Student Professional Development Guidelines

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All students must commit to and follow the Student Professional Development Guidelines during their enrollment at Paul Mitchell The School Fayetteville. These guidelines were established to assist in creating a safe, focused, and enjoyable learning experience.

Attendance and Documentation of Time

  1. The school records attendance in clock hours and gives appropriate attendance credit for all hours attended. The school does not add or deduct attendance hours as a penalty. Attendance is calculated using a computerized time clock and does round hours. To ensure proper credit for clock hours, full-time students are required to clock in/out 4 times a day: when they arrive at school, when they leave for lunch, when they return from lunch, and when they leave at the end of the day. Part-time students are required to clock in/out 2 times a day: when they arrive at school and when they leave at the end of the day. If a student fails to clock in or out for the day on the student time clock, the student will not receive hours. If the student wishes to dispute any hours they feel earned, the student must provide documentation to verify attendance. This would include the student sign-in sheet, the specialty class attendance role, and/or the guest service summary.
  2. The school is open from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM for day students, 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM for three-day students, and 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM for night students.
  3. All courses require continuous attendance.
  4. The prescribed attendance schedule must be maintained each week.
  5. Night and 3-day students may not miss Thursdays; Day students may not miss Fridays.
  6. Students must be on time, as tardiness inhibits the learning process. Students who are late for theory, a specialty class, or a guest artist class may attend the class but must be accompanied into the classroom by a learning leader. Students are never excused from mandatory theory class to work in the clinic classroom.
  7. Students attend Core the first 300 clock hours of enrollment. During this time, the student must maintain a monthly attendance of 90%. If, at the conclusion of the month, the student’s progress report is not at 90%, the student will be asked to join the next Core class start where space is available to gain the information missed during their absence.
  8. Students who are late or cannot attend school must contact the school and talk to the school service desk immediately. Day students must call in by 9:00 AM; night students must call in by 1:30 PM.
  9. Students must request time off from school from the Future Professional Advisor or Education Leader.
  10. Students are required to be in attendance a minimum of seven (7) hours per day, 35 hours per week for the full-time schedule, five (5) hours per day, 25 hours per week for the full-time schedule, five (5) hours per day, 20 hours per week for part-time students, and ten (10) hours per day, 30 hours per week for three-day students. Holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day will be set according to the calendar each year. Students cannot bank hours or go above 100% cumulative attendance.
  11. During the enrollment contract period, the student is required to maintain at least 90% attendance. If the student does not maintain 90% attendance, the student will accrue overtime fees. If the student’s training goes beyond the contracted ending date for course completion, the student will be charged an additional $6.00 for each hour completed after the contract ending date. The student may use the allowed absent hours for vacation, appointments, illness, etc.
    **Refer to the school enrollment contract for the Enrollment Contract Period definition. Please note that if a student misses more than 14 consecutive calendar days, the student may be terminated from the program.
  12. Lunches and breaks are scheduled for all students. All students will take 30 minutes for lunch between 12:00 noon and 1:30 PM. Students should communicate with their instructor if they have not had lunch by 1:30 PM. Night students take a 15 minute break
    Observe the appropriate breaks for your school schedule. Breaks are as follows:
    Student Schedule Breaks Lunch
    10, 8, or 7 1/2 hr/day 15 min. in the morning & 15 min in the afternoon 30 min.
    6 hr/day 15 min. in the morning & 15 min in the afternoon n/a
    5 hr/day 15 min at mid-point of schedule n/a
    4 hr/day 15 min at mid-point of schedule n/a
  13. Documentation of time: Students may not leave the school premises during regular hours without an instructor’s permission.
    1. Students who leave school premises or those who leave early must document their time by clocking out on the time clock, signing the sign-out sheet, and having an instructor book them out.
    2. Students who leave school premises must clock out on the time clock and 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.
  14. Students may not clock in or out for another student.
  15. Students must keep a record of all services each day on the “service tracking sheet,” which must be completed daily and turned in every week.

