About This Clinic

Western Region education clinics are non-exam-focused events designed to explore instructor skills and mountain terrain in a fun and supportive environment. Strategies for personalizing the group lesson experience -- from goal-setting and student profiling to adaptive activity selection and individualized feedback.

What You Will Gain

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

• Apply personalization strategies to group lesson delivery
• Design activities that meet diverse student needs within a group structure
• Connect curated lesson approaches 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. Designed for All disciplines instructors.

Particularly valuable for members preparing for Teach assessments and Children's Specialist credentials.

Prerequisites:

• Current PSIA-AASI membership
• Ability to safely ski/ride terrain included in the clinic

What to Bring

• Appropriate equipment for the day's terrain
• Helmets are mandatory

Questions?

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