distance education

Distance Education Policy

In addition to our courses offered exclusively via On-Campus attendance, Elite Cosmetology School is approved to offer the Cosmetology, Barbering and Esthetician Courses via Distance Education. Students enrolled in Distance Education must complete 50% of the course content and 50% of the required hours online and 50% of the course content and 50% of the required course hours on campus. Please review additional Distance Education Requirements located in this School Catalog.

The following are applicable to all courses offered via Distance Education:

a. Distance Education will not be utilized as a method for delivery of clinical instruction in which the student is to perform practical application on a live model or client.​

b. The interaction with the instructor must be validated by regular measurable participation (clock hour, credit hour, or competency based) in the academic programs. Participation must be documented within a log of all student activity comprised of (at a minimum) a record of regular and substantive interaction between student(s) and instructor(s).

c. A Distance Education Assessment of student performance must be conducted on-campus by a qualified instructor at least once monthly with respect to any distance education completed within the preceding month. Students that are absent on the scheduled assessment date, must makeup the on-campus assessment before returning to “online” class.

d. Upon completion of all curriculum requirements, Distance Education Students must pass a comprehensive Academic and Practical final exam (which shall be administered on-campus) to include any applicable competencies required by the state licensure agency prior to graduation from the program. Students will not be issued a diploma or transcripts without this passing this exam.

e. All transcripts or other documents, (official or unofficial), listing academic attainment received must identify the distance education component; and

f. Prior to enrollment, students are provided with a disclaimer that states; Academic achievement earned via distance education may not be accepted for reciprocity or eligible for licensure in other states. A signed and dated copy of this disclosure must be found in the student file.

In accordance with Item 2 of the NACCAS Policy on Distance Education, the institution has developed practices and procedures which allow for the interaction with the instructor to be validated by measurable participation. For clock hour programs, this means that the institution has a means of ensuring that the student has, in fact, participated for the requisite amount of time in the distance education element of the program to be awarded each Clock Hour (which NACCAS defines as a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction within a 60-minute period).

Distance Education Format

For the online portion of these courses , the institution utilizes a synchronous learning environment between students and instructors in which students begin and end training at specified times, as would occur if the students were on-site. Students and Educator log on to their Video Zoom class at the beginning of the scheduled class time. Student must both attend and be engaged actively in the Video Classroom as well as complete the assignments for the day. Students that are not participating in the Video Classroom will result no hours earned for that period (day or hours) of instruction, and assignments will not be accepted for that period of instruction. The above-mentioned course format is conducted via live video classroom. Theory assignments are assigned and submitted via CIMA platform and practical demonstrations, and assignments are completed via live video class time. Students enrolled in the Distance Education Course (HYBRID) must complete 50% of the course content and 50% of the required hours online and 50% of the course content and 50% of the required course hours on campus. Please review additional Distance Education Requirements located in this School Catalog.

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