Online Assignments

The Cosmetology Program consists of 3 semesters for days and 6 semesters for nights. Each semester requires different assignments and projects to be completed and turned in online and in class, by the required deadline to receive a grade. 

Chapter Test/Workbook

We will cover (4) Chapters from the Cosmetology Fundamentals textbook. You will be tested over these (4) Chapters with a 50-question test during the semester and a comprehensive Final Exam at the end of the semester with 100-questions. Chapter tests will be taken online through LAB. 

SMARTNOTES

SmartNotes will be due the day of the test, before the test is taken. No late work will be turned in. SmartNotes can be downloaded in LAB (www.learnaboutbeauty.com). You will need to download each section of the chapter into Adobe Reader, fill out, and upload each section to Showbie.

LAB Online Course Exams

Within LAB you will be enrolled in modules that coincide with the courses you are enrolled in. You will need to view each video, download and turn in assigned work and take the lesson challenges, which will be your course test. All modules must be completed in order to ensure competency of the procedure associated with practical rubrics to be tested over.

Online Projects

1st Semester and 2nd Semester students are required to complete a Stylebook and a Portfolio using Pinterest and LinkedIn. Students will be enrolled in each module in LAB and can access rubrics and directions for each of these to be used as a guideline. Both projects will need to be completed in digital format within each app and viewed by an instructor to receive a grade. Note that additional assignments and grades are associated with the Portfolio see below.

Classroom Assignments

As part of your training to become a licensed professional you will be engaged in repetitious training to develop and sharpen your skill set for knowledge, speed and accuracy to match that of a professional. For this type of training you will be required to constantly repeat the same procedures over and over in order to gain the skills needed. We employ this training type through a Weekly Repetitious Training worksheet, Practical & Course Repetitious Training worksheet and Model Calls.

Weekly Repetitious Training

This assignment requires you to be constantly engaged everyday by completing specific hands-on practical applications on your manikin. Each week you will be given a Weekly Repetitious Training worksheet with (25) manikin procedures. This is to be completed each week even with receiving clients. You will need to keep up with this worksheet and turn it in at the end of each week to receive a grade. This will be uploaded to Showbie at the end of each week by taking a picture of your sheet.

Model Calls

As part of your training you will be required to become engaged with the general public, so that it’s second nature in the field. For this assignment you will be asked to hand out Model Calls, which are vouchers for a free haircut and basic style to people that you normally would not become engaged with in public. I must add a disclaimer, that if a person seems to be dangerous, do not approach them. Use your best judgment when approaching strangers.

You will be required to bring in (3) Model Calls each month only. Each model must bring in a voucher, (not receive one at the front desk) an instructor must sign off on the voucher and verify that they have not received any services from TC. You will need to keep up with the voucher and turn it in at the end of each week to receive a grade. This will be uploaded to Showbie at the end of each week by taking a picture of the model call(s).

Practical & Course Repetitious Training

This assignment is tailored for each semester to cover practical rubrics pertaining to the courses you are enrolled in. This will need to be completed and turned in no later than the assigned due date before the end of the semester. You will be responsible for accessing the content to complete practical assignments. Assignments can be viewed in LAB, myTC and your Syllabus.

Course Rubric Testing

All course related work in LAB must be completed by the fourth week of the new semester. The following week one day will be set a side to demonstrate your proficiency in each course rubric. This date will be announced and posted at the beginning of each semester. This will count as a substantial portion of your grade. Please keep in mind that if you need help, ask in advance. If for some reason you do not complete the required modules for each course rubric prior to the testing date you will not be allowed to test that day. You will have to schedule a day to make up any exam(s) during office hours after school on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday and the highest grade you will be able to make is a 70%.

Course Assignments

Compass Career & Transfer Center - Portfolio

Students enrolled in 2nd and 3rd semester will need to make an appointment with a member of the Express Employment Professionals team located in the Truman Arnold Student Center Compass Career & Transfer Center, to have your resume reviewed prior to the end of each semester. Students will need to coordinate with an instructor prior to making an appointment to do a preliminary review of your resume. Once completed the student will be given a form that must be completed and returned to your instructor after your second visit with Express Employment Professionals. This assignment is tied to a course and must be completed.

