Which states require CE hours to renew your license? How many > hours per when? Do you have to learn something specific- what counts? I know I can find the hard numbers on the beautytech site, but I want to hear the real life version complete with opinions and everything! I'll tell ya why I'm askin' later... LOL.... > > Michelle Cordes, Licensed Nail Technician > The Nail Spa @ Steel Magnolias Salon > "The spa for your hands and feet since 1997" > Bremerton, Washingtonwww.myspace.com/thenailspa > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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