SnowSkool Courses
Long Courses
- Banff 13 Weeks»
- Big White 11 Weeks»
- Three Valleys 11 Weeks»
- Cardrona 10 Weeks»
Short Courses
- Banff 5 Weeks»
- Banff 3 Weeks»
- Big White 5 Weeks»
course-schedule
11 Week Ski Course
week 1
Welcome from SnowSkool ski instructors. Hill orientation - many will not have skied for a while and it is important to get those ski legs back. Group split - no big assessment in front of everyone else! Ski improvement lessons.
week 2
General ski improvement lessons aimed at getting all SnowSkool candidates up to scratch. While primarily based on-piste, you will be introduced to easier off-piste terrain. Introduction to CSIA five skills and basic ski teaching.
week 3
General ski improvement lessons. Your skiing should be considerably improved and students will be pushed on to tougher terrain. Develop and increase understanding of CSIA 5 skills. Increased focus on ski teaching.
week 4
Personal ski improvement, ironing out the specific difficulties of each candidate and ensuring all are skiing at the CSIA Level 1 ski instructor standard. Development of ski teaching. Candidates will lead ski lessons among group members.
week 5
EXAM: CSIA Level 1 Ski Instructor
Party time!week 6
Free-ski with instructors - good chance to relax and enjoy blasting around the pistes after the CSIA Level 1 exam. General ski improvement lessons.
week 7
Develop skills for off-piste / backcountry skiing. Discuss and improve coaching tactics. CSIA Level 2 progression.
week 8
EXAM: CSCF Level 1 Race Coach
Personal ski improvement lessons ensuring candidates are progressing to the standard of CSIA Level 2 ski instructors. Further development of CSIA teaching standards and their application.week 9
Ski and teaching improvement to Level 2 standard.
week 10
EXAM: CSIA Level 2 Ski Instructor
Party time!week 11
EXAM: CSIA Snowpark Certificate
Free-ski Party time!
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Ski Instructor Courses - Big White
11 Week Ski Course
Eleven Week Ski Instructor Course
The SnowSkool Big White ski instructor course was developed in conjunction with the Ski School at Big White and is overseen by Josh Foster, CSIA Board Member and a member of the Canadian Interski Team.
In Big White, we use a rolling pool of ski instructors to teach the SnowSkool program. All are highly-qualified as either seasonned CSIA Level 3 ski instructors or CSIA Level 4 ski instructors and with five hours of tuition per day, five days per week, your skiing will improve beyond your wildest dreams. No ski instructor course will offer more tuition than SnowSkool. As well as the daily lessons, SnowSkool Big White students benefit from specialist training in powder skiing, bumps, freestyle and race technique.
In six seasons of SnowSkool programs in Big White, we have a 100% pass rate for the CSIA Level 1 Ski Instructor exam and a pass rate of 91% for the CSIA Level 2 Ski Instructor exam.
The SnowSkool ski instructor course in Big White is like no other course - all students are housed in luxurious ski-in / ski-out apartments with private hot-tubs, swimming pools and gyms. Great skiing and great living in Canada’s largest ski-in/ ski-out village!
Ski Instructor Courses in Big White
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