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Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2026 from 8:45 am - 4:00 pm
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Event Type: Prep Clinic
Location: Snowbird (Use Entry 1 (Creekside) Meet outside in the Gad Valley Mtn School meeting area, just west of Gad Zoom lift.)
Registration Information:
- First Chair Rate: $115.00 (available through Tuesday, November 17)
- Last Chair Rate: $140.00
- CEUs: 6
- Spots Remaining: 15 (as of 21 minutes ago)
Prerequisites: Current PSIA-AASI Membership, Alpine Level 1 Certification
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 11:59 pm
Online Registration: Click here to register.
Scholarships are available to current PSIA-AASI Intermountain members to help support their education.
Course Description:
Duration: 1 Day On Snow, 6 CEUs
Learning Connection Highlight: People and Teaching Skills Clinic
Description: Participants will explore how instructor behaviors can build or reduce trust and how those behaviors affect student learning. Through discussion and on-snow activities, we'll practice adapting our teaching, communication, and leadership styles to meet the needs of different groups and individuals.
Prerequisites: Level 1 Certification
Clinic Outcomes: By the end of this clinic, Participants will:
- Demonstrate instructor behaviors that establish trust and create a positive learning environment.
- Adapt communication, leadership, and teaching behaviors to meet the needs of different individuals and groups.
- Understand how to use active listening and purposeful questioning to identify student motivations, emotions, and learning needs.
- Deliver clear, evidence-based feedback that supports learning while maintaining student confidence. (SBI)
- Recognize how personal behaviors influence trust, engagement, and learning throughout a lesson.
Clinic Experiences:
- Participants will explore how instructor behaviors influence trust, engagement, and willingness to learn.
- Participants will practice active listening and questioning strategies during chairlift conversations and lesson introductions.
- Participants will rotate through short teaching scenarios that require adapting to different student personalities, motivations, emotions, and goals.
- Participants will practice delivering feedback using evidence-based communication (SBI) while maintaining student confidence and motivation.
- Participants will observe peers and clinician practice teaching while focused on People Skills behaviors.
- Participants will reflect on individual teaching behaviors and identify strategies to strengthen trust and facilitate learning.
All PSIA-AASI members must follow the PSIA-AASI code of conduct.
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