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 Temecula. 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. 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 to 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 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.  The missing time form must be signed by a Learning Leader and it may include documentation such as a guest service ticket.
  2. The school is open from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM for 5-day students, 8:00AM to 6:30PM for 3-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. 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.
  6. If a Core student’s progress report is not or will not be at or above 90% attendance by the end of their time in Core, the student may be dropped from the program with the option to re-apply in 21 days, according to the reentry policy. If at any time prior to the end of Core, the student is not projected to meet 90% attendance by the end of Core, the student may be dropped at that time with the option to re-apply in 21 days, according to the reentry policy.
  7. Students who are late or cannot attend school must email attendance@temecula.paulmitchell.edu. Day students must call in by 8:00 AM; night students must call in by 5:00 PM. 
  8. Students must request time off from school attendance.
  9. 5-day schedule students are required to be in attendance seven (7) hours per day, 35 hours per week; for the 3-day cosmetology and barbering a schedule students are required to be in attendance ten (10) hours per day, 30 hours per week; night students are required to be in attendance five (5) hours per day (Monday - Friday), 25 hours per week. Holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day will be set according to the calendar each year. 
  10. Lunches and breaks are scheduled for all students. Day 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 hr/day 15 min. in the morning, 15 min in the afternoon, & 15 min. at night 30 min.
    7.5 hr/day 15 min. in the morning & 15 min in the afternoon 30 min.
    5 hr/day 30 min at mid-point of schedule n/a
  11. 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. 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.
  12. Students may not clock in or out for another student; doing so will be grounds for immediate termination. 
  13. Students must keep a record of all hourly requirements completed during clocked hours under “Hour Requirements” or “Health and Safety: Theory Class” in CourseKey.
  14. Receiving additional hours outside a student’s scheduled hours.  The time would need to be pre-approved by Management.  These extra hours are recorded on a “Makeup Time Request Form”.  The student would need to be working on approved coursework which could be: completing theory requirements, staying beyond their scheduled time to complete a service guest, attending an extra class or instruction that occurred beyond their scheduled hours.

Professional Image: All Future Professionals must adhere to the following professional image standards while attending Paul Mitchell The School Temecula:

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

Future Professionals who fail to comply with the Future Professional dress code may be coached and may 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 have their hair or other services done Monday through Friday. To receive a service, students must do the following prior to starting the service:
    1. Notify the Experience Desk.
    2. Be scheduled off the service books by the Experience Desk.
    3. Pay for service supplies including perms, tints, bleaches, rinses, conditioning, treatments, manicures, nails, etc. 
    4. Personal services are considered rewards and scheduled for Future Professionals who are up to date with all projects, tests, and practical skill assessments. School assignments and successful learning are the priority.
  6. No food or drinks allowed in the classrooms, including the Clinic Classroom, except for water.

Communication Guidelines and Professional Conduct 

  1. Visitors are allowed in the service reception area only. Visitors are not allowed in the classrooms or clinic classroom area.
  2. Future Professionals may not visit with another Future Professional who is servicing a client.
  3. Future Professionals may not gather around the service desk, reception area, or offices. 
  4. Paul Mitchell The School Temecula is a smoke-free campus, this includes vaping, marijuana, or any other form of tobacco.
  5. Stealing or taking school or another’s personal property is unacceptable and grounds for termination.

Learning Participation Guidelines

  1. 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 qualified experience 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, skills tracker, 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 practical skills 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 Professionals 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. 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. Theory Class: The school requires a Future Professional to complete all theory hours as part of their graduation requirements. Refer to the graduation requirements.
  14. Outside of servicing a live model, students are responsible for covering the cost of goods used. Please note that it’s not a requirement to utilize live product such as color, lightener, etc. during evaluations or in the Tech Zone. However, please be aware that live products are required for completion of Honors.