Instructor Course
Get the confidence to be a great trainer and smoothly run your own academy
For advanced PMU artistsThis class is perfect for advanced PMU artists who are ready to take the next step in their journey — from lesson planning and classroom management to running the business side of your own academy.
Financing & financial aid available for students who qualify
What you’ll learn
Get the confidence to be a great trainer and smoothly run your own academy
- Module 1
Teaching Strategy
Gain the necessary skills and knowledge required for successful teaching, including lesson planning, classroom management, and effective communication strategies.
- Module 2
Business Strategy
Instructors will talk about pricing strategies, retailing products, health department requirements, creating an LLC, licensing & permits.
- Module 3
Hands On Training
Participants will have the opportunity to acquire practical experience through active teaching sessions and receive valuable feedback from seasoned instructors.
- Module 4
Product Discount
Becoming an instructor through our program grants you a lifetime of substantial discounts on Elite supplies.
Is this class right for you?
This class is perfect for advanced PMU artists who are ready to take the next step in their journey and teach the next generation of artists.
Advanced Artists
Designed for experienced PMU artists ready to take the next step.
Run Your Academy
Get the confidence to be a great trainer and smoothly run your own academy.
Lifetime Discounts
Instructors receive a lifetime of substantial discounts on Elite supplies.
Becoming a confident permanent makeup instructor
Teaching permanent makeup is its own craft. Knowing a technique well is different from explaining it, spotting a student's mistake early and running a class that stays on schedule. Here is what the Instructor Course at Elite Permanent Makeup and Cosmetology College helps you develop, who should consider it and how teaching can add a new layer to an established PMU business.
Breaking Down Technique
You will practice turning skills you perform by instinct into clear, ordered steps a beginner can follow. That includes explaining why each step matters, not only how to do it, so students learn to troubleshoot on their own.
Giving Useful Feedback
Instructors learn to correct hand position, depth and design calmly and specifically without overwhelming new students. Good feedback is short, visible and repeated, and you will rehearse delivering it while someone watches you teach.
Who Should Consider It
The course suits established artists with a strong healed portfolio who enjoy mentoring, salon owners who want to train their own team and artists planning a small academy. Comfort speaking in front of a group helps.
Inside the Course Days
Expect to spend time both as a learner and as the person at the front of the room. You will observe live teaching, run segments yourself and receive notes on pacing, clarity and how you manage a group.
Assessing Student Progress
A trainer needs fair ways to judge when a student is ready for a live model. You will look at practice benchmarks, sanitation checks and simple scoring guides that keep your sign-off decisions consistent.
Teaching as Income Stream
Training adds revenue that does not depend on filling your own chair every hour, and it builds your name in the industry. Starting small, with private one-on-one lessons, can be a gentle way into group teaching.
Good to know
Do I need state approval to open my own PMU academy in California?
Often, yes. California's Private Postsecondary Education Act generally requires schools offering programs to the public to be approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. Narrow exemptions exist, such as some non-degree programs with total charges of $2,500 or less and no state or federal aid. Confirm your situation with the Bureau directly.
How much experience should I have before taking the Instructor Course?
Elite does not publish a fixed number of years, so talk it through with the team during a free phone consultation. As a guide, you should be confident handling difficult healed results and corrections on your own, since students will bring you their hardest questions.
How can I practice teaching after the course?
Start by training one assistant or offering private lessons to a single student, and record yourself demonstrating a technique. Watching the footage shows where explanations skip steps. Gather written feedback from each student and refine your lesson plan before scaling up.
Does the Instructor Course replace technique training?
No. It focuses on how to teach, not on learning a new procedure. If you want to teach a technique you do not yet offer, complete that technique's course first, such as Microblading or Lip Blushing, and build a healed portfolio before training others.
Invest in your craft
- Duration6 Days
- PaymentPay in full or finance
Learn from Grand Master instructors
Elite is the first microblading and permanent makeup college approved by the State of California. Train with Grand Master Mahnaz Bahaelou and the instructors behind LA’s renowned PMU studio — and keep working from our licensed salon after you graduate.
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