Alpine Education Staff Program

The IT (In Training) program is a three-year program for possible future education staff members and assessors. The group has their own coach to help them work toward their goals. They work together as a group at Fall Training each season. ITs who attend Fall Training are encouraged to attend mid-season training within the same season.

In order to participate in this program, you must submit the following to the NRM Education Director at [email protected] before November 1 of the current year:

• A Letter of Intent detailing your goals as an education staff member for NRM and what you would bring to the region.
• A Letter of Recommendation from a member of the skiing community stating why you would be a good fit for the program.

The NRM Education Director, CEO, and IT coaches will review the applicant’s submitted materials and verify their standing. Applicants will be notified by the Education Director by November 15 as to whether or not they have been accepted to the program.

Once an IT is admitted to the program, their three-season term begins; it is the duty of the IT to sign up for all trainings they wish to attend. At the end of each season, a hiring event is held to hire education staff members and assessors for the following season.

To be eligible to attend the hiring event, an IT must:

• Register at least two weeks prior for the event.
• Be a member of PSIA NRM.
• Have attended all three days of Fall Training of the current season.
• Have obtained the Children’s Specialist 2 (CS2) assessment-based certificate.
• Have shadowed two events: an Alpine Level I assessment event and another event to be determined by the IT coach.

This pathway is for those who are currently on staff in another region and/or are currently a member of the Alpine National Team and would like to work as an education staff member or assessor with PSIA NRM.

In order to participate in this program, you must fulfill the following criteria:

• Submit a letter of recommendation from your previous/current employer (region) to the NRM region office.
• Attend NRM Fall Training for the current season.
• Hold the Children’s Specialist 2 (CS2) assessment-based certificate.
• Attend the hiring event and be hired on NRM staff.

If hired, you will be required to shadow an NRM alpine assessment before you can work.

This pathway is for those who are currently on staff in NRM as either an education staff member or assessor and would like to continue that work (after their term ends), or for those who are currently employed as an education staff member but would like to be hired as an assessor.

If you are a returning education staff member, you may register for the spring hiring event. The NRM region office will prepare a report for the coaches detailing:

• Number of days worked each season
• Number of training days each season
• Number of events worked at home and away
• Number of days training at events outside of NRM
• Synopsis of event evaluation scores

The process happens each spring, and registration at least two weeks before the event is required. Historically, the on-snow skills assessment part of the hiring process has happened after the final certification exams. However, NRM may hire when the need arises.

This event is open to:

• Returning education staff members
• NRM members in good standing who have completed at least one year in the IT program and met all of the requirements (see above)
• Transferring education members from other regions and National Team members who have met all of the requirements (see above)

Coaches/selectors determine the process for the on-snow portion of the hiring event and make hiring recommendations to the Alpine discipline chair. The Alpine discipline chair makes the final determination as to which candidates to hire based on the recommendations, along with administrative reviews and past performance.