Student Professional Development Guidelines

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All students must commit to and follow the Student Professional Development Guidelines during their enrollment at Parisian Beauty Academy. These guidelines were established to assist in creating a safe, focused, and enjoyable learning experience.

Attendance and Documentation of Time

All future professionals are expected to attend classes on a daily basis. It is the responsibility of the future professional to make up all missed work and time. The following policy is now in effect for each program:

Cosmetology Hairstyling:

All ADAPTIVE and CREATIVE students are required to maintain a 90% attendance percentage to avoid overtime charges (see below).

The following chart gives an example of absentees permitted for each level of Cosmetology Hairstyling DAY program:

Cosmetology Hairstyling
Adaptive 1-3 Days
Adaptive 2-3 Days
Creative 1-3 Days
Creative 2-3 Days
Creative 3-3 Days
Creative 4/Pre Grad 0 Days

The following chart gives an example of absentees permitted for each level of Skin Care DAY program:

Skin Care
Protégé 5 Days
Mentor 5 Days

The following chart gives an example of absentees permitted for each level of Manicuring DAY program:

Manicuring
Protégé 4 Days
Mentor 5 Days

It is essential that your attendance is a priority or you will be subject to advisory warnings and/or suspensions.

SIGNING IN & OUT:

All Future Professionals must clock in at the time clock in when they enter and leave the school for the day in order to receive any credit for their attendance. Each classroom has a sign in register as well that is to be maintained by the classroom for the State of NJ. The Future Professional must use their registration number and name for sign-in sheets. This is not to be confused with their computer ID number which goes on all education documents.

TARDY POLICY:

The school prides itself on a solid curriculum. Tardiness on the Future Professional’s part will only leave eventual gaps in their education. It is provided that Future Professionals may make up any missed hours. Commitment to your scheduled hours of attendance will show us your dedication to your education.

All Future Professionals must be signed in and be prepared to start class by 9:00AM (for the day classes) and by 6:00 PM (for the evening classes). Any Future Professional who signs in after this time will not be permitted to enter class until the next hour and must remain in the lunchroom until class time.

Future Professionals are permitted 4 late penalties per month. Your 5th late penalty will result in an advisory warning, loss of privileges and/or dismissal for the day. Future Professionals who leave early will also be considered in violation of this policy. Not all documentations for lateness or early leave will be excused. This is monitored at the discretion of your immediate Learning Leader and Future Professional Advisor. Under no circumstances can a Future Professional sign in after 10:00 a.m. (day) or 7:00 p.m. (evening) for a late arrival.

½ ABSENTEE (ONE HALF ABSENT DAY) WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY FUTURE PROFESSIONAL WHO LEAVES EARLY IN THE DAY

Tardiness is frowned upon by the administration of this school. Not only does the Future Professional miss out on valuable class time but the Future Professional is subject to eventual overtime charges when this situation is chronic. Prior to the start of classes you should arrange to arrive at school daily and on time. Keeping your commitment to your scheduled hours of attendance is the first step in our evaluation of your employability.

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 not round hours. In order to ensure proper clock hours are credited, students are required to clock in/out 2 times a day: when they arrive to 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 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. They documentation would include the student sign in sheet, the class attendance role, and/or the guest service summary.
  2. The school is open from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM for day students and 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM for night students.
  3. All courses require continuous attendance.
  4. The prescribed attendance schedule must be maintained each week. Alternate schedules are available to those students who qualify.
  5. 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. 4 incidents of tardiness in one month is considered excessive. Students will be written up for excessive tardiness.
  6. During the contracted enrollment period, applicant student must maintain a 90% attendance average each month in order to complete the program by the contracted end date. The student is allowed to miss 10% of his or her scheduled hours before having to pay extra instructional charges. The student may use the 10% excused absences for vacation, doctor appointments, illness, etc. The school does not accept doctor’s notes to excuse absences over the allowed 10% excused absences.

