- Banff 5 weeks - Jan 09
- Banff 14 weeks - Jan 09
- Big White 5 weeks - Jan 09
- Big White 11 weeks - Jan 09
- Banff 4 weeks - Apr 09
The next courses are:
14 week progamme in Banff, January 2009
11 week programme in
Big White, January 2009
Banff Long Course
Ski & Snowboard Instructor Courses in Canada
| Location: | Banff, Canada |
| Duration: | 14 weeks |
| Start Date: | 05 Jan 2009 |
| End Date: | 11 Apr 2009 |
| Qualificaton: |
CSIA/CASI Instructor Level 1 & 2 CSIA or CASI Freestyle Instructor CSCF (Ski) Race Coach |
| Tuition: | 25 hours per week |
| Price: | GB£6500 (approx AU$14500, quad room) |
| Upgrade: | Ensuite room: + approx AU$500 |
| Reference: | 09SV14 |
THE FOURTEEN WEEK COURSE
SnowSkool and the Ski & Snowboard School at Sunshine Village, Banff have a long-running friendship as we were the first company to operate ski and snowboard instructor training courses at the resort when we arrived back in 2003. Because we were the first, we got the pick of the snowboard and ski instructors and many of those same instructors remain with us today almost five years later. All are experienced CSIA/ CASI Level 3 instructors or Level 4 instructors. The quality of the instructors we employ, as well as the amount of tuition we provide and the diversity of the terrain at Sunshine Village, is why we have a pass rate of 100%!
The season-long Banff course has, beginning 2008/09 season, been extended from eleven to fourteen weeks. Our motivation for this was to ensure that people really made the most of their season out in Banff. Through giving students an additional three weeks for the instructor training course, they will have more time to get mileage on their skis/ snowboard, have the time to free-ski/ free-ride to practice drills & techniques, check out other hills nearby (Lake Louise, Kicking Horse, Mt Norquay) and have the time to train for and pick up other qualifications such as:
• CSIA Snowpark Certificate
• CASI Park Instructor
• CSCF Race Coach
• First Aid Qualification
• Avalanche Awareness Certificate
Our Most Popular Course
The SnowSkool Banff programme is our longest-running and most popular instructor training programme. Students love the perfect blend of hard work on slopes as well as the sense of adventure that life as a seasonnaire in Banff offers. Our reps work hard making sure you have the time of your life and off-slope activities include: football and basketball tournaments, ice-climbing, bingo bowling, DVD nights, bar crawls, ice-hockey matches, quiz nights, fancy dress parties, jam sessions in the on-site pub, casino nights, trips to the hot springs and much, much more.
Week 1
Group split
Hill Orientation, lots of skiing mileage and warm up.
Week 2
Develop and increase understanding of CSIA 5 skills Introduction to teaching.
Week 3
Individual skill development.
Week 4
Personal Ski Improvement, develop teaching skills
Level 1 Prep.
Week 5
EXAM: CSIA Level 1 Instructor
'Celebration on Skis' training day.
Week 6
Freeski First Aid Course (optional) & Avalanche Awareness Course (optional).
Week 7
Develop skills and performance skiing.
Level 2 Progression.
Week 8
Develop skills for backcountry skiing Discuss and improve coaching tactics.
Week 9
Personal Ski Improvment Level 2 Progression.
Week 10
Freeski/ Practice drills.
Ski School - Instructor Shadowing.
Week 11
Freeski/ Practice drills.
Ski School - Instructor Shadowing.
Week 12
Skiing Level 2 standard Teaching Level 2 standard Q&A.
Week 13
Freeski
EXAM: CSIA Level 2 Instructor.
Week 14
Freeski
EXAM: CSIA Snowpark Certificate
EXAM: CSCF Race Coach.
Week 1
Improvements, introduce terrain, split into 2 groups.
CASI 5 skills concept/planes of balance.
Week 2
Personal rider improvements.
Introduction to teaching.
Week 3
Riding improvement - sliding turns.
Teaching practice, Level 1 progression.
Week 4
Riding improvement - carve.
Teaching practice, Level 1 progression.
Week 5
Q & A, general Level 1 preparation.
EXAM: CASI Level 1 Instructor.
Week 6
Freeride.
First Aid Course (optional) & Avalanche Awareness Course (optional).
Week 7
Riding improvement - terrain adaptation Level 2.
Week 8
Introduction to Level 2 teaching progression.
Week 9
Riding Level 2 standard.
Teaching Level 2 standard
Week 10
Freeride.
Snowboard School - Instructor Shadowing.
Week 11
Freeride.
Snowboard School - Instructor Shadowing.
Week 12
Riding Level 2 standard.
Q & A, general Level 2 preparation.
Week 13
Freeride .
EXAM: CASI Level 2 Instructor.
Week 14
Freeride.
EXAM: CASI Snowpark Certificate.
OTHER COURSES AVAILABLE IN BANFF
Five-week instructor course – 05-Jan-2009 until 13-Feb-2009Four-week instructor course – 14-Apr-2009 until 11-May-2009
