Welcome To BarberTime Academy!

Academics

Get certified for relative skills like Peer Support, Crisis Response, Communications, Sales & more!

Training Sessions

All training sessions are online and are held on less busy shop days to maximize attendance & focus.

Partners

All certifications are awarded by our Partnered, private organizations and local agencies. Become a Partner!

Campaigns & Programs

Once trained, participants become Ambassadors for Partnered campaigns and may receive benefits for their completion.

About the Academy

Welcome to BarberTime Academy! We are a co-op of Barbershops, Businesses, and community partners that help BarberTime certify Barbers & Stylists in other relative business ventures and grant the youth a barbershop “experience”.

school hours

Mon-Thu: 10am – 3:30pm EST (when in session)

Headquarters Address

1553 Blue Hill Ave Boston, MA 02124

Under construction

Email

Phone

(877)-427-1177

Member Certifications

Member Certifications

Certifications create Ambassadors for corporate campaigns and broaden our Members career opportunities.

  • Peer Support
  • Health Advocacies
  • Sales
  • Communications
  • Corporate Awareness Advocacies

Ambassadorships

Companies hire members to spread awareness and promote their brand for 3-, 6- and 12-month campaigns.

  • Companies will be able to reach out to Members via the “Business Connector”. (Coming soon)
  • Individual hires are negotiated by the Member of choice.
  • Campaigns hire 5-20 Members in select regions, managed by BarberTime.
  • Companies can setup (up to) 3 training sessions to educate and prepare Ambassadors to represent their brand.

Learn how to differentiate yourself from the everyday worker and build your value with a BarberTime Academy certification.

Corporate Ambassadorship Certifications (when available)

  • Peer Support
  • Mental Health
  • Crisis Response
  • Public Education & Communications
  • Recruitment & Referrals
  • Marketing & Sales

BarberTime Academy curriculum courses are held monthly and are individually scheduled & certified.

  • Professionalism
  • Client recruitment and retention
  • Consumer leveraging (resource mining)
  • Ambassadorship training
  • Industry Mogul – All courses

Enrollment:

  • Academy orientation and certification.
  • Ambassador campaign list emails.
  • Automatic placement of 1 outreach campaign, per academic year.
  • Paid social media promotion of your Ambassador profile, to businesses within a 1 mile radius of your shop. (Not available for mobile professionals)
  • 20% off individual curriculum courses.

Academy Newsletter

Upcoming Campaigns

Youth Workshops

Youth workshops are for ages 8-16 and are meant to increase the awareness of our industry and give an alternative to disenfranchised youth.

 

  • Questionnaire submission
    • Why should you be accepted?
    • What interests you about barbering/styling?
    • What’s one thing you’ve done positive for someone?
    • What is your strongest character trait?
    • What is your favorite hair cut/style?
  • Participants receive:
    • 1 FREE haircut/style
    • 2 (up to 3) tutorial sessions (learning and participating in an actual cut)
    • 1 pair of donated clippers or trimmers (may be used)
    • 1 bio page on barbertimeplus.com
  • Youth career development (advanced service/campaign):
    • Industry mentorships
    • Career-path peer collaboration