Salon Mentoring & Shadowing

Salon Shadowing is scheduled with participating salons for four weeks on Thursdays and Fridays. Students are required to clock in at the school on time just like another day. During that time students who are scheduled will need work on assignments in the classroom. When you have arrived at your salon you will need to have your mentor call the school to verify your arrival. Please keep in mind that you are representing Texarkana College and the Cosmetology Department and it’s considered a privilege to be able to participate in this opportunity. You will need to wear your Texarkana College Cosmetology uniform and TC Student ID badge. Remember you will need to have your TDLR Student Permit with attached picture with you while at the salon. It’s unlawful for you to receive compensation from the Salon and you are only able to shampoo and observe per TDLR Rules & Regulations.

Community Enrichment

Texarkana College Cosmetology has partnered with several outreach programs in the city to help enrich out community. Through this we teach our students they all have a social responsibility to help those in the community that need it most. We require our students to participate in school sponsored events as well as participating in 2 additional community enrichment projects every semester. Please verify which event you will be helping at with an instructor prior to each event.

State Written Exam Practice

Each student will be scheduled to use the computers in one hour time slots to practice for the State Written Exam. Students must be scoring in the upper 80% before scheduling this test. Instructors must verify your test scores. You are required to take and pass this test before the last week of the semester. This will count as a course grade.

State Practical Exam Mock Board Exam

Each student will be required to participate in this exam. This will give you the opportunity to see the format of the practical exam and ask questions.  This will count as a course grade.

Effective January 14, 2013, Texarkana College Cosmetology was approved by TDLR to use credit hours instead of clock hours to report to TDLR. Students will now be required to receive 42 semester credit hours, equaling three semesters for day and six semesters for night students to graduate. Students will still be required to clock in and out as a means to track student attendance. Students are required to pass each course and attend each semester in full before students can graduate and/or have hours released to TDLR to schedule testing for licensing. Students who withdraw, or drop for attendance or disciplinary reasons will receive the cumulative clock hours from enrollment date to drop date and will not receive credit for courses enrolled in. 

All students are expected to complete 42 SCH in three semesters for full-time day students and six semesters for part-time night students. There is no financial aid for additional time needed to complete the program. 

Texarkana College Cosmetology is open 5 days a week Monday through Friday.

Full-Time Days

Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Part-Time Evenings

Monday-Thursday 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. 

Texarkana College

Coursework, Attendance, Syllabus, Gradebook

myTC: https://my.texarkanacollege.edu/ics

Pivot Point

Educational Materials - Textbooks, Videos, Forum, Handouts

LAB: http://www.learnaboutbeauty.com

Stylebook     Portfolio                Wella Education             Assignments

Pinterest         linkedin.com           App Store                        Showbie

Locating Assignments in myTC

Each course you are enrolled in has assignments and due dates that must be completed. It’s your responsibility to keep track of any work that is required. Log in to myTC -> click on the student tab -> scroll to the bottom and look for a section titled “Attendance & Grades - Jenzabar LMS” -> under this header you will find all the courses you are enrolled in, click on each course -> when you click on a course you will need to locate the light blue box on the top left hand side and select “Coursework” -> this is where you will find all the assignments due for the semester. Note that myTC is where you find your assignments LAB has the content.

Locating Assignments in LAB

learnaboutbeauty.com is an interactive learning system provided by Pivot Point. You can view all content in LAB through videos, uploads and forums. Log in to LAB -> Click the Learn tab at the top to access your learning paths -> Each path has modules that need to completed for a grade.

Texarkana College’s absentee policy allows instructors to withdraw a student from a course due to excessive absences. If a student leaves and returns during class or leaves the class before the class is over, he/she may be considered absent. Three tardies constitute one absence. It is the student’s responsibility to check the syllabus for each instructor’s tardy policy.

In some workforce/vocational areas, such as nursing and cosmetology, certification requirements necessitate an absentee policy that is more stringent than the institutional policy. In these instances, the matter of certification takes precedence over local policies, since certification policies are established by the State of Texas.

Faculty members are not obligated to provide opportunities for students to make-up missed assignments and tests as a result of a student’s absence from class. The institution is not required to take attendance with the exception of workforce/vocational areas, where certification requirements require taking attendance. However, experience demonstrates that regular attendance enhances academic success. As such, students are expected to attend each meeting of their registered courses.

A student should not stop attending a class without formally withdrawing from the course by the institutions published Last Day for Students to Drop. If a student stops attending class after the published Last Day for Students to Drop, the student may receive a grade of “F” in the class. The instructor will submit the last date of attendance for students receiving a grade of “F” or “W”.

