CHILDREN’S SKI & RIDE SCHOOL PRO

TEACHING GROUP LESSONS - A DAY IN THE LIFE

Children Lesson Times:

  •          Morning meeting for child lessons will take place in the base-area specific yard or children’s ski school facility at 8:00am for pros on EDO and at 8:45 for other pros.

  •          Start Times:

    •     3-4 Year Olds – 9:15am-11:45am (lineup at 8:45am) and/or 12:45pm-3:15pm (lineup at 12:30pm)

    •     5-6 Year Olds – 9:00am-3:00pm (lineup at 8:45am)

    •     7-14 Year Olds – 9:00am-3:00pm (lineup at 8:45am)

8:00AM to 9:00AM – Early Drop Off (Instructors are assigned on a need basis by their supervisor)

  • Morning meeting occurs for EDO instructors

  • Drop-off assignments are given out (greeter, check-in/runner, rental shop help, entertainer, etc.)

  • Organize children in ski school yard outside and place them at their correct lesson level

8:45AM – Morning Meeting/Instructor Line-Up

  • Instructors that were not working EDO attend this meeting

  • All instructors need to be in full uniform, with ski/snowboard boots on, ready to go

9:00AM to 9:15AM – Receive class assignment, organize students for lesson, and start teaching

  • Instructors in the yard help organize students by ability and skill level (send to appropriate sign)

  • Make sure students have all their equipment for the day and appropriate info tags

  • Instructors fill out their class lists and hand in to supervisor

  • Classes leave the teaching yard to start their lesson

9:00AM to 11:30PM – Morning lesson on snow

  • Instructors conduct their lesson using appropriate drills and progressions

  • Mid-morning snack/water break is usually between 10:30AM and 11:00AM (either in the teaching yard, on the mountain, or in the kid’s facility)

 

~ 11:30PM to 12:30PM – Student Lunch Break (staggered – will be told lunch time by supervisor)

  • Students put their ski gear in cubbies and find seating at one of the lunch tables

  • Once all the classes are seated, instructors start to serve the kids

  • When lunch is complete, all the students are expected to help the instructors throw away garbage and pick up tables

  • Once students have completed lunch, instructors will help them go to the bathroom and get dressed. Groups should spend a maximum of 45 minutes inside for lunch.

  • Instructors check-in with Supervisor and other pros for any splits then head back out

12:30PM to 3:00PM – Afternoon lesson on snow

  • Instructors take a warm up run with students. Instructors conduct their lesson using appropriate drills and progressions; touching on concepts from the morning lesson and taking a warm-up run

  • Afternoon snack/water break (only if necessary) is usually between 1:30PM and 2:15PM (either in the teaching yard, on the mountain, or in the kid’s facility)

  • Classes take their last run(s) of the day and return to the teaching yard for check-out around 2:55PM. Instructors lead students to their appropriate level sign and organize equipment neatly before the parents are allowed in for pick-up

  • For safety purposes, once instructors are in the yard with their classes, they must wait until 3:00PM to check out students. Check-out may not happen outside the yard or over the fence.

3:00PM to 3:15PM – Pick-up/ parent wrap-ups

  • Parents are allowed to come into the teaching yard to speak with instructors about their child’s day and lesson

  • Instructors speaking to parents individually give summary of the day and invite guests back for another day

  • Clean up teaching yard, roll up fences, make sure everything is put away. Supplies brought back into the facility.

  • Fill out timecards and give pink class list to supervisor for payroll