I have my CND masters and also have taught NVQ level 2 courses in local colleges and IMO you really will be going right back to basics/backwards. From the tutors point of view as well, she will probably not know what to do with you, because as you know when you are a complete novice even getting a tip blended can take a fair while, so you will be bored IMO. 34 weeks is a long time and it could even demotivate you.
I speak from experience, i did exactly this and infact found the assessor relying on me to help the rest of the class and she was even asking me for advice. This is what motivated my to complete my assessors award and to be able to give my students a more professional college experience.
Not wanting to put beauty tutors down in any shape or form. But in my experience, most beauty tutors do not specialise in nail technology and when they were honest with me, hated teaching it, as it just wasnt their strength. IMO nail technology is a specialised area and it is unfair to expect a beauty tutor, who has no real industry experience, to be able to teach at an industry level. This is why so many colleges have such a bad reputation in nail services. Its unfair on the tutors and unfair on the students, but colleges in this economic market cannot now afford to call in the specialists.
hope this helps. I agree you will benefit 10 fold from completing the masters.