Modern Dress Code and Personal Hygiene Policy

Dress Code

Modern Language Center expects all teachers to dress appropriately in business casual attire. Because our work environment serves customers, professional business casual attire is essential. Customers make decisions about the quality of our products and services based on their interaction with you.

Consequently, business casual attire includes suits, pants, jackets, shirts, skirts and dresses that, while not formal, are appropriate for a business environment. Examples of appropriate business attire include a polo shirt with pressed khaki pants, a sweater and shirt with corduroy pants, and a jacket, sweater and skirt. Jeans, t-shirts, shirts without collars, and footwear such as flip flops, sneakers, and sandals are not appropriate for business casual attire.

Teachers are expected to demonstrate good judgment and professional taste. Courtesy to coworkers and your professional image to customers should be the factors that are used to assess that you are dressing in business attire that is appropriate.

Teachers who wear business attire that is deemed inappropriate in this workplace will be dealt with on an individual basis rather than subjecting all employees to a more stringent dress code for appropriate business attire.

Casual shirts: All shirts with collars. This will include casual shirts and blouses, golf and polo shirts.

Inappropriate: T-shirts, shirts with inappropriate slogans, tank tops muscle shirts and crop tops. T-shirts may be approved and provided for specific events only.

Ties: No ties are required unless otherwise specified by client.

Pants: Casual slacks and trousers. Dressy jeans may be worn Fridays but depending on the client. If worn, they must be clean, free of rips, tears, fraying and may not be excessively tight or revealing.

Inappropriate: Shorts, dress down jeans, jeans with holes, frays, etc.

Footwear: Business shoes.

Inappropriate: Sneakers, Sandals, flip-flops.

If you are meeting clients, business dress is appropriate. These policies may be changed as the fashions change.

Hygiene/Grooming

Fingernails are to be kept clean and short at all times.

Hands to be washed in accordance with policy and instructions given during infection control training.

Jewelry should not be worn where bacteria could gather ie: under rings worn on hands.

Hair is to be clean.

If hair is long and loose if must be tied back off the face.

No offensive personal odorous including stale cigarette smoke and strong perfumes.

Any make up worn is to be minimal and neatly applied.