Midday Fast Track Session: Student Centered Teaching Tactics

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Date: Friday, March 5, 2027 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm MT
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Event Type: Education Clinic

Location: Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Resort (Main Lodge, upstairs in dining room 3)

Available Registration Packages (click for more info):
Alpine Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Thursday, February 4)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Thursday, February 11)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3
Snowboard Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Thursday, February 4)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Thursday, February 11)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3

Prerequisites (exceptions to prerequisites can only be made through petition) :: Current PSIA-AASI Membership

Registration Deadline: Saturday, February 13, 2027, 12:59 am MT

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Course Description:

About This Session

Fast Track Sessions are short-format, high-impact clinics designed to fit into your day without taking all of it. Each session delivers focused, practical content on a single topic. Practical, on-snow exploration of student-centered teaching tactics.

What You Will Gain

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Apply student-centered teaching tactics in on-snow lesson scenarios

• Adapt your approach based on student motivation, emotion, and engagement

• Connect this session's work to People Skills and Teaching Skills national standards

National Standards This Event Addresses

This event supports preparation for the PSIA-AASI National Certification Standards in the following skill areas. Not all levels listed below may be applicable to every participant -- focus on the level(s) most relevant to your current certification goals.

Professionalism & Self-Management

LI: Maintains a professional environment by demonstrating self-awareness and self-management.

LII: Contributes to a professional environment by managing behaviors and emotions in response to others.

LIII: Promotes a professional environment by adapting behaviors to positively affect others.

People Skills

LI: Engages in meaningful verbal and non-verbal communication with the group as a whole / Identifies likely motivations and emotions of individuals and understands group dynamics.

LII: Engages in and adapts verbal and non-verbal, two-way communication with individuals and subsets of the group / Adapts to the motivations and emotions of individuals.

LIII: Leads verbal and non-verbal, two-way communication with individuals and subsets of the group / Anticipates and responds to the motivations and emotions of individuals.

Teaching Skills

LI: Plans learning outcomes and organizes progressive learning experiences relevant to beginner/novice students / Implements and adjusts a learning plan.

LII: Plans learning outcomes and organizes progressive learning experiences relevant to intermediate students / Implements and adjusts a learning plan for a range of individuals.

LIII: Plans learning outcomes and organizes progressive learning experiences relevant to advanced students / Implements and adjusts a complex learning plan for individuals.

Who Should Attend

Open to all current PSIA-AASI members.

Particularly valuable for members preparing for Teach assessments at any level.

Prerequisites:

• Current PSIA-AASI membership

What to Bring

• Appropriate equipment for on-snow activities

• Helmets are mandatory

Questions?

Contact PSIA-AASI Western Region Member Services: memberservices@thesnowpros.org | (303) 987-9390

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