Me, an educator!

In today's topic, I will try to be objective.
It won't be easy, but let's talk a little about education and educators.
Thanks to our educational system, anyone can be an eyelash (or nail) educator.
Anyone who wakes up one morning and decides that's exactly what they want to do, because it seems SO cool!
It doesn't matter whether you have a valid diploma, in this whole problem, this is the smallest one.
The thing is that educators are becoming people who have never personally attended an education or who started doing the same treatment the day before yesterday.
Before you decide to become an educator, think about some questions and then think again.

1. Have you performed hundreds of treatments yourself so that you can proudly say that you are a master (or master) of your craft and that (almost) nothing can surprise you anymore and that you have fulfilled the main requirement, which is experience?
Experience is the main quality of an educator!
Experience, not something that was written from a script!
Experience and a feel for what is being done.
That feeling when you hold someone's hands and calm them down so they don't shake like a stick.
That feeling when someone asks a question that isn't in any book, but you can only know if you've experienced it.
That feeling when you understand the issue you're teaching and, through analysis, manage to come up with a solution.
The sense of trust you instill in your student, making them feel secure that you are there at any moment they need help.

2. Do you have that "something" that every educator needs, which is the ability to transfer knowledge? Your perfect pictures and works are in vain if you don't know how to teach another person how to do it. All of that is in vain if you don't know how to transfer someone's love for work, so that the person learns to work and love what they do, even when it's hard, when your body is falling apart from sitting and being stiff.

3. Do you follow the latest news yourself, do you attend congresses, lectures, courses... today there are countless possibilities and everything is available to us.
That's why there's no excuse when you teach something that was done 5 years ago.
The educator has an OBLIGATION to follow events and the development of techniques and materials.
Why?
Because then everyone who teaches newer methods comes off as crazy, because someone has already taught people NOT to clean or wash extensions.

4. Do you put together the program of your education yourself or did you copy-paste it from one of your educators?
An educator should have the ability to draw their own conclusions (and this comes from experience) or test different theories and methods.
An educator should find his own way of providing education, because that makes him unique.
Someone is aggressive, someone is approachable, someone talks a lot but says nothing, and someone is modest in their words but hits the spot.

These are the facts that every educator should start from.
In today's time, a lot is expected from an educator. To give 1000% in education and to be available even after the education.
Unfortunately, the freedom of speech on social networks does not make our work easier.
No one is perfect. I start with myself first. I've had all kinds of days, all kinds of education. Good, bad, beginner's mistakes, wrong assessments, bad students, excellent students, group education with 10 people and individual education with just one person.
We are not robots, nor can we be perfect 24/7.

Poor education can be the result
A) bad educator
B) bad student
C)bad timing

Why am I trivializing?
Because that's how it is!
An educator can be bad, period.
And he can also be a great educator, but simply having a bad day.
Stress, fatigue, a personal or business situation that affects your ability to work, or simply, a bad day.
Likewise, a student can be disinterested, typing on his phone and fiddling around, waiting for the end, because he had xyz reasons for coming, but none of them were the right one, which is - that he wants to learn. That's simply a bad student.
And secondly, sometimes even potentially excellent students are bad, because they've been traveling all night, their concentration is at a minimum, or they're simply so stressed that stage fright has consumed them. In short, a bad day.

Every mistake can be corrected. If you understand education as a real job, one that carries responsibility, there is no problem with correction, nor is there a problem with always being available for help and questions.
With will and knowledge, nothing is a problem. And of course, with understanding.
Mistakes should be kept to a minimum, but you learn from them, and they are there to be corrected.

We've come to the prices.
Some people get a lot, some people get a little, but no educator who knows how much it's worth will give their knowledge for peanuts.

It's not for nothing that it's said that when we try to do it cheaply, we always end up paying the most.
If something seems expensive, check why it is expensive. Check the opinions and comments of colleagues. Check the previous works of students. Check the experience and professionalism of the educators.
And then compare it with the others.
What personally saddens me the most is the fact that when an educator with a foreign "Russian name" comes to Croatia, astronomical amounts are paid, without question. And when a domestic educator tries to charge similar fees, he is criticized for being expensive.
And yet, the quality of education is the same, or, as has happened a few times recently - foreign educators come to Croatia, thinking, "Here are poor and illiterate people, so they won't realize that the education is crap."
And then, surprise surprise, our technicians are very well-versed, because some in Croatia do know their job.

Being an educator is a very tiring job, both mentally and physically.
Personally, I am "drained" after every training.
But I think it's still a good sign.
Education doesn't stop after one day.
Our students have full support in every step, sometimes it takes years.
All those who are planning to make a quick buck, don't rush in. If you want someone to take you seriously, then be serious. Education is not over the moment a student leaves your academy; on the contrary, that's when the real work begins.

To conclude, because this topic is always a hot topic.
You can become an educator yourself, or someone can license you.
And whether you are a GOOD educator will be demonstrated by your work.
People recognize that someone is excellent at their job and doesn't need any certificate for it, because they have results.
And someone is certified (because perhaps all they needed to do was have the financial resources), and their results are zero.
Don't judge anyone, but do your homework before jumping into the unknown.

Everyone is welcome at Kallos training, no matter where you've been before, it's up to you to choose.❤️

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Martin