CHICK AND HARTMAN ARE FIRST RECIPIENTS OF NEW NATIONAL AWARDS
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wo Rocky Mountain Division snowsports instructors – Michael Chick and Rachel Hartman – are the first recipients of new national awards the PSIA-AASI Board
of Directors created in 2016 to recognize members and others who contribute to PSIA-AASI’s success.
RISING STAR AWARD
Chick, a Level III alpine instructor with a Children’s Specialist 2 credential at Colorado’s Breckenridge Resort, received the Rising Star Award, which recognizes newer PSIA- AASI members who have demonstrated positive leadership behavior within the snowsports industry. According to criteria developed by the PSIA-AASI Board of Directors’ Awards and Recognition Committee, members who show “extraordinary promise charting a career path within the snowsports industry, serving as volunteer leaders, or otherwise distinguishing
to 14-year-olds and later stepped out of the supervisory role to focus on pursuing his Level III certification. “He continues to serve as the best of role models, working side by side with pros he used to supervise, and that only builds more strength within our children’s staff,” continues his nomination letter. “Going to work to do what you love is something special, and making a career out of it has been an awesome journey,” said Chick. “Improving my own skiing while sharing my love of the sport with students and peers is rewarding season after season.”
may be submitted by division education staff in good standing. According to Hartman’s nomination letter,
she demonstrated “amazing capabilities and skillfulness, and willingness to motivate and empower everyone around her” during her Level III alpine exam in February 2016. Te letter goes on to say: “During the teaching assessment day she absolutely set the bar (actually she was above the bar in every aspect) with her peer-teaching. She kept their attention, kept them moving, inspired them, changed their skiing and basically ‘wowed’ us – all in 35 minutes… Every peer-candidate recognized her strengths and commented on how great her teaching performance was with them, and how much they appreciated her help and support during their teaching.” “PSIA has inspired me to push my limits
to new heights and make the butterflies in my stomach fly in formation,” said Hartman. “I love sharing the passion with other members and passing it along to my guests. I am honored to receive this award, and can’t wait to see where else skiing can take me.”
3 C’S AWARD Michael Chick
themselves in a fashion that is truly exemplary” are eligible to receive this award. Nominations may be submitted by snowsports school directors and peers in good standing. According to the nomination submitted on his behalf, Chick began working in snowsports at the age of 14 – at Massachusetts’ Ski Ward area – and also taught at Maine’s Sunday River before moving west and joining the ski and ride school at Breckenridge in the 2010-11 season. After two seasons he was hired to supervise a busy program for 3- to 6-year-olds and, according to his nomination letter, under his guidance the staff was “happy, treated fairly, and highly engaged in helping their students start off in an atmosphere of real passion for the sport.” After two years with that program, Chick began supervising the program for 7-
Rachel Hartman TOP OF THE COURSE AWARD
Rachel Hartman, a Level III alpine instructor with Freestyle Specialist 1 and Children’s Specialist 2 credentials at Colorado’s Crested Butte Mountain Resort, received PSIA-AASI’s new Top of the Course Award, which recognizes members who, while being examined for Level III certification and scoring at the highest percentile in skiing/snowboarding, teaching, and technical knowledge, have also demonstrated exemplary willingness and ability to empower other candidates in the exam to achieve success. Exceptional compassion and understanding for the needs of others, leading to elevated peer performance plus a more positive examination environment and experience also constitute criteria for receiving this award. Nominations
Tis is the first year the Rising Star and Top of the Course awards have been bestowed. Te PSIA-AASI Board of Directors also created a third honor, named the 3 C’s Award – Collaboration/Communication/ Cooperation. While no recipient was named this year, this honor recognizes members who have demonstrated positive leadership behavior within a snowsports school, which may be shown through building team spirit, encouraging customers to strive to become snowsports instructors themselves, or through other efforts of an exemplary nature that contribute meaningfully to the wellbeing of a school. Nominations may be submitted by snowsports school directors and managers as well as peers. Tese awards – with the Lifetime
Achievement Award, Award for Educational Excellence, and Distinguished Service Award – bring to six the number of national awards PSIA-AASI bestows upon deserving members. For more information on criteria and nomination forms, email memberservices@
thesnowpros.org.
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