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Great instructing is what we always try to provide to our customers. It creates better experiences for them, increases your repeat requests, improves safety, and generates positive social media.
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Improving the quality of our teaching, especially beginner lessons is the goal of our training.
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We use our "Great Instructing" training program. This innovative program replaces the three natural moves people make with Ski Moves. For a visual overview visit the video page.
Clinics
​Register for all training clinics at the link below-
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Returning instructors
Sign up for one private lesson review clinic
Monday 12/8 - Friday 12/12 at either 3 or 6:30(no 6:30 on 12/12) they will be about 90 minutes
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New Instructors
Sign up for at least 4 peer teaching clinics
Monday 12/8- Thursday 12-11 at 5- 6:15pm
Monday 12/15- Friday 12-19 at 5- 6:15pm
Saturday/Sun 12/13, 14- 2- 3:30pm for people who cannot make it weekdays
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Returning or New
If you are teaching in the student lesson program sign up for one
Monday 12/15- Friday 12/19 at 6-7:30pm
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If teaching Kindersparks or superstars sign up for one 12/13,14 from 9:30-11am
If teaching Discover sign up for one 12/13,14 from 1-2pm
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https://www.supersaas.com/schedule/pkinstructors/Ski_instructor_training_classes
Partner Program​​​​​​
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Choose another instructor to work with and evaluate each other when teaching lessons. It involves completing an online form and will help you work together to improve the quality of our lessons.
The assessment will include shooting video of you teaching the athletic stance, gliding wedges, and turns. We will provide incentives and recognition when you finish. But the real benefit will be creating a culture of constant learning, improving, and excellence.
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Great Instructing
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Teaching will be more fun if you constantly strive to improve your teaching. Focus on what customers need rather than having a set plan of what you teach. Progress will be different for every person.
It is important to have fun and build great relationships, but if you teach effective lessons, there is a better chance they will want to become skiers.
Constantly evaluate how your students are doing. Are they having fun, or are they bored because you are going too slow? Are you going too fast and creating fear? If you can't tell, ask them and encourage them to let you know what they want.
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By going at the proper pace, you will give them the skills they need to handle more challenging terrain, remember "turns before terrain." It is easy be become frustrated and head to a bigger hill when the student is not making progress, so it is important to know what to look for and how to fix it.
The athletic stance is hard to make happen, they have to feel their weight on their toes and their chest above. Leaning back makes it much harder to turn from the feet up.
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Great teaching takes a combination of confidence, energy, a fun attitude, self-awareness, attention to your students needs, physical ability, and knowledge to respond to the unique physical and emotional needs of each student. You may also have to shape their expectations by helping them understand that improving is a process that will take time and practice.
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When you get returning customers, keep notes of what you did and what you want to work on for the next time. Always seek to improve your teaching and review every lesson for what went well or could have been done better.
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We have a strong emphasis on teaching beginners because it takes a lot of knowledge and skill to teach great beginner lessons. You can have a big impact on someone, giving them a lifetime of fun and adventure.
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