Student Professional Development Guidelines

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

Attendance and Documentation of Time

Documentation of time: Students may not leave the school premises during regular hours without an instructor’s permission.

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 timeclock. This device may consist of an app that can be used on your phone, a biometric scanner in the school, or similar device. In order to ensure proper clock hours are credited, 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 their schedule on the student timeclock, 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 on the missing time form. The documentation would include the student sign-in sheet, the specialty class attendance role, and/or the guest service summary.
2. The campus is open from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM for students.
3. All courses require continuous attendance.
4. The prescribed attendance schedule must be maintained each week.
5. Students attending school may not miss Mondays; this day requires mandatory attendance.
6. Students must be on time, as tardiness inhibits the learning process. Students who are late for theory or a specialty class or a guest artist class may attend the class but must be accompanied into the classroom by an instructor. Students are never excused from mandatory theory class to work in the clinic.
7. Students who are late or cannot attend school must contact the school and talk to the school service desk immediately. Students must call in by 8:00 AM.
8. Full-time students are required to be in attendance a minimum of eight (8) hours per day, 32 hours per week for the full-time schedule; 22 hours per week for part-time students. Holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day will be set according to the calendar each year.
9. Lunches and breaks are scheduled for all students. All students will take 30 minutes for lunch between 12:00 noon and 1:30 PM, if possible, according to their booking. Students should communicate with their instructor if they have not had lunch by 1:30 PM.
   Observe the appropriate breaks for your school schedule. Breaks are as follows:

   Student Schedule	Breaks	Lunch
   10 or more hr/day	10 min. in the morning & 10 min in the afternoon	30 min.
   8 or 7 1/2 hr/day	10 min. in the morning & 10 min in the afternoon	30 min.
   6 hr/day	10 min. in the morning & 10 min in afternoon	n/a
   5 hr/day	10 min at mid-point of schedule	n/a
   4 hr/day	10 min at mid-point of schedule	n/a

10. Documentation of time: Students may not leave the school premises during regular hours without an instructor’s permission.
    1. Students who leave school premises for more than 10 minutes 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 for less than 10 minutes must clock out on the time clock.
    3. Day students must clock out on the time clock for lunch for 30 minutes every day. Students will not receive credit for the time they fail to clock in/out for lunch.
11. Students may not clock in or out for another student.
12. 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.
13. Students attend Core the first 6 weeks (154/160 clock hours) of enrollment. During this time the student must maintain a monthly attendance of 80%. If at the conclusion of the month, the student’s progress report is not 80% attendance, the student may be dropped from the program and may have the opportunity to re-enroll in the next class start date.

Professional Image

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

1. Future Professionals may wear black, white or gray clothing in any combination. Clothes must be professional, clean, free of odors and wrinkles. Clothing may be patterned in these colors only.
2. Closed toe and closed heel shoes, in any color may be worn. Shoes should be professional, practical and comfortable.
3. Hair should be styled and any cosmetics should be applied prior to clocking in for the school day.
4. Name tags provided by the school are required to be worn while attending school.
5. Stylish hats, scarves and stylish head wraps of any color may be worn.
6. Skirts, skorts, shorts, dresses, jumpers and rompers that are no higher than four (4) inches above the knee may be worn. If the garment is higher than 4 inches above the knee, opaque tights or leggings must be worn underneath.
7. Shirts, tops and blouses may not bare shoulders, midriff (belly) and lower back.
8. Sweatshirts, T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, and/or jackets may be worn if the print and colors of the garment are black, white or gray.
9. If leggings or tight fitting shorts are worn, they must be worn with a top that is at least fingertip length to fully cover the front and back of the future professional wearing it.
10. Colorful accessories may be worn.
11. Proper undergarments must be worn at all times.

The following is a list of unacceptable dress for all Future Professionals while attending Paul Mitchell The School Clear Lake:

1. Sleeveless dresses, tank tops or spaghetti strap tops, tube tops, belly revealing shirts/crop tops.
2. Sweatpants that are cotton, pajama material pants/bottoms.
3. Biking shorts.
4. Spandex unitards.
5. Baseball caps, beanies, visors.
6. Sunglasses.
7. Clothing may not contain political, messages or profanity. If a logo is printed on a garment – it must be smaller than a dollar bill.
8. If bottoms have rips, tears, or holes, they must fall below the fingertips of the future professional wearing it.

Future Professionals who fail to comply with the Future Professional Dress code will be asked to clock out and return dressed appropriately.

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 have their hair or other services done once a week, Monday - Thursday.
   To receive a service, Future Professionals must do the following prior to starting the service:
   1. Notify a Learning Leader.
   2. Be scheduled off the books by a Front Desk member.
   3. Pay for service supplies including perms, tints, bleaches, rinses, conditioning, and treatments.
   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.
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 client.
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. Paul Mitchell The School Clear Lake is a smoke-free campus.
8. Stealing or taking school property or another’s personal property is unacceptable and is grounds for termination.
9. School administration has the right to access and inspect a Future Professional's 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 ground for termination.
2. Future Professionals will be expected to maintain an average of 75% 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 Professionals assigned locker. Paul Mitchell 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 the assigned time of each month.
14. If a Future Professional fails to complete the practical skill assessments or required weekly theory hours, 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.
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. Theory Class: The school requires Future Professionals to complete all theory hours as part of their graduation requirements. Refer to the graduation requirements.