MANSFIELD CITY SCHOOLS
Cosmetology I
Time Frame
9 Wk Intervals
--------------------------Orientation
Safety:
School/Salon
DISTRICT CURRICULUM MAP/ALIGNMENT GUIDE
High School
Standard and Indicators
Essential Questions
Course
ITAC [7/03], Cosmetology Practical Exam
How to:
Activities
Assessments
----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------Competency 1.1: Participation in orientation
▪ Acclimate students to MSH/Career
▪ Student handbook overview
▪ Individual participation
Tech Program/Class rules and
▪ Note taking
▪ Question/answer sessions
guidelines.
▪ Workbook questions: theory
▪ Discussions
▪ Demonstrate good human relations
practical
▪ Type I writing assignment
and a professional attitude
▪ Chapter review questions
▪ Vocabulary quizzes
▪ Chapter review questions
Competency 1.2: Demonstrate emergency
▪ Address school/salon safety issues
▪ Fire/Tornado drills
▪ Chapter tests
procedures
▪ Salon safety
Competency 2.1: Maintain clean, sanitized,
▪ Intro to State Board of Cosmetology
disinfected, and safe dispensary/
▪ Intro to OSHA, MSDS Sheets
workstations
Image
Competency 1.1.4:
Competency 1.1.5:
Bacteriology
Science
Competency 3.1:
Infection Control
Science
Competency 3.1:
Properties of Hair
and Scalp
Develop professionalism
Develop/maintain good personal
hygiene and appearance
Maintain clean and sanitized
workstations
Maintain clean and sanitized
work areas
Competency 3.2: Prepare sanitizers/disinfectant
solutions following label specs
and manufacturer's directions
▪ Understanding the importance of
portraying a professional image
▪ Word searches
▪ Crossword puzzles
▪ Discussion of professional behavior
▪ Understand the relationship of bacteria
to spread of disease
▪ Understand importance of decontamination
▪ Intro to State Board of Cosmetology
Rules and Regulations for Salon
Management
▪ Vocabulary Flashcards/Worksheets
▪ Understand responsibilities as a salon
professional for disinfection
▪ Disinfection practices:
Workstation
Dispensary
▪ Type 1 writing method addressing
essential questions listed, to
assess knowledge of subject matter
prior to presentation, or to assess
points remembered after presentation
Competency 4.1:
Prepare client for scalp care and
hair care
▪ Composition/purpose of hair
▪ Hair growth and treatment options
▪ Scalp care
▪ Scalp/hair disorders
Competency 4.2:
Select/apply shampoo
Select/apply hair product[s]
Select/apply scalp care treatmnt
▪ Importance of preparation of cosmetology
services
▪ Reasons for hygenic care of hair/scalp
Complete 1st 9-weeks
Shampooing,
Rinsing, and
Conditioning
April 2004
Competency 4.3:
Competency 4.4:
▪ Workbook assignments
▪ Draping, shampooing, rinsing, and
conditioning on a student client
▪ Practical application of
shampooing technique/
scalp manipulations
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Cosmetology I
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Haircutting
▪ Understanding Ph values
▪ Identification of various types of
shampoos/conditioners/rinses
▪ Scalp manipulations/cholestral
treatments
Prepare client for hair cut
Identify haircutting implements
and sectioning procedures
following recommended safety
procedures
Competency 5.3: Perform razor haircut
Competency 5.4: Perform scissor haircut
Competency 5.5: Perform clipper haircut
Competency 5.6: Perform specialized haircut
▪ The importance of hair cutting in hair
design
▪ Techniques to become a good hair cutter
▪ Knowledge of scissor/razor parts
▪ Practice cutting different elevations
▪ Cutting techniques
▪ Cross-checking haircut
▪ Practical application of
haircutting techniques
Prepare client for hairstyling
Perform basic hairstyling
techniques
Competency 6.3: Finish style combout
Competency 6.4: Perform thermal styling
techniques
Competency 6.5: Perform specialized styling
techniques
▪ Why in the 22nd century does a
cosmetologist need to know how to finger
wave or wet style hair when everyone is
wearing blow dry styles
▪ Most important elements of wet hairstyling
▪ What role will thermal styling play in my
success as a cosmetologist
▪ Is there more to thermal styling than
simple blow drying/curling iron techniques
▪ Finger waving
▪ Roller sets, combouts
▪ Pin curls
▪ Tapered, cylinder, indention, roller
clipping
▪ Back combing/brushing, skip
waves, braiding
▪ Ribbon, barrel curls, carved curls
▪ Blow dry styling
▪ Marcelling
▪ Volume-based curling
▪ Cosmetics used in thermal styling
▪ Practical application of
wet/thermal hairstyling
techniques
▪ Portfolio of various hairstyles
for short, medium, long
lengths, and updo's to
present to future patrons
Prepare client for permanent
wave or relaxing procedure
Competency 7.2: Perform chemical [permanent]
wave
Competency 7.3: Identify special problems
associated with permanent
waving hair
Competency 7.4: Perform chemical hair relaxer
Competency 7.5: Identify special problems
associated with chemical hairrelaxing procedures
▪ What role will permanent wave play in my
career when all I really want to do is hair
styling
▪ What am I going to need to learn about
permanent waving and chemical relaxers
to be considered competent in this
particular field
▪ History
▪ Modern perm chemistry
▪ Hair structure/perming/relaxing
▪ Hair analysis
▪ Practical application of
perming/relaxing techniques
▪ Test curl/application of perm
solution
▪ Lab perming/relaxing of
mannequins
