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STUDIO TEACHERS

Studio Teachers Definition and Certification [8 CCR 11755]

  • a studio teacher is a certificated teacher who holds both a California Elementary and a California Secondary teaching credential, valid and current, certified by the Labor Commissioner
  • certification shall be for a three (3) year period
  • written exam will be required at the time of certification or renewal

Use of Studio Teachers [8 CCR 11755.1]
Employers shall provide a studio teacher:

  • on each call for minors from age fifteen (15) days to their sixteenth (16th) birthday
    • one (1) studio teacher must be provided for each group of ten (10) minors or fraction thereof
    • one (1) studio teacher must be provided for each group of twenty (20) minors or fraction thereof on Saturday, Sunday, holidays, or during school vacations
  • on each call for minors from age sixteen (16) to age eighteen (18) when required for education of the minor
    • one (1) studio teacher must be provided for each group of ten (10) minors or fraction thereof

Studio Teacher’s Authority [8 CCR 11755.2]
Studio teacher, in addition to teaching:

  • has responsibility for caring and attending to the health, safety, and morals of minors under sixteen (16) years of age
  • shall take cognizance of such factors as:
    • working conditions
    • physical surroundings
    • signs of minor’s mental and physical fatigue
    • demands placed upon minor in relation to minor’s age, agility, strength, and stamina
  • may refuse to allow engagement of minor on set or location and may remove minor therefrom, if in judgment of studio teacher, conditions are such as to present a danger to the health, safety, or morals of the minor
    • any such action may be immediately appealed to the Labor Commissioner who may affirm or countermand such action

No minor under the age of sixteen (16) may be sent to wardrobe, makeup, hairdressing, or employed in any manner whatsoever unless under the general supervision of the studio teacher. [8 CCR 11762] (See “ONE-HOUR SITUATIONS”)

Studio Teacher’s Remuneration [8 CCR 11755.3]

  • remuneration of studio teacher shall be paid by the employer