Firearms Training: Instructor Development Program

Finest Instruction Staff In the Industry-Bar None. Here's Why...

To become part of Front Sight's elite instructional staff, an instructor must first successfully complete our four day, Instructor Development Program to the exacting and professional standards set by my example and supervised by our cadre of certified Range Masters. This is not an easy task. The criteria for graduation from Front Sight's Instructor Development Course are so far above the industry standard, that fewer than one out of ten participants make the grade in their first attempt. Even seasoned law enforcement and military instructors are humbled, yet grateful for the experience to learn what it takes to be part of the greatest instructional staff ever assembled in any industry.

Sincerely, Founder and Director Front Sight Resorts

Those instructor candidates who do not make the cut the first time around, but demonstrate professional level teaching skills; a customer service attitude; and a willingness to study and practice their instructional skills to the levels required to become a Front Sight Instructor are invited to return to the four day Instructor Development Course and repeat it until they are certified to wear the Front Sight Instructor uniform.

Even after successfully completing the Instructor Development Course the training continues through daily "Ongoing Instructor Development" blocks of instruction to fine tune and polish our instructor's teaching and communication skills. These intensive blocks of instruction and correction guarantee the highest degree of consistency, efficiency, and ability in Front Sight's entire instructional staff.

What does all this mean for you - our student? It means that when you arrive at Front Sight you and your entire family will be treated with the utmost respect - in a friendly, supportive, and caring manner - by the absolute best trained, most consistent, and most effective instructional staff in the industry. I guarantee it, because I am Front Sight's Founder and Director. 

I was in the Marine Corps for over 20 years, serving in infantry units or at formal schools, and I was also a Primary Marksmanship Instructor and that experience did not prepare me for what I learned at Front Sight's Instructor Development course. After attending the Instructor Development course, I knew that I truly did not know that I did not know. I came on board as a Line Coach in the Submachine Gun program and tried to learn everything about Front Sight's curriculum. I attended Ongoing Instructor Development training to improve my skills and was promoted to Instructor. I am now proud to say that I Range Master the Rifle and M-16 courses and I would not have achieved this status without having attended any of the Instructor Development courses.

For years I have taught classes to Law Enforcement Officers and CCW Permit Holders here in Northern California. The Instructor Development Course put on by Front Sight was one of the most enjoyable weekends I've ever had on ANY range. The Instructors were first class and the fellow students attending the course were some of the nicest folks I have ever met. The course format opened my eyes to a variety of instruction techniques and how Front Sight operates. The experience helped me fine tune my lecturing ability and has enhanced my supervision skills while on the range. I'm going back as soon as I can.

I am a full time police officer and a member of our SWAT team. I am also proud to be an instructor at Front Sight. Front Sight has developed, and continues to improve on, an Instructor Development curriculum that by far exceeds what police firearms instructors receive. Front Sight is absolutely, positively leading the firearms training industry!