Competency 5.1:
Competency 5.2:
[Wet]
Hairstyling
Competency 6.1:
Competency 6.2:
Thermal Styling
Permanent
Waving
Competency 7.1:
Science
April 2004
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Cosmetology I
Manicure/
Pedicure
DISTRICT CURRICULUM MAP/ALIGNMENT GUIDE
Competency 11.1:
Science
Competency 11.2:
Competency 11.3:
Competency 11.4:
Nail & Disorders
April 2004
Prepare client for manicure or
pedicure
Perform manicure
Apply artifical nails
Perform pedicure
▪ What do I need to know about
manicuring/pedicuring to provide a quality
service
▪ Why are manicuring/pedicuring so
important in my career as a
cosmetologist
▪ Identification of implements
▪ Nail shapes
▪ Identification of manicure
cosmetics/materials
▪ Assignment sheets:
Water/Oil Manicure
Hand/Arm Massage
▪ Manicure table set up
▪ Manicure procedure
▪ Hand/arm massage
▪ Pedicure procedure
Analyze hands/nails
[diseases/disorders/shapes/
cuticle]
▪ What do I need to know about the nail, its
structure, its growth, and its disorders in
order to provide quality manicuring/
pedicuring services
▪ Nail diagrams of the structure of the
nail
▪ Nail diseases/disorders flash cards
▪ Video
▪ Quiz: nail diseases/
disorders
Science
Competency 11.1.2:
Haircoloring
Science
Competency 9.1:
Prepare client for hair color/
lightening application
Competency 9.2: Perform termporary, demi, and
semi-permanent hair color
applications
Competency 9.3: Perform permanent hair color
application[s]
Competency 9.4: Perform corrective hair color
application[s]
Competency 9.5: Perform hair lightening/toning
procedures
Competency 9.6: Demonstrate specialized
lightening effects
▪ Will I get over my fear of haircolor and be
able to formulate/apply it successfully in a
salon
▪ What are the key concepts/elements in
haircoloring that I need to know to be
successful
▪ Color portfolio
▪ Color swatches
▪ Predisposition [strand] test
▪ Color applications [mock]
▪ Color wheel
▪ Level system
▪ Color classifications
▪ Consultation
▪ Mock color application on a
mannequin
▪ Add hairstyles of various
color/tones/highlights to
previous portfolio for
presentation to future
clientele
Theory of Massage
Science
Competency 11.2.4:
Perform hand/arm massage
Perform leg/foot massage
Competency 11.1.3: Follow all infection control/
safety precautions for all
manicuring/pedicuring
procedures
▪ Why do I need to know about the underlying theory of massage to be successful
▪ What do I need to know about the theory
of massage in order to provide quality
services to my clients
▪ Basic manipulations
▪ Physiological effects
▪ Identification of motor nerve points
▪ Hand/arm massage
▪ Leg/foot massage
Prepare client for facial service
Analyze skin, skin problems,
and skin disorders
Competency 12.1.6: Recommend corrective
▪ Are facials really important in my career
as a professional cosmetologist
▪ What do I need to know about facials in
order to provide skin care services
▪ Facial manipulations
▪ Vocabulary terms
▪ Identify different facial types
▪ Masks/packs
▪ Facial manipulations on
student client
▪ Proper application of masks/
packs
Complete 2nd 9-weeks
Competency 11.4.2:
Facial/Makeup/
Skin Disorders
Complete 3rd 9-weeks
Competency 12.1:
Science
Competency 12.1.5:
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measures for skin disorders
Perform facial
Competency 12.4: Apply Makeup
Competency 12.1.8: Follow all infection control/
safety precautions for all
facial service procedures
Competency 12.1.9: Demonstrate cleanup
procedures
Competency 12.2:
▪ What makes applying makeup so critical
as part of my career as a cosmetologist
▪ What do I need to know about facial makeup in order to provide a quality service
▪ Why do I need to learn about skin
diseases/disorders to be a hair stylist
▪ What do I need to know about the skin
and its disorders to perform professionally
▪ Video
▪ Diagrams of corrective lip treatment
▪ Sanitation/safety precautions
▪ Skin layer reconstruction
April 2004
▪ Correct makeup application
techniques
▪ Demonstrate different
procedures for basic
corrective makeup
Removal of
Superfluous Hair
Competency 12.3:
Remove superfluous hair
▪ Why do I need to learn about removing
▪ Video
unwanted hair when I may never provide
▪ Identify permanent/temporary
such a service
methods of hair removal
▪ What do I need to know about hair removal
in order to provide a quality service
▪ Arching/tweezing/waxing on
a student client
Salon Business/
Reception Duties
Competency 14.1:
Comply with regulations of Ohio
State Board of Cosmetology/
other federal, state, or local
agencies
Manage salon operations
Maintain professionalism
Establish a salon
Communicate with clients
Process client payments
Demonstrate basic computer
skills
Maintain sales area
▪ Is business knowledge really so important ▪ Salon business packet
to someone who just wants to be a hair
▪ Reception skills
designer
▪ What do I need to know about the salon
business in order to be successful
▪ How important is it to build a relationship
with clientele
▪ Is it important to understand scheduling of
clients to manage clients and time wisely
▪ Salon business portfolio
▪ Receptionist duties in clinic
Complete 4th 9-weeks
Competency 14.2:
Competency 14.3:
Competency 14.4:
Competency 13.1:
Competency 13.2:
Competency 13.3:
Competency 13.4:
* Activities and assessments are repeated throughout cosmetology
program.