This guide contains a 3-year curriculum for training hairdressers, cosmetologists, and barbers in high schools in Connecticut. The program includes classroom study, demonstrations, and practical work for a 1,500-hour program in preparation for the state board licensing examination. Following a list of five course objectives of the program, the guide provides objectives for grades 10, 11, and 12. Objectives are followed by major units of theory for the three grades. Major units covered include professional practices, life sciences, physical skills, hair designing, Connecticut state law, art, and sciences. Twenty-nine competencies are listed. The curriculum outline lists material to be covered in each of the major areas of study. A student progress record form provides space for instructors to record what has been taught and what students have mastered for each competency area. A bibliography contains seven references. (KC)