Help Needed: Input for blog post on the pros & cons of instructing

[Skisailor]

Is there much difference between older and younger male instructors in terms of how they seem to view female instructors?

Depends how we define older and younger.

Actually, I don't think I've noticed a difference between those in their 30s and 40s vs. those who are 50 and above.

I haven't interacted as much with the younger college age guys because most of them work on the children's side and I almost exclusively teach adults. The little bit I've seen - the young guys seem equally receptive to male and female clinicians.

 

[ski diva]

This is all great stuff. Thanks! It's going to be hard to decide what to put in and what to leave out...

Anyone else have anything they'd like to add?

 

[SkiBam]

Like others, I learned a ton, both from the actual teaching and the fabulous clinics the CSIA offers. I have friends who have become certified but don't teach at all - they just want the excellent instruction available.

In the "things you don't want to happen" category is something that happened my very first day of teaching for the adult ski school I worked for for many years. This was a beginner group but able to do down a fairly long green run. First run down, we were all stopping at the side of the hill and I had evidently forgotten (hey, I was nervous!) to spell out the procedure for stopping. There most of them were, neatly lined up, when one came down, neglected to stop in time and ran into the neatly-lined-up people, taking most of them out like dominoes. Of course, after that I always reminded them to stop BELOW the group. Fortunately, no one was hurt - thank goodness for helmets as I recall one of them ended up sitting on someone else's head!!

 

[ski diva]

Just saw this on Facebook and thought it was appropriate to this conversation. Is this true, instructors?

 

[powderfan]

This is funny and true, for many days in the skischool. Luckily there are enough days like the picture above,right and below, left to make me love instructing.

My son, 15, who will start his instructing course next may, laughed his head off, and still wants to become an instructor.