INTERSKI OPENING CEREMONY 17 MARCH 2019

Lectures&Workshops

Indoor Lectures

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We are submitting a series of lectures based on the Learning Connection framework tied specifically to our new manual: TEACHING SNOWSPORTS Release – October 2018

Indoor Lecture 1: All Snowsports

The Learning Connection – TEACHING SNOWSPORTS: (Focus/Theme: Teaching) PSIA-AASI Student Centered philosophy. Integrating People Skills, Technical Skills, and Teaching Skills to provide the complete guest experience (all snowsports presentation by PSIA-AASI Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size.

  • People Skills (Ch. 1): an empathetic approach to building relationships based on trust and respect – Development of People Fundamentals for training and assessment of this critical skillset deeper connection and student engagement.
  • Teaching Skills (Ch. 2,3) – a method of developing content and adapting delivery based upon the physical, mental, and social needs and desires of each student –Connection
  • Technical Skills (Ch. 4): PSIA-AASI technical Fundamentals come to life with practical application that can be adapted and applied to any ability level, situation, application, or outcome.
  • Additional Chapters: Creative Learning environments, Managing Risk in the Mountain Environment, Sports Psychology-Mental Skills for Performance, Physical Fitness and Conditioning, Service Relationships and Professional Development.

 

Indoor Lecture 2: All Snowsports

The New American Teaching System (ATS) (Focus/Theme: Teaching-Learning, Professional Development) Evolution for Future.snowsports. (all snowsports presentation by PSIA-AASI Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size.

  • How Interski has helped us refine our teaching system.
  • How, what, where and “why” behind our delivery of resources: Digital revolution including interactive manuals, the Matrix video library, E-learning, 32 degrees magazine, Education Leadership Council Initiatives.
  • Three C’s approach to association unity: Communication, Collaboration, Consolidation.
  • Snowsports Institute of Higher Learning: Alignment of credentials to degree programs, research and quality assurance.

 

Indoor Lecture 3: All Snowsports

People Skills: (Focus/Theme: Connection, Teaching) Student Centered Interpersonal Skills, People Fundamentals (all snowsports presentation by PSIA-AASI Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size

  • Interpersonal skills are used to build trust and target a personal connection to the internal and external guest. The development of People Fundamentals.
  • Empathy based decision interaction ensures the guest’s needs and desires are central to the experience.
  • Dependent upon the instructor’s ability to understand themselves and moderate/adapt their facilitation or the learning experience.
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Trust, Likability and Expertise
    • Communication

 

Indoor Lecture 4: All Snowsports

Teaching Skills: (Focus/Theme: Teaching) Developing Teaching Fundamentals. (all snowsports presentation by PSIA-AASI Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size.

  • How we learn
  • Instructor’s role as facilitator, the designer of the learning environment
  • “What is great Teaching?”
  • The Learning Partnership
  • The new Teaching/Learning Cycle

 

Indoor Lecture 5: All Snowsports

Technical Skills: (Focus/Theme: Technical application to Teaching) The foundation for “what” to teach. (all snowsports presentation by PSIA-AASI Team) offered in English, interactive presentations with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size.

  • Skills Concept – Practical applications through Fundamentals
  • Skiing/riding Fundamentals – define the mechanics and movements essential to any ski/board performance outcome with practical application to teaching.
  • Ski(s)/Board Performance and Movement Blends
  • Each discipline will take this concept to their on-snow workshops

 

Indoor Lecture 6: Alpine

Fundamental Variety: (Focus/Theme: Technical) Explore the Alpine Skiing Fundamentals across different genres of skiing, from racing and frontside carving, to dropping big mountain lines and all mountain/park/pipe freestyle.

  • Fundamentals allow us to view, analyze and discuss all aspects of skiing.
  • Application to different types of skiing and equipment outcomes
  • This lecture will come to life during the on-snow workshops with the PSIA alpine team.

 

Indoor Lecture 7: Adaptive Sports

Adaptive Technical Manual: Technical Skills: (Focus/Theme: Technical-Teaching) Fundamentals Adaptations Across Adaptive Sports (presented by Geoff Krill and Josh Spoelstra – PSIA-AASI Adaptive Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size. Accessible room required

  • Compare alpine/snowboard fundamental mechanics to instruction using adapted equipment.
  • Learn about the new ADAPTIVE TECHNICAL MANUAL – Release 2017, New era of Adaptive skiing.

 

Indoor Lecture 8: Snowboard

AASI Little Kids CAN Snowboard: (Focus/Theme: Teaching) Bring the mountain to the classroom, from PE to snow with focus on 3-6 ages. (presented by AASI Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with footage from Bulgarian PE class, PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size.

  • AASI and Burton Riglet PE Program: Development of E-learning Course
  • Interski Ski School: AASI will work within local school PE class to bring the mountain to the classroom.
  • Interski Ski School: AASI will demonstrate transfer from PE classroom to snow at Pamporovo, custom built Burton Riglet Park.
  • Join the AASI team for demonstrations of real experiences with local kids snowboarding during Interski Ski School and on-snow workshops.

 

Indoor Lecture 9: Cross Country Skiing

Cross Country Skiing: Technical Fundamentals and Motor Learning (Focus/Theme: Technical-Teaching) Cross Country teaching through motor learning (present by PSIA Cross Country Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size.

  • Skiing fundamentals, teaching fundamentals and people fundamentals
  • Applying technical cross-country fundamentals to teaching to motor skill acquisition.
  • This presentation will come to life during the on-snow workshops.

 

Indoor Lecture 10: Telemark Skiing

Telemark Skiing: Technical Fundamentals (Focus/Theme: Technical-Teaching) Practical teaching applications utilizing the telemark fundamentals (presented by the PSIA Telemark Team) offered in English, interactive presentation with PowerPoint/video, no maximum group size.

  • Teaching skiing movements through fundamentals to create high-end, diverse skiing
  • Learn how lead change enhances all fundamentals for efficient skiing.
  • This presentation will come to life during the on-snow workshops.

 

Support Materials:

  • All Indoor lectures and on-snow workshops will have supporting handouts outlining the content presented.
  • Temporary access to all PSIA-AASI digital manuals will be provided to Interski participants.

 

 

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