Student Professional Development Guidelines

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All Future Professionals must commit to and follow the Student Professional Development Guidelines during their enrollment at Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg. 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 timeclock.  This device may consist of an app that can be used on your phone, a biometric scanner in the school, or similar device. Other than the exception described in this paragraph, Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg does not make corrections to the students hours resulting in failure to properly use the time clock or request and complete the Lost or Missing Timecard from within the required time frame of 24 hours. Make up request form must be submitted within 24 hours per students program schedule. So that you have ample time to learn how to use the electronic time clock, Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg, at its discretion and with proper documentation, may make corrections while in CORE. 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. If a student fails to clock in or out for their schedule 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 on the missing time form.  The documentation would include the specialty class attendance role, the guest service summary, and/or make up time request form. Disputes need to include proof that the attempt to send the lost or missing timecards was made within 24 hours. Timeclock punches cannot be altered or disputed after the month has been closed out.
  2. The school is open from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM for 5 day full time students and 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM for 3 day full time students.
  3. The Future Professionals will attend CORE Monday through Friday, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM or Wednesday through Friday, from 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Upon completion of the CORE program students will either attend Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30 PM, 7.5 hours per day,  five (5) days  for a total of 37.5 hours per week or  Wednesday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM, 9.5 hours per day, three (3) days for a total of 27 hours per week. Barber students attend Monday through Wednesday, nine and a half (9.5) hours per day, 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Skin students attend either Monday through Wednesday, from 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM or Wednesday through Friday, from 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Nail students attend Wednesday through Friday, from 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM. The schedule is based on the student’s enrollment agreement. 
  4. All courses require continuous attendance.
  5. The prescribed attendance schedule must be maintained each week.  
  6. Future Professionals 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. Future Professionals who are late or cannot attend school must contact the school and talk to the school service desk immediately. Future Professionals must contact the service desk by 8:00 AM for 3 day students and 8:00 AM for 5 day students.
  8. Future Professionals must let the front desk know time off from school.
  9. Future Professionals are required to be in attendance a minimum of seven and a half (7.5) hours per day, 35.5 hours per week for the full time 5 day schedule and nine and a half (9.5) hours per day, 28.5 hours per week for the full time 3 day schedule. Holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day will be set according to the calendar each year.
  10. All students will take 30 minutes for lunch between 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM, if possible, according to their booking. Future Professionals should communicate with the service desk 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
7 1/2 hr/day or more 10 min. in the morning & 10 min in the afternoon 30 min
  1. Documentation of time: Future Professionals may not leave the school premises during regular hours without communicating and documenting with the front desk. 
    1. Future Professionals who leave school premises must document their time by clocking out on the time clock and signing the time off request form with the service desk.
    2. Future Professionals must clock out on the time clock for lunch for 30 minutes every day. Future Professionals will not receive credit for 30 minutes if they fail to clock in/out for lunch and will be susceptible to write-up at the discretion of the Future Professional Advisor.
  2. Future Professionals may not clock in or out for another Future Professional.

PROFESSIONAL IMAGE

All Future Professionals must adhere to the following professional image standards while attending Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg.

Future Professionals may wear:

  1. Clothing that is clean and professional
  2. Clothing may be in any color.
  3. Shoes, in any color, should be professional, practical and comfortable.
  4. Hair should be styled and any cosmetics should be applied prior to arriving at the school campus.
  5. Jeans must not have rips or holes that are above mid-thigh.
  6. Sleeveless tops with straps are allowed
  7. Name tags provided by the school are required to be worn while attending school.
  8. Future Professionals may wear a smock, apron, or scrub top in any color as long as it does not include other industry-related brands.
  9. Sweatshirts, printed T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts and/or jackets may be worn with any non-political messages and/or branding and does not include other industry related brands.
  10. Stylish hats, scarves and stylish head wraps of any color may be worn
  11. ONE Headphone or AirPods are permitted in the classroom, but not during services.

    The following is unacceptable for all Future Professionals while attending Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg:
    1. Tube, spaghetti, or crop tops.
    2. Athletic wear.
    3. Sweatpants that are cotton, pajama material
    4. Shorts and/or skirts that fall above mid-thigh
    5. Spandex biking shorts, leggings, or athletic gear. (If leggings are worn, they must be worn with a top that is at least at fingertip length to fully cover the front and back of the human wearing it).
    6. Sunglasses are NOT permitted.
    7. Blankets are NOT permitted.

Future Professionals who fail to comply with the image standards may be coached and/or receive an advisory.

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 their contracted day. To receive a service, students must do the following prior to starting the service:
    1. Book the service with front desk. Front desk will only schedule based on availability.
    2. Receive 3 service checks form from a Learning Leader.
    3. Pay for services.

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. Future Professionals may not visit with another student who is servicing a client.
  4. Future Professionals may not loiter around the service desk, service reception area, or offices.
  5. Food and drink are allowed in designated areas only. Food and drink are not allowed on the Clinic Classroom. Only water bottles with a closed lid are allowed on the clinic.
  6. Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg is a smoke-free campus, this includes vaping or any other form of tobacco
  7. Stealing or taking school or another’s personal property is unacceptable.

LEARNING PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES

  1. Peer teaching and tutoring are encouraged. Taking credit for another’s work or cheating during exams is unacceptable and grounds to 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 an instructor.
  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 an elective class, they may focus on the following:
    1. Completion of practical skill assessments through CourseKey
    2. Performing a service on another Future Professionals
    3. 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. Enrolled Future Professionals are prohibited from personally charging service guests for any services, including, but not limited to: eyelash extensions, nail enhancements, hair extensions, hair removal,  etc.
  12. Students are responsible for their own equipment. Paul Mitchell The School Rexburg is not responsible for any lost or stolen articles.
  13. Parking is allowed in assigned parking areas only or cars may be towed at the owner’s expense.
  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 falls behind on technical skills or theory requirements will be placed on an academic or attendance challenge.
  16. Theory Class: The school requires Future Professionals to complete all theory hours as part of their graduation requirements. Refer to the graduation requirements.