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The qualitative element used to determine academic progress is a reasonable system of grades as determined by
assigned academic learning. Students are assigned academic learning and a minimum number of practical
experiences. Academic learning is evaluated after each unit of study. Practical assignments are evaluated as
completed and counted toward course completion only when rated as satisfactory or better. The software will report
completion of the practical assignment. Practical assignments are assessed using rubrics. Students must maintain a
70% academic average (combined written and practical). Numerical grades are considered according to the
following scale:

Points Status
90-100 EXCELLENT
80-89 GOOD
70-79 SATISFACTORY
69 and Below UNSATISFACTORY

Students are required to successfully participate in class, complete all homework assignments and any class
projects/assignments, maintain a notebook, and pass teacher-prepared test and quizzes. A grade of 70% or higher
must be achieved in order to pass/continue in the program

NAIL COURSE

Description:
The PB Cosmetology Education Centre Nail Course, which is taught in English, consists of three hundred (300)
hours of instruction in the art, science, and business of professional nail care. A comprehensive, full service
approach applicable in today’s modern salon environment is stressed. Basic manicuring, pedicure, nail tipping, nail
sculpting, and other artificial nail applications are covered in the course. The student will receive instruction in
“theory” which consists of textbook and lecture oriented material, as well as “practical” instruction that consist of
classroom and clinical hands on experience.

In the first one hundred and fifty (150) hours of the program the student is designated “junior” status. Junior students
receive instruction in all areas covered in the course. No previous knowledge of any aspect of manicuring is required
or assumed. Students learn through combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practical experiences on
artificial fingers. The opportunity is also provided for students to practice on each other so as to offer a more
realistic learning experience and to demonstrate the importance of exemplary nails for the professional manicurist.
Junior students wear white uniforms to signify their student status.

In the remaining one hundred and fifty (150) hours of the program the student is afforded the “senior” status. Senior
learning activities take place in the classroom and the clinic. Along with continued theory and classroom practical
assignments on models, senior students perform nail services of all kinds on paying clinic clients. The Senior Clinic,
while still a controlled educational environment, strives to reflect as realistically as possible a modern salon
environment. During this phase of the program the student is guided in gaining experience designed not only to
develop and perfect the skills previously acquired but also to aid in the development of speed, confidence, customer
relations, and professionalism required for success in a modern salon environment. Senior students often receive tips
from clients pleased with the nail services provided. Senior students wear a black uniform to display their status.

Nail Course Goals:

1. Students are to acquire knowledge and skill, theoretical and practical, sufficient to pass the State of New
Jersey Board of Cosmetology examination for licensing as a professional nail technician.
2. Graduates will have the practical and business skills required to gain employment in a professional licensed
salon.
3. Employed graduates will have developed the skills, speed, salesmanship, ethics, and professionalism
required to prosper as a professional manicurist/nail technician.
4. Successful graduates will have the pride and professionalism to not only maintain but to elevate the
perceived value of their services by the consumer of today’s full service beauty salon.

Nails Course Length:

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