Description:
Refresh your approach to teaching children with this dynamic, on-snow clinic designed to inspire creativity, curiosity, and play. Working collaboratively with Eastern Education Staff, participants will help shape the two-day experience around their interests, goals, and shared teaching challenges.
Through experimentation with new activities, creative terrain use, and student-centered teaching strategies, you’ll explore practical ways to make children’s lessons more engaging and effective. Using the CAP Model and Learning Connection Model as guiding frameworks, you’ll discover fresh approaches to supporting young learners while strengthening your own teaching skills.
Whether you regularly teach children or want to expand your skills in this area, this event offers an opportunity to exchange ideas, explore new possibilities, and bring renewed energy to your lessons.
This is a multidisciplinary event that may include Alpine, Snowboard, and Telemark instructors learning together.
Learning Experiences:
Specific activities will vary depending on the group’s needs, equipment choices, and environmental conditions and typically include:
- Practice in adapting communication, pacing, and activity design for children’s developmental stages.
- Movement analysis discussions centered on common patterns in children’s skiing and/or riding.
- Exploring creative activities and terrain choices to foster engagement and skill development.
- Guided conversations about current trends and best practices in children’s snowsports education.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, successful participants will be able to:
- Identify age-appropriate progressions and activities to meet children’s developmental needs.
- Recognize common movement patterns in children and suggest relevant, fun-focused activities to promote change.
- Incorporate effective communication strategies and class-management tools that create safe, positive learning environments.
- Integrate playful, student-centered approaches that enhance both engagement and skill growth.
Prerequisite(s):
Discipline Level I Certified
Recommended Learning Resources:
- PSIA-AASI Teaching Children Snowsports Manual
- PSIA-AASI Teaching Snowsports Manual
- PSIA-AASI Technical Manual for your primary discipline
Equipment/Materials Needed:
- Alpine, snowboard or telemark equipment suitable for a variety of conditions and terrain.
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