Future Professional Development Guidelines

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All Future Professionals must commit to and follow the Future Professional Development Guidelines during their enrollment in school. These guidelines were established to assist in creating a safe, focused, and enjoyable learning experience. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in a coaching under the Future Professional Advisory Policy and may result in termination without prior warning. 

Attendance and Documentation of Time

  1. The school records attendance in clock hours and gives appropriately earned attendance credit for all hours attended and does not add or deduct attendance hours as a penalty. Attendance is calculated using an attendance tracking app called CourseKey. It is the responsibility of the Future Professional to record their hours by checking in and out through the app. Attendance is calculated using a computerized timeclock. This device may consist of an app that can be used on your phone, a biometric scanner in the school, or similar device. If a Future Professional fails to clock in or out for their schedule, the Future Professional will not receive hours. 
    It is the responsibility of the Future Professional to ensure that they are properly clocking in and out as required. If a Future Professional fails to clock in and out for their schedule on the Future Professional timeclock, the Future Professional will not receive hours for the time with missed time punches. To ensure proper credit for clock hours, Future Professionals are required to clock in or out at the following times:
    • When they arrive at school
    • When they leave for lunch,
    • When they return from lunch,
    • When they leave at the end of the day;
    • If a Future Professional leaves the premises for any reason, and
    • If a Future Professional is taking a break over 10 minutes, they are required to clock out.

      If the Future Professional wishes to dispute any hours they feel earned, the Future Professional  must provide documentation to verify attendance on the missing time form. The documentation could include the Future Professional sign in sheet, the specialty class attendance role, and/or the guest service summary.
      If a Future Professional is experiencing timeclock challenges and unable to clock in or out, they must report the challenge to the Future Professional Advisor within 24 hours.
  2. The school is open from Monday to Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM and Friday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM for full-time day Future Professionals.
  3. The Future Professional must attend school according to the schedule in the Future Professional's enrollment  agreement. All programs require continuous attendance.
  4. The following is mandatory attendance day: Friday are mandatory, failure to attend mandatory days may result in an advisory.
  5. Future Professionals must be on time, as tardiness inhibits the learning process. Future Professionals who are late for any class  must be accompanied into the classroom by a Learning Leader. Future Professionals are never excused from mandatory theory classes  to work on the clinic classroom. Future Professionals that arrive later than 9:15 a.m. will not be allowed to attend school and will not receive clock hours for the day and will accrue absent hours, unless given permission from Financial Service Leader or Future Professional Advisor or a Doctors note.
  6. Attendance Expectation Generally: Future Professionals must maintain a 100% attendance average each month in order to complete the program by the expected/calculated completion date. The school attendance policy requires 67% to maintain satisfactory progress. Falling below this number means that the Future Professional may receive a coaching on the advisory form for their attendance.
  7. CORE/Protege Attendance Expectation: Future Professionals attend Core/Protege for the first weeks of enrollment. During this time the Future Professional must maintain a monthly attendance of 90%. If at the conclusion of the month, the Future Professional's progress report does not meet 90%  attendance, the Future Professional may be dropped from the program and may be asked to re-enroll in the next Core class start date.
  8. Extra Instructional Charges: During the contracted enrollment period, the Future Professional must maintain a 90% attendance average each month in order to complete the program by the expected/calculated completion date. The Future Professional is allowed to miss 10% absent hours of their scheduled hours before having to pay extra instructional charges. The Future Professional may use the 10% absent hours for vacation, doctor appointments, illness, etc.; however, the Future Professional may not be out of school  for 14 consecutive calendar days or they may be terminated. If the Future Professional must attend additional program hours beyond their expected/calculated completion date due to not meeting a 90% attendance average or  failure to complete academic graduation requirements, the Future Professional will be charged an additional $12.00 for each hour scheduled to complete after the expected/calculated completion date is reached.
  9. Future Professionals are required to be in attendance and actively participating in  their education. When a Future Professional is scheduled for attendance by not present, these will be reflected as absent hours. Future Professional does not clock in or out properly resulting in  the hours not being counted, these will be reflected in  the absent hours unless the missing time form and necessary documentation is provided as outlined in the catalog. 
    If a Future Professionals will receive clock hours during the times they fully participate in  their learning experience.  
  10. Unplanned Absences or Tardies: Future Professionals who are late or cannot attend school text CRM. Day Future Professionals  must call in by 8:30 a.m.

  11. Lunch and Breaks are  scheduled for all Future Professionals. All full-time Future Professionals are required to take a 30 minute lunch break. Future Professionals should communicate with their Learning Leader if they have not had lunch by 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Monday through Thursday and Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

    Observe the appropriate lunch and breaks for your school  schedule. Breaks are as follows:

    Future Professional ScheduleBreaksLunch
    7 1/2 hr/day15 min. in the morning & 15 min. in the afternoon30 min.
    6 hr/day10 min. in the morning & 10 min in the afternoonN/A
  12. Documentation of time: Students may not leave the school premises during regular hours without an instructor’s permission.
    1. Students who leave school premises before end of day. Must document their time by clocking out on CourseKey, signing the sign-out sheet, and talking to an instructor..
    2. Students who leave school premises for less than 10 minutes must sign the sign-out sheet.
    3. Day students must clock out on the time clock for lunch for 30 minutes every day. Students will not receive credit for the hour if they fail to clock in/out for lunch.
  13. Students may not clock in or out for another student.
  14. Students must keep a record of all services each day on the “service tracking sheet,” which must be completed daily and turned in every month.