Professional Image

Professional Image: All Future Professionals must adhere to the following professional dress code while in attendance:

  1. Future Professionals should wear solid-colored scrubs with the same color tops and bottoms. Clothing should be clean.
  2. Shoes should be professional, practical, and comfortable. Shoes must be close-toed to protect the feet from spilled chemicals, hair slivers, and overall cleanliness and foot health. Shoes may be any color.
  3. Hair should be styled prior to arriving at school.
  4. Any cosmetics should be applied prior to arriving at the school.
  5. Paul Mitchell branded tops may be worn with solid-colored scrub bottoms when a scrub top isn’t worn.
  6. If worn, capes, smocks, and aprons must be a solid color or Paul Mitchell branded.
  7. Name tag, as provided by the school. All Future Professionals are required to wear a name tag while in attendance.
  8. Solid-colored long-sleeved undershirts can be worn under a scrub top.
  9. Solid-colored cardigans/zip-up jackets or Paul Mitchell branded sweatshirts may be worn over scrub tops if needed for warmth.
  10. Baseball hats, stylish hats, caps, stylish head wraps, or beanies may be worn but may not contain political messages or branding, profanity, or other industry-related logos.
  11. Paul Mitchell or school-branded apparel that otherwise meets the requirements.

The following is a list of unacceptable attire for all Future Professionals in attendance:

  1. Foot thongs, flip-flops, beach sandals, and slippers.
  2. Sunglasses—we want to see your beautiful eyes.
  3. Bonnets and Velcro wraps.

Future Professionals who fail to comply with the Future Professional dress code may be coached and may receive an advisory.

Sanitation and Professional 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 Tuesday through Thursday. To receive a service, students must do the following prior to starting the service:
    1. Notify a Learning Leader.
    2. Be scheduled off the service books by a Learning Leader.
    3. Pay for service supplies including perms, color, lightener, rinses, conditioning, treatments, manicures, nails, etc.
    4. Personal services are considered rewards and scheduled for Future Professionals who are up to date with all practicals, 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. Students may use the student phones for a limited time. Please keep your calls to three (3) minutes or less.
  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 locker policy.

Learning Participation Guidelines

  1. 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 will be expected to maintain an average of 70% on all theory tests and assignments.
  3. Future Professionals may not be released from required theory class to take a client.
  4. Only service desk personnel may schedule or change client service appointments.
  5. All services must be checked and the service ticket initialed by a Learning Leader.
  6. Future Professionals are expected to be continuously working on school-related projects, assignments, clinic practical worksheets, reading theory, or test preparation during school hours.
  7. Future Professionals will receive clock hours during the times they fully participate in their learning experience.
  8. When Future Professionals are not scheduled with service appointments or are not scheduled to attend theory or a specialty class, they may focus on the following:
    1. Completion of clinic practical worksheets
    2. Completion of theory review worksheets
    3. Performing a service on another Future Professional
    4. Listening to or reading school resource center materials, including educational videos, audiotapes, and books
  9. Future Professionals must comply with school personnel and Learning Leader’s assignments and requests as required by the curriculum and Future Professional guidelines and rules.
  10. Future Professionals may not perform hair, skin, barber, or nail services outside of school unless authorized to do so by school administration. Conducting unauthorized hair, skin, barber, or nail services outside of school will be reported to the state board and may result in your inability to receive a professional license.
  11. Future Professionals are responsible for their own kit and equipment and may use a clinic station drawer only while working at that clinic station. All kit, equipment, tools, and personal items must be secured in the Future Professional's assigned locker. The school is not responsible for any lost or stolen articles.
  12. Parking is allowed in assigned parking areas only or cars may be towed at the owner’s expense.
  13. All clinic practical worksheets are due on the assigned day of each month by the end of the school day.
  14. If a Future Professional fails to complete a worksheet 100%, the Future Professional will be placed on the Back on Track list and will remain on the list until the following month.
  15. If a Future Professional fails to pass the Core written and/or practical exam on their second attempt, they may be asked to withdraw from the program and re-start in the next Core class start date.
  16. The school requires a Future Professional to complete all theory hours as part of their graduation requirements. Refer to the graduation requirements.