Policies and Standards

To help you achieve excellence in cosmetology and esthiology, we have established these guidelines to ensure fairness, understanding and positive work habits among our students.

Standards
Because every student is a future employee, manager or entrepreneur, you must meet these standards of
professionalism, which will prepare you for the demands of your future career:.

1.. Maintaining a professional appearance is vital to success. A professional appearance includes:
a. The uniform provided in the student’s kit is to be clean, neat and worn during all classroom and clinic-floor hours. It should not be torn, stained or altered. If it does not meet these standards, the student has 24 hours to replace it from Aveda at the student’s expense. The uniforms supplied are to be worn with full length black dress pants and solid black shirt. No logos, graphics, or prints will be allowed with the exception of official Aveda shirts. Official Aveda shirts that are black are acceptable.
b. Identification badges are to be worn as issued during all clocked hours to identify students to clients. If badge is lost, the student must replace it immediately at a cost of $10.
c. Footwear should be professional in appearance and worn at all times. No flip flops or tennis shoes are allowed.
d. Aveda Institute Des Moines reserves the right to maintain an esthetic standard for all students, including professional personal hygiene and grooming and, to the extent appropriate, makeup, appropriate facial hair and standard dress code adherence.
e. Students who, in the reasonable determination of Aveda Institute Des Moines, are not dressed professionally will be dismissed.

To help prepare you for the workplace, Aveda Institute operates much like a professional salon environment. Late arrivals, absences and other interruptions in your training have a significant effect on your achievement—just as they would if you were an employee in a salon, day spa or other professional environment. By law, we must keep track of your training hours for licensure or certification.

2.. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times and be mindful of the following
a. To maintain a learning environment for all students, anyone who is disruptive in the classroom or on the clinic floor (rudeness, foul language or other unprofessional behavior) may be dismissed for the day..
b.Food, candy and gum are allowed in the lunchroom area only. Beverages can be consumed in the lunchroom and classroom areas only..
c.Because Aveda Institute Des Moines is a smoke-free facility, smoking is not allowed on school property.
d. So as not to interrupt the educational process, students will be notified of emergency phone calls only. Cell phones are not allowed in classroom or clinic floor.

3. To ensure that each student receives consistent and comprehensive instruction in the classroom and clinical environments, students must remain in assigned areas or receive instructor permission to be in unassigned areas.

4. To benefit from the training and technical experience Aveda Institute offers, students must be mentally alert and have a sober state of mind. We strongly support the National Drug Prevention Program, which does not condone the use of controlled substances and intoxicants. Students using controlled substances or
intoxicants will be terminated.

5. All services or work done by students must be assigned by, performed under the supervision of, and evaluated by an instructor within the educational situation. Students who refuse an assigned service will be dismissed for the remainder of the day. Student kits are to be used for assigned services only. Only authorized solicitation of products, merchandise or services will be considered professional.

6. Students are responsible for their own personal property. For the student to perform professional services, student kits are to be complete at all times. Any missing or damaged kit items will have to be replaced by the student within 24 hours. Stealing, cheating, defacing or damaging student or school equipment will result in termination and require monetary restitution.

Violations

Minor Standard Violations
Minor violations include assigned area violations, property misuses, client service violations, unprofessional behavior, dress code violations and any disruptive behaviors determined by instructors and team leaders as interrupting or preventing the regular operation of the school or interrupting or preventing the education of other students.Anytime during the student’s program the violation of a minor standard may result in lost hours, and repeated violations may result in suspension from the school or termination..

Minor Standard Suspension
Students who are suspended by the Review Board have up to 30 days to provide the Board documentation that the stipulations have been met. Once the Review Board has agreed that the student is prepared to comply with the professional standards of the school, the student may return to school; however, a record of suspension will be recorded in the student’s permanent file. While a student is suspended, no clock hours may be earned, and tuition charges are suspended.If a student on suspension fails to respond in 30 days, the student is automatically terminated..

Major Standard Violations
Major standards include using controlled substances/alcohol, defacing or destroying property, stealing, falsifying documents, committing fraud, abusing and/or causing physical harm to others and violating local, state and federal laws. At anytime during a student’s program, the violation of a major standard will result in termination.

Attendance Policies

Absences
If students encounter situations that mandate missed hours, such as emergencies and illnesses, each field of study has a predetermined emergency “pool of hours” that can be used for class or clinic time missed. The pool of hours has been established as the maximum amount of time that students can be absent and still achieve the quality of skills that will be necessary in the workplace.

Students are required to maintain 95% attendance rate in each phase. Please refer to your student manual for the maximum number of hours that can be missed in each phase.

Cosmetology: Cosmetology students can be absent for a total of 105 hours, only 30 of which can be missed on Saturdays. After Cosmetology students have been absent for 95 hours or have used their 30 hours on Saturdays, they will receive a warning letter communicating that their pool of hours has only 10 hours remaining /or that they have exhausted their Saturday hours. After 105 hours and 15 minutes of absences or 30 hours and 15 minutes missed on Saturdays, the student is terminated without appeal.
Esthiology: Esthiology students can be absent for a total of 30 hours, only 10 of which can be missed on Saturdays. After Esthiology students have been absent for 20 hours or have used their 10 hours on Saturdays, they will receive a warning letter communicating that their pool of hours has only 10 hours remaining or that they have exhausted their Saturday hours. After 30 hours and 15 minutes of absences or 10 hours and 15 minutes missed on Saturdays, the student is terminated without appeal.
Late Arrival
All students arriving late must: clock in; proceed to the student service office to complete a “late arrival form”. When students are tardy more than 3 times in a phase, they will be dismissed for the day. Students arriving after 8:15 will be dismissed for the day.
Early Releases
Students leaving early must: obtain an “early release form” to be signed by instructor. Student should then scan out for the day and proceed to the student service office.
Notice of Expected Absence
Students planning to be absent must: obtain and complete a “notice of expected absence” form, have form signed by instructor, proceed to student service office and drop off completed form.
Time Record Policies
It is a state requirement that the school provide an accurate system for recording all students’ times, services and class hours. Students are ultimately responsible for tracking hours on a daily basis. Aveda Institute Des Moines will honor documented daily time worked, up to 10 hours. This is in accordance with the state of Iowa. Always scan in/out on the time clock at the beginning and end of each day, and at the beginning and end of each lunch break.
Holidays
Aveda Institute recognizes the following days as legal holidays: New Year’s Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day December 25 Days off due to legal holidays are recorded as such and extend the enrollment contract.

Please refer to your student manual for the maximum number of hours that can be missed in each phase.