All students must commit to and follow the Student Professional Development Guidelines during their enrollment at Paul Mitchell the School - Little Rock. These guidelines were established to assist in creating a safe, focused, and enjoyable learning experience.
Attendance and Documentation of Time
- It is the student’s responsibility to clock in and out using the Coursekey app on their preferred mobile device. The school records attendance in clock hours and gives appropriate attendance credit for all hours attended and does not add or deduct attendance hours as a penalty. Other than the exception described in this paragraph, Paul Mitchell the School - Little Rock does not make corrections to any student’s hours resulting from failure to properly use the time clock or failure to clock in or out during the time they are in school. One exception made is for a student to request an instructor to correct their time on the day of the error. So that a student has ample time to learn how to clock in and out, Paul Mitchell the School - Little Rock, at its discretion and with proper documentation, may make corrections while in CORE. If you don’t have your kit you will have to clock out and return with it. Your kit is essential to your success while you are enrolled in school.
- The school is open for the following hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM to 7:30 PM
Students will be allowed to enter the building when the school unlocks its doors at 8:30am. - All courses require continuous attendance.
- The prescribed attendance schedule must be maintained each week.
- Students must be on time, as tardiness inhibits the learning process. Students who are late for theory, and guest artists will not be allowed to enter the classroom or clock in under the break..
- During the contracted enrollment period, the 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.; however, the student can not be out of school 14 consecutive calendar days or he or she will be terminated. 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 $13.00 for each hour scheduled to complete after the schedule program length is reached.
**Refer to the school enrollment agreement for the Enrollment agreement Period definition. Please note that if a student misses more than 14 consecutive calendar days, the student will be terminated from the program. - 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 8:30 AM.
- Students must request time off from school from the Future Professional Advisor.
- Students are required to be in attendance a minimum of:
Full-time 5 Day Schedule: 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week
Full-time 3 Day Schedule: 10 hours per day, 30 hours per week
Holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day will be set according to the calendar each year. Students cannot bank hours by attending more than their scheduled time to make up for missing hours. If a student does miss time during the week, those hours missed will count against the hours allowed to miss and overtime charges can occur. - Lunches and breaks are scheduled for all students. All students will take 30 minutes for lunch between 11:30 AM 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 7 or 10 hr/day 15 min. in the morning & 15 min in the afternoon 30 min. - Documentation of time: Students may not leave the school premises during regular hours without an instructor’s permission.
- Students who leave school premises for more than 15 minutes or those who leave early must document their time by clocking out and booking out with the service desk.
- Students who leave school premises for less than 15 minutes must sign the sign-out sheet and clock out.
- Students must clock out on the time clock for lunch for 30 minutes every day.
- Students may not clock in or out for another student.
- Students attend Core the first 210 hours of enrollment. During this time the student must maintain a cumulative attendance of 90%. If at the conclusion of the class, the student’s progress report is not 90% attendance, the student may be dropped from the program and asked to apply for re-entry.
- Students must leave out the back of the building at the at the end of their school day.
Professional Image: All Future Professionals must adhere to the following professional image standards while in attendance:
- Clothing that is clean and professional.
- Shoes, in any color, should be professional, practical, and comfortable.
- Hair should be styled and any cosmetics should be applied prior to arriving at the school campus.
- Sleeveless tops with straps are allowed.
- Name tags provided by the school are required to be worn while attending school.
- Future Professionals may wear a smock or scrub top in any color as long as it does not include your brand or any other industry related brands.
- Future Professionals may wear an apron in any color as long as it does not include your brand or any other industry related brands.
- 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.
- Stylish hats, scarves, and stylish head wraps of any color may be worn.
The following is a list of unacceptable dress for all Future Professionals in attendance:- Athletic wear.
- Sweatpants that are cotton, pajamas material.
- Shorts and/or skirts that fall above mid-thigh.
- Spandex biking shorts and/or leggings. (If leggings are worn, they must be worn with a top that is at least at fingertip length to full cover the front and back of the individual wearing it).
- Sunglasses are not permitted.
