Saks

CPD at West Suffolk College

Last year I was fortunate to meet a fantastic and enthusiastic group of college educators from Bury St Edmunds. You may recall me writing about a reunion with an old college educator of mine, in the early days of my career. Well I was delighted to be invited back, this time to work with salon based assessors for the college in a Professional Development Day.

Senior work based learning co-ordinator Tricia Williams organised and arranged for my re-visit and it was so lovely to see her and other members of staff. She had arranged two gorgeous models for me to work with, both fully briefed that this was a day to be creative and inspire the participants as well as offer commercial looks ready to take back to the salons and start promoting the latest trends.

I worked with our new Autumn/Winter collection to entice the group as I introduced myself and the new collection. There were 19 participants in total, all geared up for an exciting day starting with a morning of advanced cut and colour demonstrations, followed by a workshop in the afternoon. It was a pleasure to be working back in the modern and well groomed salon the college has to offer and the staff made my visit effortless.... it felt more like having fun than work it was brilliant!

Tricia who has bags of experience took the role of my assistant and helped prep and tone when needed making the day run smoothly and on time. Huge thanks Tricia x I loved teaching the Spring/Summer collection as it was a great chance for me to put my own style into my work and I am already starting to bubble over with ideas for the Autumn/Winter trends! It is such an exciting time for both educators and participants as it will stretch your mind and creativity and open up endless possibilities.

I would like to thank everyone involved in organising these visits from the London office team to the college staff and all the models for being fabulous to work with.

Mario x