CERTIFICATION I, II, III


LINDA GUERRETTE The AASI Snowboard Team knows a thing or two about turning passion into a profession.


HOW CERTIFICATION HELPED PSIA-AASI TEAM MEMBERS MAKE A CAREER OUT OF INSTRUCTION


By Stephanie Prince Alexander, PSIA-AASI Special Projects Editor


key role. Whether you’re a part-time instructor prepping for that next cert exam or a full-timer honing your teaching as a profession, you’ll be inspired by these new Team members’ stories about how teaching people to ski and snowboard became their livelihood, and life’s work.


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“I used PSIA-AASI certification, training, and National Acad- emy events as a way to invest in myself over the years. Te money I spent on training and exams, I long ago made up for by being a more


Joshua Fogg 58 | 32 DEGREES • SPRING 2017


versatile and better ski professional. While it meant that I lived very modestly for a number of years, it also meant that I could choose how I wanted to live. I learned to ‘go fishing where the fish are’ and take any type of lesson and get good at teaching a wide variety of students. I taught a lot of kids les- sons, because there are always kids learning to ski. I tried to make myself an important


he men and women of the PSIA-AASI Team have each made a notable career out of being a ski or snowboard instructor, and many say the certification process played a


part of their lives and their fun, so that they needed me. Over time, I learned how to teach people, instead of skiing. Ten I improved at selling ski lessons to people, because I wanted them to learn to become skiers.” – Joshua Fogg, PSIA Alpine Team; Alpine Level III, Telemark Level I, Cross Country Level I, Freestyle Specialist 1, Children’s Specialist 1


“I went after certifications pretty early in my career so I could make a livable wage. Other than that, I just always tried to move forward. No matter what successes or failures I had, I tried to learn from them equally. I tried to put myself in situations I wasn’t sure I could do well in so I would be pushed to learn. I


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