Course Name: Game Changing Teaching
Discipline: Alpine
Time: 2 Days
Credits: 12 Continuing Education Credits
Environment: Advanced Blue to Easier Black Terrain
Prerequisites: Alpine Level II or Level III Certified
Course Description:
This course is an interactive teaching focused event. The event explores three distinct teaching areas known to affect performance changes. Participants will leave the event with a plan to coach areas of teaching that are likely to change their student’s performance. Participation in a thorough exploration of these on-snow activities will reinforce this impactful approach.
Learning Experiences:
Specific activities will vary depending on the group and environmental conditions; however, they will typically include:
• Reviewing and understanding how the skills in the Learning Connection Model – technical, teaching and people skills, are successfully used in ski teaching.
• Observing and describing how the body is moving, should move, and how the skis should interact with the snow as they relate to the Skiing Fundamentals and identifying cause and effect.
• Sharing activities to promote changes. The activities chosen must be mountain skiing and/or Agility/Versatility tasks appropriate to the advanced zone. Teaching will be done in or lead to significant time spent in conditions and speed appropriate to the Advanced zone.
• Understanding how to incorporate Teaching Styles and VAK into coaching.
• Practicing how to interact with the group and trainer/clinician in a way that it is evident the group is engaged and understands activities and directives.
• Sharing how to adapt activities and communication for different ages and stages of development.