Future Professionals who fail to comply with the Future Professional dress code may be coached, asked to change their attire and may receive an advisory.
Sanitation and Personal Services
- Future Professionals must keep workstations and classroom areas clean, sanitary, and clutter-free at all times.
- Future Professionals must clean their stations in the clinic classroom, including the floor, after each service.
- Hair must be swept up immediately after a service is completed before blow-drying.
- Clinic stations must be cleaned at the end of the day prior to clocking out.
- Adaptive and Creative Future Professionals will receive personal services on Monday through Thursday.
To receive a service, Future Professionals must do the following prior to beginning the service:- Request your service from a Service Desk Team Member at least 24 hours in advance of the service.
- Be scheduled off the service books by a Learning Leader.
- Pay for service supplies for personal use, including perms, color, lightener, toner, conditioning treatments, manicures, nails, facials, etc.
- School assignments and successful learning are the priority; therefore, personal services are considered rewards, and are scheduled for Future Professionals who are up-to-date on all work.
Communication Guidelines and Professional Conduct
- Visitors are allowed in the service area only. Visitors are not allowed in the classrooms, student lounge, or clinic classroom area.
- Cell phones are only permitted in designated areas for school related purposes.
- Future Professionals may not visit with another Future Professional who is servicing a service guest.
- Future Professionals may not gather around the service desk, service reception area, or offices.
- Food, drinks, and water bottles are allowed only in the lunchroom. Bottled water is allowed in the classroom.
- Paul Mitchell the School - Little Rock is a smoke-free campus. This includes vaping or any other form of tobacco
- Stealing or taking school or another’s personal property is unacceptable and grounds for termination.
- School administration has the right to access and inspect a Future Professionals locker at any time, refer to the locker policy.
Search Policy
Lockers and stations furnished for student use belong to the school and are subject to search by the school or police officials at any time for any reason. By entering onto the premises of the school, students agree that they and any items, including handbags, briefcases, purses, and personal belongings they bring with them, are subject to reasonable search by school personnel at any time for any reason.
Learning Participation Guidelines
- Peer teaching and tutoring are encouraged. Taking credit for another’s work or cheating during exams is unacceptable and is grounds for termination.
- Future Professionals will be expected to maintain an average of 70% on all theory tests and 100% on all other assignments.
- Future Professionals may only take guests during their scheduled clinic classroom times.
- Only Service Desk personnel may schedule or change a guest service appointment.
- All services, including Future Professional services, must be checked with the service ticket signed by a Learning Leader.
- Future Professionals are expected to be continuously working on school-related projects, clinic practical skills, reading theory, or test preparation during school hours.
- Future Professionals will receive clock hours during the times they fully participate in their learning experience.
- Theory Class and Specialty Class guidelines for basic cosmetology and esthetician future professionals:
- The door will be closed at the beginning of class. Disruptions and distractions during class will be held to a minimum. The following steps will help create a positive learning environment:
- Late arrivals will not be allowed into class once the class has started
- Un-enrolled attendees are prohibited from attending class
- Attending Future Professionals are allowed to leave class one at a time with permission from the Instructor.
- Attending future professionals must come prepared to learn with the textbook and assigned learning materials, tools, and writing implements - including a fully charged ipad.
- The door will be closed at the beginning of class. Disruptions and distractions during class will be held to a minimum. The following steps will help create a positive learning environment:
- Theory Make-Up Test Procedure for basic cosmetology and esthetician Future Professionals:
- Make up testing is scheduled by the Education leader and Theory leader
- All future professionals are required to make up missed or failed tests
- It is the future professional’s responsibility to request a make up test with the Theory Leader or the Future Professional Advisor
- The Theory Specialist, Future Professional Advisor, and Education Leader are authorized to administer tests and change make up test days
- Future professionals must come to specialty class prepared with necessary kit and tools according to weekly class needs.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 equipment, tools, and personal items must be secured in an assigned locker.
- The school is not responsible for any articles that are lost or stolen.
- Future Professionals will be charged a $15.00 fee for all lost or damaged locks.
- 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.