Core Guidelines

1. If a Future Professional misses any time during Core, it is his/her responsibility to arrange with the Learning Leader to receive the handouts, notes, assignments, etc. A Future Professional is only allowed to miss up to 21 hours of school while in the Core phase of the program. If the Future Professional misses more than the allowed 21 hours, he/she may be withdrawn and asked to restart in the next available Core program.
2. If a Future Professional miss any of the five (5) cutting days wherein all instruction is given to complete the five (5) haircuts taught in Core, it is the responsibility of the Future Professional to arrange a make-up date with the Core Specialist.
3. It is the Future Professional’s responsibility to find and provide a practical test model and a male haircut model during his/her Core training. These models are scheduled at the end of the Core program and used for the purpose of testing out of the Core class. The Future Professional will be informed on his/her first day of Core of the date these models are needed.
4. If a Future Professional is to miss the practical test or does not pass the practical test, the Future Professional is responsible for arranging a make-up date with the Core Specialist.
5. In order to complete the Core program and move to the Protégé program, a Future Professional must:
   
   Complete six (6) weeks of class time if in day school and twelve (12) weeks of class time if in night school;
   • Finish the Core Worksheet;
   • Pass the Core written test;
   • Complete all haircuts; and
   • Pass the practical test.
6. A Core evaluation and interview with the Core Specialist will conclude your Core program.

Your locker will be cleaned out and your kit will be sanitized and disinfected.