CHILDREN’S SPECIALIST

Children’s Specialist Level One

PREREQUISITES & PATHWAY

Prerequisites:

Maintain a current membership with PSIA-AASI
Alpine, Snowboard, Cross Country, Telemark, or Adaptive Level 1 Certification

Pathway:

Step 1: Complete the online Children’s Specialist 1 Knowledge Review – please allow 24-hours for your profile to update before attempting to register.

Step 2: Register for and pass the 2-day Children’s Specialist Level 1 Exam

*Exceptions to the prerequisites and pathway can only be made through petition.

REQUIRED RESOURCES

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The Children’s Specialist Level 1 Exam is a 2-day event that explores the CAP model (how kids think, move, and feel) and teaching progressions for children in different age zones. We will also explore children’s movement patterns “kids moveology,” and work on your own skiing/riding skills and improvement. On day-2 we cover building kid friendly teaching progressions with the Play Drill Adventure Summary method as well as focus on your own skiing/riding development. We’ll finish the day with informal group teaching presentations. This is a combined discipline (Alpine & Snowboard) pass/fail event.

COURSE SCHEDULE

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

ASSESSMENT FORM

Children’s Specialist Level Two

PREREQUISITES & PATHWAY

Prerequisites:

Maintain a current membership with PSIA-AASI
Children’s Specialist Level 1
Alpine, Snowboard, Cross Country, Telemark, or Adaptive Level 2/3 Certification

Pathway:

Step 1: Complete the online Children’s Specialist 2 Workbook & hand-in the printable section on the first day of the exam. (free!)

Step 2: Register for and pass the 3-day Children’s Specialist Level 2 Exam

*Exceptions to the prerequisites and pathway can only be made through petition.

REQUIRED RESOURCES

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The Children’s Specialist Level 2 Exam is a 3-day event that assists instructors at designing and implementing creative, appropriate and movement oriented lesson plans for children 4-14. These lesson plans are focused at the high intermediate through expert level of the selected discipline. The idea is for the participants to demonstrate their ability to understand and use teaching principles provided in the Children’s Manual and other materials to develop polished and creative lesson plans. Each participant gives a full presentation lasting 45-minutes, with follow up feedback from the group on the last day of the course. Participants should have an in-depth understanding of the CAP Model utilizing previous lesson experiences. Real vs. Ideal movement patterns at higher skill levels will be reviewed. Creative and experimental lesson planning will be emphasized. This course is a very interactive, multi discipline (Alpine & Snowboard), pass/fail event.

COURSE SCHEDULE

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

ASSESSMENT FORM