Professional Image

A professional image is a requirement for successful participation in school. Students must maintain the following professional dress code:

  1. Students must wear Black, White, and/or Grey.
  2. Clothing must be professional, clean, and free of stains and tears.
  3. Shoes can be any color but must be closed toed and have back on them.
  4. Hair must be clean and styled prior to arriving at school.
  5. Cosmetics must be applied prior to arriving at school.
  6. The following is a list of unacceptable dress:
    a. Flip Flops, Crocs, or open toe sandals
    b. Ripped jeans above the knee
    c. Tank or sleeveless tops
    d. Sweatpants
    e. Printed T-shirts other than those with a PAUL MITCHELL logo; acceptable T-shirts must be clean and professional, and you must dress them up
    f. Skirts / dresses
    g. Spandex or biking shorts
    h. Crop tops
  7. Students will be issued a name badge during the first week of school. The name badge is to be worn at all times while in school.
  8. Students who fail to comply with the professional dress code will be asked to leave and return with appropriate attire.

Sanitation and Personal Services

  1. Future Professionals must keep workstations and classroom areas clean, sanitary, and clutter-free at all times.
  2. Future Professionals must clean their stations in the clinic classroom, including the floor, after each service.
  3. Hair must be swept up immediately after a service is completed, before blow-drying.
  4. Clinic stations must be cleaned at the end of the day, prior to clocking out for the day.
  5. Future Professionals may receive services on the last Monday of the each Month. To receive a service, students must do the following prior to starting the service:
    1. Not be on  an attendance challenge,
    2. Be current in practical skill assessments, theory attendance and test
    3. Pay for service supplies including perms, color, lightener, rinses, conditioning, treatments, manicures, nails, etc.

Personal services are considered rewards and scheduled for Future Professionals who are up to date with all practical exams, and clinic practical worksheets. School assignments and successful learning are the priority.

Communication Guidelines and Professional Conduct

  1. Visitors are allowed in the service reception area only. Visitors are not allowed in the classrooms, student lounge, or clinic classroom area.
  2. Only emergency calls are permitted on the business phone.
  3. Cell phones are permitted in assigned areas of the school.
  4. Future Professionals may not visit with another Future Professional who is servicing a service guest.
  5. Future Professionals may not gather around the service desk, service reception area, or offices.
  6. Food, drinks, and water bottles are allowed only in the lunchroom.
  7. The school is a smoke-free campus.
  8. Stealing or taking school property or another’s personal property is unacceptable and grounds for termination.
  9. School administration has the right to access and inspect a Future Professionals locker at any time, refer to the locket policy.

Learning Participation Guidelines

  1. Future Professionals must bring their required school tools to participate in their education for scheduled hours and makeup hours. Required school tools include:
    • Student Technical Kit
    • iPad with program education kit apps (cutting system app, make-up system app, plugged in app, etc.
    • Program textbooks
    • Peer teaching and tutoring are encouraged. Taking credit for another’s work or cheating during exams is unacceptable and is grounds for termination.
  2. Future Professionals are responsible for their own technical kit and equipment. All kit, equipment, tools, and personal items must be secured in a locker or kept within view and control of the Future Professional. The school is not responsible for any lost or stolen articles.
  3. Future Professionals  are required to work under the direction of a licensed professional. Therefore, Future Professionals must comply with school personnel and Learning Leader's assignments, directions, and requests as required by the curriculum and Future Professional guidelines and rules
  4. Future Professionals must have a signed service ticket before beginning any service on the clinic classroom.
  5. Future Professionals may not perform hair, skin, barber, or nail services outside of school unless authorized, in advance, in writing, to do so by school administration. Conducting unauthorized hair, skin, barber, or nail services outside of school may be reported to the state board and may result in your inability to receive a professional license.
  6. Taking credit for another's work (e.g. submitting the photos of another's work as your own) or cheating during exams is unacceptable and is grounds for termination.
  7. Future Professionals will be expected to maintain an average of 75% on all academic exams and practical skill assignments.
  8. Only service desk personnel may schedule or change clinic classroom guest appointments. All practical skill  services must be graded and the service ticket initialed by Learning Leader.
  9. All practical skill services must be graded and the service ticket initialed by Learning  Leader.
  10. Future Professionals are expected to be continuously working on school-related projects, assignments, clinic practical skills, reading theory, or test preparation during school hours.
  11. When Future Professionals are not scheduled with guest service appointments or are not scheduled to attend theory or a specialty class, they must be actively engaged in their education at all times,  and may focus on the following:
    a. Completion of practical skill assessments through CoreseKey-Skilltracker and/or Monthly Clinic Worksheets.
    b. Completion of theory review assignments.
    c. Performing a service on another Future Professional. Please note that the service must be within the scope of practice for the program for both Future Professionals.
    d. Listening to or reading school resource center materials, including educational videos, audiotapes, Plugged In, and school related textbooks.
  12. If a Future Professional fails to complete the practical skill assessments or required academic theory exams they will be placed on the Back on Track List. Future Professionals have one week to get caught up before they receive a coaching advisory. 

  13. If a Future Professional s fails to pass the Core written and/or practical exam on  their second attempt. they may be asked to withdraw from the program and may be allowed to re-start in the next core class start date.