    The student may not be out of school 14 consecutive calendar days or he or she may be terminated. If you have a disability and need an academic adjustment, please notify the Admissions Leader as soon as possible, so the school can review your request. A copy of the school’s ADA Policy and Request for Accommodations form may be found on the school’s website or from the school’s Admissions Leader.

    If the student must attend additional program hours beyond his or her contracted end date due to not meeting a 90% attendance average or to complete academic graduation requirements, the student will be charged an additional $12.00 for each hour scheduled to complete after the contracted end date is reached.

    **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.
     
  7. Students must request time off from school from the Education Leader.
  8. Students are required to be in attendance a minimum of six (6) hours per day, 30 hours per week for the full time schedule; 16 hours per week for part-time students. Holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day will be set according to the calendar each year. Students cannot bank hours and attend over 40 hours per week to make up for missing hours. If a student will miss hours during the week, arrangements must be made with their Learning Leader to make up those hours within the same week, or the hours missed will count against the hours allowed to miss and overtime charges can occur. All students must have a make up hours form from their Learning Leader in order to attend the make up hour classroom.
  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,. 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
    6 hr/day 10 min. in the morning & 10 min in afternoon 30 min.
    5 hr/day 10 min. in the morning 30 min.
    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 sign the sign-out sheet.
    3. Monday – Saturday Day students will automatically have half hour deducted for lunch each day.
  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.

Professional Image

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

Effective January 22, 2024: All Future Professionals must ensure that they acquire black scrubs to wear beneath their Parisian Beauty Academy Lab Coats. The scrubs should be entirely black and can be conveniently purchased either online or from a physical store of their preference. It’s important to note that Parisian Beauty Academy will only provide the Lab Coats, while the acquisition of the black scrubs will be the responsibility of the Future Professionals.

As a professional, your appearance should be neat, clean and well groomed. Your uniform must be clean, pressed and buttoned in the appropriate manner. FULL UNIFORM IS EXPECTED AT ALL TIMES. All uniforms must be purchased prior to the start of classes. Uniform must be arranged for through the financial department. There will be NO TOLERANCE for dirty, soiled and unkept uniforms as this is important to your image as a professional. Personal hygiene and sanitation is your daily responsibility as well. You are being trained for a service industry and will be in close proximity to many people daily. All hair, make-up and nails should be done BEFORE arrival at school. Additional school uniform T-shirts & sweatshirts are available for purchase at the Front Service Desk. Your professional image is ESSENTIAL to your overall image and success in the industry. Coats and Jackets are not worn inside the building.

CORE/ADAPTIVE COSMETOLOGY HAIRSTYLING & NAIL TECH UNIFORMS:

  1. White “Uniform” Jacket as provided
  2. Name Tag – as provided
  3. Students are to wear Black clothing underneath the uniform jacket.

CREATIVE COSMETOLOGY HAIRSTYLING UNIFORMS:

  1. BLACK “Uniform” Jacket as provided
  2. Name Tag – as provided
  3. Students are to wear Black clothing underneath the uniform jacket.

SHOES – COSMETOLOGY HAIRSTYLING & MANICURING

  1. Shoes or sneakers must be flat, black and clean with rubber soles. A splash of color is permitted. NO PLATFORMS, CLOGS, UGGS, SANDALS, SLIP-ONS OR ANY OPEN TOE OR OPEN HEEL SHOES and certainly NO HEELS. You can wear black or white socks or stockings.

SKIN CARE UNIFORMS:

  1. White “Uniform” Lab coat as provided
  2. Name Tag – as provided
  3. Students are to wear Black clothing underneath the uniform lab coat.

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

  1. No shorts, no skirts, no crop-tops, and no transparent attire.

Headgear is NOT permitted! Earphones are prohibited from class.

ALL FUTURE PROFESSIONALS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A NAME BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE IN ATTENDANCE. IF LOST YOU MUST REPLACE THE BADGE AT YOUR OWN COST OF $4.00 PER BADGE.

Uniforms shall not be altered, in any way. Failure to comply will result in purchase of a new uniform at your expense.

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 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 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. 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 80% 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. 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 Professionals 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.