Withdrawal from a course(s) may affect a student’s current or future financial aid eligibility. Students should consult the Financial Aid Office to learn both short and long term consequences of a withdrawal. 

A student’s absence due to school trips and/or school business will not be counted against a student’s allowable number of absences. Military duty and absences for Holy Days (FBD LEGAL) are covered in a separate section of the catalog and the student handbook. These are the only excused absences that are considered by Texarkana College. Responsibility for work missed for any absence is placed on the student. Instructors are required to allow students to make up work missed if the absence is due to military duty* or religious holy days when students follow the correct notification procedures. Instructors are not required to allow students to make up work for absences due to other reasons. Make-up policies are listed in each individual instructor’s syllabus.

*Students interested in Cosmetology should check with the Program Coordinator prior to entering the program. 

If a student is absent on the day of an exam (written or practical), or on a day an assignment is due, he or she is required to make up all exams and/or turn in all assignments the same day of returning to class, and during times established by an educator. To maintain the credibility of the exam an alternate exam will be used. Failure to make up an exam or turn in assignments in accordance with the make-up policy requirements will result in a recorded grade of 0%, which will be factored into the student’s grade average and will therefore impact the student’s satisfactory progress determination. 

1. Foundation Skills: (for Academic & Technical Courses)

(a) Basic Skills: A student must read, write, perform arithmetic and mathematical operations, listen, andspeak effectively.

These skills include:

1. Reading: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in texts, documents and

   manufacturers literature such as instruction manuals and other related material.

2. Writing: communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing; and create documents

   such as client record keeping and appointment scheduling. 

Scholastic dishonesty, involving but not limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, collusion, or falsification of records will make the student liable for disciplinary action after being investigated by the Dean of Students. Proven violations of this nature will result in the student being dropped from the class with an “F”.

This policy applies campus wide, including TC Testing Center, as well as off-campus classroom or lab sites, including dual credit campuses. This information can be found in the Student Handbook at https://texarkanacollege.edu/PDFFiles/CurrentStudents/studenthandbook.pdf. 

Texarkana College complies with all provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and makes reasonable accommodations upon request. Please contact Larry Andrews at (903) 823-3283, or go by the Advising Department located in the Administration building for personal assistance.

If you have an accommodation letter from their office indicating that you have a disability, which requires academic accommodations, please present it to me so we can discuss the accommodations that you might need for this class.

It is best to request these changes at the beginning if not before the start of class, so there is ample time to make the accommodations. 

Texarkana College is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Institution. It is the policy of Texarkana College not to discriminate on the basis of sex, disabilities, race, color, age or national origin in its educational and workforce education programs, activities, or employment as required by Title IX, Section 504 and Title VI. The Texarkana College campus is accessible to the disabled. Texarkana College is committed to full compliance with both the Drug Free Workplace and the Drug Free schools and Communities Acts. 

Attention! Dropping this class may affect your funding in a negative way! You could owe money to the college and/or federal government. Please check with the Financial Aid office before making a decision. 

• Attendance/Tardy and Dress Code Policy strictly enforced.
• Student must have tools/books and supplies first day of class.
• Student must attend/participate 4 community service events throughout the course.
• See Cosmetology Handbook for all other policies and procedures.
• Texarkana College Handbook and Cosmetology Handbook may be viewed on the Texarkana College website.
• In the event you are absent, upon your return you need to fill out the Attendance Documentation online form in the Student HUB.  bit.do/txkcosmo
• In the event you leave early, you need inform an instructor you are leaving and fill out the Leaving Early Documentation online form in the Student HUB.  bit.do/txkcosmo
• If you need to discuss your grades, attendance, or need help with assignments you need to make an appointment with an instructor through the Student HUB  bit.do/txkcosmo

Alternative Methods of Turning in Assignments

Even if your computer crashes or the school server goes down, you are still responsible for meeting the course deadlines. You are notified of due dates for all assignments well in advance to plan accordingly.

TC Help Desk

If you have computer problems or technical issues, contact the TC Help Desk at:

helpdesk@texarkanacollege.edu

Questions about Assignments or Course Material

If you have questions about the assignments or course material, contact your instructor through email, telephone or in person. Leave a message if no answer.