Staff Training 2026

Staff Training for new hires

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Course curriculum

1. Attendance Policies (6 minutes)
2. Uniform Policy (3 minutes)
3. WATCH/READ: Orientation (18 minutes)
4. WATCH/READ: Employee Handbook (21 minutes)
5. READ: Employee Handbook (Studio)
6. READ: Staff App
7. READ: Safety
8. CH 1. REVIEW
9. At Home Study and Studio Training Itinerary
1. Arrival & Departure Policy
2. Daily Staff Check-Out with SD
3. Daily Staff Meetings
4. Customer Experience
5. Training on the Job (2:54)
6. Quiz: Training on the Job
7. Studio Policies (6:04)
8. Studio Curriculum (8:49)
9. Intro Students (2:11)
10. Student Recognition (1:25)
11. Student Discipline (6:17)
12. CH. 2 REVIEW
1. LP Program General Info (2 min)
2. LP Curriculum (8 min)
3. LP Creativity (3 min)
4. LP Project Slides (15 min)
1. CMP Assistant Checklist (5 min)
2. Lesson 1: CMP General Info (4 min)
3. Lesson 2: Class Format Overview (13 min)
4. Lesson 3: Curriculum (4 min)
5. Lesson 4: Creativity (3 min)
6. Lesson 6: WarmUps (5 min)
7. Lesson 7: Teacher Check Points (14 min)
8. Lesson 8: Project Time (11 min)
9. Lesson 9: Surface and Orientation (2 min)
10. Lesson 10: Size and Placement (12 min)
1. Assisting in LP: Video and Checklist (13 minutes)
2. Assisting in CMP: Video and Checklist (15 minutes)
1. 01 Mediums
2. Colored Pencils (11:06)
3. Graphite (11:39)
4. Charcoal (14:06)
5. Chalk Pastels (9:37)
6. Oil Pastels (7:35)
7. Watercolors (11:32)
8. Acrylics (14:53)
9. Graphing Ruler (8:50)
10. Mediums Quick Reference Chart
11. QUIZ: Mediums
1. Lesson 1: Shading
2. QUIZ: Shading
3. Lesson 2: Drawing People
4. QUIZ: Drawing People
5. Lesson 3: Composition
6. QUIZ: Composition
7. Lesson 4: Color Theory
8. QUIZ: Color Theory
9. Lesson 5: Perspective
10. QUIZ: Perspective
1. Video 1: Color Theory Terminology (5:05)
1. Video 1: Composition Terminology (6:28)
2. Video 2: Composition Curriculum (10:33)
3. Video 3: Student Examples (18:41)
1. VIDEO 1: Drawing People Terminology (2:46)
2. VIDEO 2: Rules for Drawing People (12:04)
3. VIDEO 3: People Curriculum (12:00)
4. VIDEO 4: People Student Examples (11:08)
1. Lesson 1: Class Set Up (2 min)
2. CMP Teacher Checklist (5 min)
1. SCRIPT: First 5 Minutes of class
2. SCRIPT: Transition Before Warm-Up (Names, Birthdays & Rules)
3. SCRIPT: Transition Before Project Time
4. SCRIPT: Project Completion Goal Check
5. SCRIPT: Teacher Pre-Clean
6. SCRIPT: Student Clean-Up Time
7. SCRIPT: Sharing Time
1. Lesson 1: Preventing Behaviors (9 min)
2. Lesson 1: QUIZ
3. Lesson 2: Expected Behaviors (7 min)
4. Lesson 2: QUIZ
5. Lesson 3: Addressing Unwanted Behaviors (15 min)
6. Lesson 3: QUIZ
7. Lesson 4: Incident Report System (9 min)
8. Lesson 4: QUIZ
9. Lesson 5: Learning Differences (9 min)
10. Lesson 5: QUIZ
11. Lesson 6: SD Writing Emails to Parents (Templates)
1. Lesson 1: Teacher Information
2. VIDEO: Teacher "Explaining in a studio"
3. VIDEO: Back Classroom "Explaining Inside a Studio"
4. VIDEO: Teacher "Acting it out Inside a Studio"
5. VIDEO: Actual Class Transition (LP)
6. SCRIPTS: Teacher Scripts: Class Transitions
7. QUIZ: Class Transitions: Teacher
8. Lesson 2: Class Transitions: AD
9. VIDEO: AD "Explaining Inside a Studio"
10. QUIZ: Class Transitions: Assistant Director
11. Lesson 3: Class Transitions: SD
12. VIDEO: SD "Explaining Inside a Studio"
13. QUIZ: Class Transitions: Studio Director
1. Lesson 1: Talking to Parents (Teachers)
