Midday Fast Track Session: Assessment Expectations

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Date: Monday, January 11, 2027 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm MT
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Event Type: Education Clinic

Location: Mammoth Mountain (Roma's Room - 3rd floor of the Main Lodge)

Available Registration Packages (click for more info):
Alpine Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Sunday, December 13)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Sunday, December 20)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3
Snowboard Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Sunday, December 13)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Sunday, December 20)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3
Telemark Registration:
- First Chair Rate: $60.00 (available through Sunday, December 13)
- Second Chair Rate: $75.00 (available through Sunday, December 20)
- Last Chair Rate: $90.00
- CEUs: 3

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

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, December 22, 2026, 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. A focused look at what examiners are looking for and how performance is evaluated. Ideal for members preparing for an upcoming assessment.

What You Will Gain

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

• Describe what examiners evaluate across each skill area

• Connect your current performance to national standard expectations

• Identify targeted preparation strategies for your upcoming assessment

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.

Technical Skills

LI: Applies the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics relevant to beginner/novice terrain.

LII: Adapts the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics for beginner through intermediate terrain.

LIII: Continuously blends the Technical Fundamentals to demonstrate techniques and tactics across all terrain.

Who Should Attend

Open to all current PSIA-AASI members.

Valuable for members preparing for any PSIA-AASI certification assessment.

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

Additional Event Details:
Lift tickets are $16/day.

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