marymack
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Oh that is such a bummer. Especially since it sounds like there was a little nepotism going on. I guess that is the difference of a big ski area versus the little area that I teach at...we are ALWAYS looking for more instructors and only turn people away when they prove they don't deserve the job by not showing up or putting in effort. Hopefully you will stay on their radar for the future.
I looked around on Gore's website and seems like they have an instructor training program for teens, its too bad they don't have a similar program for adults! You should see if they would start one, or maybe they would let you kind of do a similar thing on their own. If the money wasn't what you are really looking for (and if it is, I would not recommend teaching skiing anyway!), maybe you could offer to volunteer on busy holidays by shadowing lessons and helping the instructors where needed? You never know, they might realize how indispensable you are and offer you a position later in the season or next year?
Good luck! Don't get down on yourself, glad you were able to take away some good tidbits from the instructors running the program and hopefully you will try again next year!
I looked around on Gore's website and seems like they have an instructor training program for teens, its too bad they don't have a similar program for adults! You should see if they would start one, or maybe they would let you kind of do a similar thing on their own. If the money wasn't what you are really looking for (and if it is, I would not recommend teaching skiing anyway!), maybe you could offer to volunteer on busy holidays by shadowing lessons and helping the instructors where needed? You never know, they might realize how indispensable you are and offer you a position later in the season or next year?
Good luck! Don't get down on yourself, glad you were able to take away some good tidbits from the instructors running the program and hopefully you will try again next year!