Cross-Discipline
How do we create collaborative, student-centered lessons that make our lessons more effective and fun? Join Christa as she explores how to take two-way communication beyond the dreaded “how’d that feel?” and create a better learning environment for your students.
People Skills
#17: Control the feedback avalanche
Cross-Discipline
Giving feedback got you frozen? Buried under an avalanche of advice? Join us for an interactive tech talk on using the PSIA-AASI’s People and Teaching Skills to fine-tune your feedback game—and keep your teaching (and learning) on track!
#16: The Challenge of Picking an Activity
Alpine-Focused
Have you ever struggled to pick the “right” activity when teaching a lesson? In this tech talk, Quinn explores how to build trust with students, collaborate with them, and highlight particular fundamentals in a way that allows the ideal activity to practically pick itself.
#14: Teaching (Almost) Everyone
Cross-Discipline
While traditionally associated with children, the CAP model can be a powerful tool that can also help us better cater to adults, seniors, and even adaptive students. Join Brandon as he explores a new perspective on this model to help snowsports instructors adapt to students’ individual and changing needs.
#13: Group Movement Analysis
Alpine-Focused
Addressing the multitude of student goals and needs that can come with a group lesson can be a daunting challenge. In this tech talk, Brandon Bock dives into the technical aspects of this scenario and shares insights on his movement analysis process when handling group lessons, instructor clinics, or teaching assessments.
#11: Finding Your True North: Why Your “Why” Matters
Cross-Discipline
Philip Schwartz (Gore Mountain, Maple Ski Ridge) delves into how discovering and embracing your personal core values can sustain your passion for snowsports amidst the challenges of injuries, blows to morale, and balancing life's demands. Join us to hear stories of perseverance and learn strategies to ensure you stay committed, curious and energized in the best job in the world.
#10: How To Plan a Lesson
Cross-Discipline
Self-talk is an accessible and direct skill applicable to all snowsports professionals and students. Join Quinn Ferguson, a mental performance consultant, as we delve into the nuances of language and its potential to facilitate greater autonomy not only in one's internal dialogue, but also while communicating with others.
#9: Self-Talk For Performance 101
Cross-Discipline
Self-talk is an accessible and direct skill applicable to all snowsports professionals and students. Join Quinn Ferguson, a mental performance consultant, as we delve into the nuances of language and its potential to facilitate greater autonomy not only in one's internal dialogue, but also while communicating with others.
#1: Learning From Other Disciplines
Cross-Discipline
Whether you have one plank or two, your heels are attached or not, or you’re using outriggers or a sit ski, the mechanics that dictate how our planks perform are all the same. Yet, different disciplines tend to think about how we get our skis and boards to perform in vastly different ways. Join us as we take a look through the perspectives of other disciplines for lessons we can use to make us better at our own skiing, riding, and teaching