CERTIFICATION

The Glam Academy is a program where you are not only certified on your artistic ability, but your collective understanding of what it takes to be an independent makeup artist in today’s society.  Alexa gives you the shortcuts and the keys to success.  Through various homework assignments, photo shoots, activities etc.—she can gain a true understanding as to whether the student “gets it.”

“The only way I figured out what works as a business owner is by figuring out what definitely doesn’t work.  I learned all of these things the hard way and over a period of 11 years.  The Glam Academy is a place where I give the students my formula for success—my shortcuts.  With this the student can fast forward to both a place and an overall understanding of how to run a business in a smart efficient way.  And even better—they save themselves a decade!”

Artistic talent is not the only measure of the student. We evaluate their comprehensive understanding of all facets necessary to be a business owner and the sensitive balance between that and their artistry. Our ranks of certification are a reflection of that very understanding.

After completing the Academy, the students present Alexa with a binder which is carefully reviewed.  This binder is a compilation of homework assignments, photo shoots, and creative thought- provoking activities.  Essentially this is a way for us to evaluate the students on all of the criteria that Alexa believes are necessary for a makeup artist to pave their way independently.   The binder is simply an overview of the students’ work and obviously one of the many criteria we base the certification on.

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The rank has been selected based on following overall encompassing criteria:

–       Progression of Technique

–       Timeliness

–       Attentiveness in all environments

–       Applying the learned methodologies

–       HW assignments

–       Cleaning your space and any other relevant areas

–       Sticking to the “look”

–       Team work/ leadership

–       Behavior in both Labs and Shoots i.e. student being engaged during shoots

–       The “Binder”

–       Any shoots the student has done TFP

–       The students’ ability to demonstrate their understanding of all of the components necessary to be a makeup artist/ entrepreneur.

To meet the criteria of any rank the student must complete the following:

  • All hours/ dates are attended.
  • Submission of homework assignments’ (the amount completed and focus of the work varies in rank)
  • Participation in activities/ labs during the course.
  • All major projects outside of the Academy are completed.
  • Binder is submitted.
  • TFP shoot is completed and submitted.

 

Note: In all of the above criteria the most important quality is balance—one could be extremely organized, efficient, and on time—however need to work on particular methodologies in their artistry. On the other end, one could be extremely talented and not apply themselves in any capacity for anything outside of the artistic requirements.

 

Every student is made aware of the criteria for certification throughout the semester. 

 

In the below area we detail what criteria constitutes the rank of certification. These ranks are generalized statements and does not mean that every single criteria is applicable to the student certified in that rank.

There are 3 levels/ranks of Certification:

Platinum Wings—Premiere Tier Certification Rank

platinum

This rank of certification is rarely distributed and is reserved for the individual who has absorbed and applied all of the tools the Academy has to offer.  This rank is for the student that goes above and beyond to demonstrate their understanding of the multi-faceted nature of being an entrepreneur.  This individual has met the following criteria:

–       Completed all HW assignments

–       Understood that some “assignments” were not necessarily “assignments” but devices to truly get the student on the radar. Therefore they continued working on those projects regardless of administrative intervention.

–       Engaged in the classroom environment—paid attention constantly, took notes, asked questions—understood that Alexa was essentially giving the short cuts and therefore received this information with an eagerness.

–       In the lab environment this student is cognitive of time, their physical work space, working as a team, went above and beyond to clean up, helped in areas that weren’t necessarily “their duty,” paid attention during the shoot and used the entire process as an indirect teaching tool

–       This student is on time and continues to be an example for others—a natural leader.

–       This is a student who has NEVER presented Alexa with any form of excuse for anything and understands that the process of being certified is through the way that they present themselves to others.

–       Alexa feels that those with a Platinum Certification are in line with the way she runs her own business and share the same entrepreneurial and driven spirit.

–       Those with platinum wings had a true progression of both talent and entrepreneurship —this individual is extremely balanced—they focused as hard on the artistic components to the administrative components.

 

Gold Wings[AP2] —Second Tier Certification Rank 

gold-certification

–       This student has completed most if not all homework assignments.

–       This student has continued working on most assignments on their free time such as the blog and other social media outlets and presents a strong sense of entrepreneurship.

–       In the lab environment this student completed their work with a new creative approach and made it uniquely theirs.

–       This student could have possibly underestimated the learning opportunity available to them simply by being engaged during the photo-shoot process and how that engaged nature would help them as an artist.

–       This student is engaged and engaging—and has been helpful to the flow and organization of the Academy on more than one occasion.

–       This student is efficient and completes lab work.

–       This student has been on time most if not all of the time.

–       This student has completed all of their hours.

–       This student has possibly presented Alexa with some form of excuse for something however it was few and far between consistent and responsible behavior.

–       This is a student that will most likely naturally progress to their own “platinum” rank by working on all of the skill sets learned in the Academy.

–       This student could possibly have administrative and organizational qualities parallel to one with Platinum wings – however needs to be a bit stronger artistically.  At the same time this student could have artistic qualities parallel to Platinum but need to work on administrative and organizational skills.

Pink Wings— Third Tier Certification Rank[AP3]

pink-certificate

  • This student has completed all of their hours.
  • This student has completed most homework assignment.  All could have completed but not on time and/or not reach the potential of that student.
  • This student could have potentially viewed the assignments as isolated tasks rather than devices to develop both their artistry and business.  With that—the “assignments” were finished when they were due and not continually worked on in life—i.e. blog, social networking etc.
  • This student most likely cleaned their respective area but did not see how the cleaning would impact their speed and overall presentation as an artist.
  • This student participated in lab.
  • Artistically this student definitely progressed throughout the course however needs to work on some area of their technique.
  • This student could be an incredibly talented artist but did not produce homework assignments, engage in the classroom environment, or develop as a business.
  • This student is slightly imbalanced—either highly artistic and needs work perhaps on timeliness, interpersonal skills, producing hw assignments, business development etc. OR is extremely organized and efficient and needs to develop artistically.
  • This student could have missed the value of some component to the course and therefore only gave focus to those portions they personally deemed to have value.

 

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