Organization and delivery of the educational work
The curricula and syllabi that guide our educational work are uniform and approved by the Minister of Education and Science. Parents are informed about the goals of the programmes and how they are delivered.
Regular classes are organised in monthly blocks. Lessons begin with theory, and practical classes follow the theory lessons or alternate with them according to the schedule, throughout the school year. During practical classes, students follow the vocational subjects from the theory lessons so that the whole curriculum connects.
To improve teaching, the educational work is mentored by external consultants throughout the school year, and our teachers receive continuous training.
Practical training in our own salons
Practical training takes place exclusively in our own, modernly equipped salons at “Studio Leontic”. First-year students learn assisting techniques and practise with their assistants on models or on one another, mastering the basic techniques. In the second semester of the second and third year, each student is given a model, follows the full work protocol and carries out the techniques independently, while the mentor checks every completed technique.
Models take part voluntarily and do not pay for the services. They are chosen according to the needs of the school and the curriculum, and every student completes a minimum number of models for the techniques studied each year.
Students whose parents own a hair or beauty salon can, after completing their practical work, do salon practice with their parents under a contract signed between the Chamber of Crafts, the parent’s company and the school.
Salon practice
Salon practice is compulsory for all students throughout the school year. It helps them communicate with the salon team, see how a hair, beauty, make-up and massage salon is managed and how a work protocol is followed, and practise every technique on real clients.
Students who plan to start their career in their own salon take part in the whole organisation of salon work: stock-taking, ordering materials and tools, checking tools and equipment, creating promotional packages and service combinations, booking clients and everything else they will need later on.
Students who plan a career in field work must take part in all shows, presentations and seminars, and do practice in institutions counted as field work — television, theatre, opera and ballet, perfumeries, music-video and commercial shoots. This practice is recorded for each student, and the school keeps a salon-practice log.