2. QUIZ: Talking to Parents (Teachers)
3. SCRIPTS: Talking to Parents (Teachers)
1. Lesson 1: Task List (Infographic)
2. Lesson 2: Prize Station (7 min)
3. Lesson 3: Paint Station (5 min)
4. Lesson 4: Outside Student Station (8 min)
5. Lesson 5: Inside Student Station (4 min)
6. Lesson 6: Buckets (3 min)
7. Lesson 7: Watercolors (3 min)
8. Lesson 8: LP Prep (6 min)
1. Lesson 1: What the AD Does Before Classes (4:04)
2. Lesson 2: Assisting in the first 30 minutes of Core (3:53)
3. Lesson 3: Assisting in Lil' Picasso (5:09)
4. Lesson 4: Teaching Lil' Picasso (4:35)
5. Lesson 5: Teaching Core and Masters (2:55)
6. Lesson 6: DAILY Cleaning Brushes and Buckets (8 min)
7. Lesson 7: Cleaning the Bathroom (Infographic)
8. Lesson 8: Taking Out the Trash (Infographic)
1. Lesson 1: AD Daily Schedule (8 min)
2. Lesson 2: Fountain Valley Daily AD Schedule (7 min)
3. Lesson 3: Tustin AD Daily Schedule (7 min)
4. Lesson 4: Cypress AD Daily Schedule (7 min)
5. Lesson 5: Brea AD Daily Schedule (7 min)
1. STUDIO DIRECTOR CHECKLIST
2. Lesson 1: Daily Meeting (18:33)
3. Lesson 2: New Customers (35:59)
4. Lesson 3: Current Customers (12:55)
5. Lesson 4: Studio Forms (20:07)
6. Lesson 5: Payments (19:03)
7. Lesson 6: Appointments (5:51)
8. Lesson 7: Technology (7:43)
9. Lesson 8: Inventory (19:14)
10. Lesson 16: Making Bags (2:44)
11. Lesson 15: Making Portfolios (3:02)
12. Lesson 10: Assisting as an SD (5:07)
13. Lesson 11: Teacher Oversight (7:21)
14. Lesson 12: Cleaning and Organization (5:09)
15. Lesson 13: Customer Accounts (10:48)
16. Lesson 14: Staff App Studio Dashboard (4:07)
17. Lesson 15: Making Supply Kits (3:24)
18. Lesson 16: Staff Break Schedule
1. 01 LP Assistant Checklist
2. 02 LP Teacher Checklist
3. 03 LPM Teacher Cleaning Checklist
4. 04 CMP Assistant Checklist
5. 05 CMP Teacher Checklist
6. 06 CMP Teacher Cleaning Checklist
7. 07 Assistant Director Checklist
8. 08 Studio Director Checklist
9. 09 Staff Break Schedules
10. 10 Staff Cleaning and Prep Schedules
11. 11 Cleaning and Prep How-To Instructions
12. 12 Trainee Guidelines
13. 13 Trainee Schedule
1. Lesson 1: Before Trainees Begin (2 min)
2. Lesson 2: 3 Week Training Schedule Overview (3 min)
3. Lesson 3: Trainer Responsibilities (5 min)
1. Lesson 1: Module 1: Rehearsal: First 15 Minutes (3 min)
2. Lesson 2: Role-Playing LP Assistant Checklist (8 min)
3. Lesson 3: Role-Playing CMP Assistant Checklist (4 min)
4. Lesson 4: Studio Class Observation (5 min)
5. Lesson 5: After-Class Meeting (3 min)

About this course

Free
162 lessons
14 hours of video content

Staff Training 2026

Course curriculum

Module 1: Orientation (40 min.)

Module 1: Intro to Studio (30 Min.)

Module 1: Intro to Lil' Picasso (30 min)

Module 1: Intro to CMP (1.5 hours)

Module 1: Assisting (30 min.)

Module 2: Intro to Mediums (1.5 hours)

Module 2: Intro to Fundamentals (30 min)

Module 2: Color Theory (30 min.)

Module 2: Composition (40 min.)

Module 2: Drawing People (40 min.)

Module 3: Teaching CMP (30 minutes)

Module 3: CMP Teacher SCRIPTS (20 minutes)

Module 3: Discipline System (50 min)

Module 4: Class Transitions (30 Minutes)

Module 4: Teachers Talking to Parents (12 min)

Module 5: Assistant Director Weekly Task List

Module 5: Assistant Director Daily Schedule

Module 5: Assistant Director Schedules

Module 6: Studio Director (3 hours Max)

Module 6: Checklists (for Reference Purposes)

Chapter 20: Trainer's Training (10 Min)

Chapter 21: Module 1 (23 min)

About this course