Instructor-Training Programs

(1) An application for approval to teach an instructor-training program in barbering for licensed barber instructors to obtain continuing credit shall include: (a) A summary of education and experience of each instructor for the program; (b) The scheduled dates for the program; and (c) The proposed curriculum of the program. (2) The applying sponsor shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board that the instructor- training program submitted for approval will: (a) Contain at least sixteen (16) hours of actual instruction; (b) Emphasize teaching methodology for its entire duration; (c) Restrict the size of classes sufficiently to ensure adequate attention to all participants; (d) Proceed for not more than two (2) hours without a break; (e) Prohibit demonstrations or presentations for commercial purposes in classrooms. Training programs may not sell, take orders, or in any way promote a product; and (f) Conform to professional standards as determined by the Board. This may be determined by, but not limited to, the following: fraud, unprofessional, immoral or dishonorable conduct, a violation of T.C.A. §§ 62-3-101, et seq. or of any rules duly promulgated under this chapter, or failure to comply with a lawful order of the Board. LICENSING CHAPTER 0200-01 (3) Any online, virtual, or electronic instructor-training program shall further demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board that the instructor-training program submitted for approval does not allow one to skip through content and meets at least one (1) of the following qualifications: (a) Streamed or real-time presentation that allows the submission of questions, group chat, or solicits responses from registrants through surveys, multiple choice questions, etc.; (b) Requires a unique login; or (c) Monitors registrant participation and includes a testing component that requires a passing grade in order to complete the program. (4) Promptly after the completion of an instructor-training program approved by the Board, the sponsor shall send to the Board a roster showing the names, social security numbers, and I.D. numbers of the persons who attended the program and the number of hours that such persons completed. (5) The sponsor shall provide an opportunity for the attendees to evaluate each class and the overall program. The original evaluations shall be forwarded to the office of the Board. (6) Continuing Credit for Licensed Instructors Attending Instructor-training Programs (a) A licensed instructor shall complete at least sixteen (16) hours of actual instruction in order to obtain continuing credit. A licensed instructor shall deduct any time in which the licensed instructor failed to attend the program from the amount of credit sought for attendance. (b) A licensed instructor may practice or teach only the discipline in which he or she is licensed; therefore, a licensed instructor may obtain credit only for an instructor-training program in the discipline in which he or she is licensed. (c) In order for a licensed instructor to obtain credit for taking an instructor-training course in a state other than the State of Tennessee, the licensed instructor shall obtain the Board’s approval before taking the course by submitting a written request for approval to the Board no less than sixty (60) days before the licensed instructor intends to take the course. Such written request must include a copy of the curriculum. (d) A licensed instructor shall submit a request for an extension of time to complete the instructor-training requirements in writing along with proof showing a medical hardship, a death in the immediate family or entitlement to automatic renewal of the certificate of registration under T.C.A. § 62-3-120 prior to the expiration date of the instructor’s license. 1. A licensed instructor who is not granted an extension prior to the expiration date of the certificate of registration and who fails to obtain the required number of instructor-training hours shall be denied renewal. The Executive Director shall have discretion to allow the licensed instructor up to one hundred eighty (180) additional days to submit instructor-training hours and renew the certificate of registration if a written request is made by the instructor within sixty (60) days following the expiration date of the certificate of registration and the licensed instructor demonstrates a medical hardship, shows a death in the immediate family, or shows entitlement to automatic renewal of the certificate of registration under T.C.A. § 62-3-120. 2. If the licensed instructor fails to make a written request within sixty (60) days of the expiration date of the certificate of registration, but makes the request within LICENSING CHAPTER 0200-01 three hundred sixty-five (365) days following the expiration date of the certificate of registration, the Board shall have the discretion to allow the instructor up to one hundred eighty (180) additional days to submit instructor-training if the licensed instructor can demonstrate a medical hardship, a death in the immediate family or entitlement to automatic renewal of the certificate of registration under T.C.A. § 62-3-120. (e) A licensed instructor who fails to obtain the required number of instructor-training hours prior to the expiration date appearing on the certificate of registration and who is either not eligible for an extension or not granted an extension, shall not engage in any activity which requires an instructor’s certificate of registration and shall be required to retake the instructor’s examination, complete the instructor-training hours, and pay any applicable fees in order for the certificate of registration to be reinstated.