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Alpine Level 2 Lesson Planning and Implementation

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Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 from 8:45 am - 4:00 pm
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Event Type: Prep Clinic

Location: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (Inside the Solitude Building (Sweetwater Gondola Midstation))
IMPORTANT: You will need to pick up your J card prior to boarding the gondola in Cafe 6311 in the Bridger Center. Please note that you will not be able to store gear in the Solitude Building and will need to leave it at the base or in your car prior to going up the lift.

Registration Information:
- First Chair Rate: $115.00 (available through Monday, January 26)
- Last Chair Rate: $140.00
- CEUs: 6

Prerequisites: Current PSIA-AASI Membership, Alpine level 1 certification required

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 11:59 pm

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Online Registration: CLOSED

Late registration may be available with a $25 late fee. Contact the office at (303) 987-9390 or admin@psia-i.org for more information.

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Course Description:

Description: Teaching Skills Clinic. Full Day, On-Snow. Qualifies as Assessment Prep and Continuing Education

Assessment Prep Goal: Prepare candidates for the teaching segment of the Level 2 Assessment.

Continuing Education Goal: Enhance participants' ability to administer a fun, engaging and quality lesson for guests through the intermediate zone.

Clinic Outcomes: By the end of this clinic, participants will demonstrate:

• How to use observations about skier performance to create a lesson plan.
• The ability to organize and present a lesson that is based on student desires, motivation, abilities.
• How to plan an initial activity to capture the interest of the group.
• How to deliver a logical progression of experiences, activities, exercises, and/or games that culminate in a memorable lesson.
• How to adapt terrain and difficulty to accommodate changes in performance.

Clinic Experiences:

• Clinic leaders may present a 45-60 min. lesson that demonstrates collaboration in determining the outcome, development of an initial experience, clear, logical and progressive communication of information, pacing of activities/practice, and effective review/reflection of the lesson.
• Clinic leaders will facilitate participants' ability to practice collaborating with students in developing a plan that has clear direction and focus.
• Clinic leaders will facilitate participants' ability to develop an initial adventure/experience that is playful and/or exploratory.
• Clinic leaders will facilitate participants' ability to present a clear and logical progression of information and activities that are appropriately paced, can be adapted as needed, and provide opportunity for practice and play that leads to understanding of performance.
• Clinic leaders will facilitate understanding of appropriate terrain choices for activities.
• Clinic Leaders will facilitate participants' ability to ask purposeful questions that help students recognize, reflect upon and assess experiences related to the outcome.
• Clinic leaders will initiate review and reflection of clinic activities as they relate to the clinic outcome.

Additional Event Details:
Associate Members (those who are unaffiliated with a member school) are required to provide their own lift ticket/pass to clinics and exams. If you have a season pass, please check the dates you are attending against blackout dates.

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All PSIA-AASI members must follow the PSIA-AASI code of conduct.

All members participating in an Intermountain clinic or assessment must wear a helmet when sliding on snow using lift-accessed terrain. 

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