Category Archives: Training Sessions – Sessions de Formation

Congratulations!

Congrats to our new level 2 instructors.; Kiara Bruce, JC Cote, and Eric Ross.

Congrats to; TJ Wen and Christina Malloy for passing the Teaching portion of the level 2.

 

And kudos to ; Robin Bernstein, Frederic Tremblay, Justin Bernier and  Sam Tremblay, for taking the Level 2 training and beginning the pathway to their very on level 2 pin.

Frank

Academy news Feb 23, 18

Hey all,

Attached are a couple of pictures of our winning TAs – Christophe Lepage Bilodeau and Laura Davies from last season receiving their $277 checks to pay for half of the level 1 course they took in Dec. .

Congrats to both!!!

All Mtn has found the people they needed, thank you all for the great response.

There are Level 2 courses scheduled for the end of March break on the 17th and 18th – both the training course and the assessed training course will be offered. So you can get started towards your level 2 or complete it if you’re ready to go for exams.
Level 2 Training link

 

We will also be running a Level 1 course March 16, 17 and 18.
Level 1 Registration

 

We are now entering week 7 and it’s time to begin handing out your progress cards to students.

All for now,

Francois Bernier
Directeur, Services Sportifs/Director, Sport Services
Tel. 819-827-1717 poste 2204
Mob/cell 819-664-2471
Academy /website

 

Academy News – Feb 15, 18

Hi All:

Upcoming Events:

  • Norm Grondin Foundation Social Fundraiser
    • When: Saturday Feb 17 and Sunday Feb 18 – Time: 3:30PM to 5:00 PM
    • Pizza ($2), Beer ($5) and soft drinks ($1) CASH ONLY
    • All proceeds go to support the Foundation

  •  Sessions:
    Every Saturday and Sunday – be on-snow, ready to go for 0800 hrs (8AM)
  •  Womens Edge:
    Training for Women by Women – March 12th, register at https://www.snowpro.com/en/education/events#women-s-edge-camp

  • Quebec March Break: March 5-9 – sign-up at the Cage
  • Ontario March Break: March 12-16 – sign-up at the Cage
  • T4A’s and Releve 1’s have now been processed by Payworks. We no longer receive the paper copies; each instructor will have to log in to their Payworks account to get their T4A and Releve 1 . If you do not have your log-in information, please send an email to Tracey with your name and she can re-set your password. If you do not have access to a computer, Tracey can print a paper copy for you.

All for Now:

Frank

Academy News – Feb 2, 18

Hey all

We are now at week 4 of the programs, in no particular order, the following needs to be done if not done already:

  • Be sure you have the correct spelling for names of the pupils in your class, both first and last name. Produce a clean class card.
  • Use the progress card to assess your pupils in preparation for final evaluations. See your supervisors for details.
  • Plan for having your final evaluations completed by week 6, in order to distribute by week 8 and 9.

We will have another social on week 6, Pizza, Beer, Soft drinks, to benefit the Norm Grondin Foundation.

Sat and Sun sessions be on snow at 8 am – this is for all.  Although not compulsory , keep in mind we do this for you and your development. There are also sessions on Monday evenings for ski and snowboard.

Speaking of development, please learn from the challenges you may encounter out there with your groups, and remember you are the main reason that they have fun and wish to improve. Take charge and have fun out there.!!!

The end of season banquet , “Academy Awards” will be on the 7th of April. Put that in your calendar, and keep an eye open for Fern (or the “What was I thinking?” award) candidates and you can also think of instructors you would nominate for the various awards.

Feb 21 to 23rd , there is a CSIA ‘Advanced teaching Module’ being offered at Camp Fortune in the evening. Go to www.snowpro.com to register. Must be a level two as a pre-requisite.

And for those looking for end of season deals … this just in from Jim Kennedy

Selling Head SuperShape Rally demo skis –  170cm w/binding @$600 tax in … click on the link above to contact Jim.

All for now,

Frank

 

Monday Sessions

Each Monday evening, instructor improvement sessions are held at Fortune for all Fortune instructors who wish to attend, 6:30 in pro room and 7 pm on snow. It is good to see people out skiing / riding , it’s important to take time to develop your skills.

This Monday, JP will be on hand for our riders , it would be nice to see all our snowboarders take advantage of training, if able to make it up to the hill.

Frank

See you there.

 

Academy News – Jan 25, 18

Hey all,

Let me start by thanking all those that have been working the last few weekends, all programs have started and the classes should be fairly set. We have done a great job of dealing with the various adjustments that are always needed. Keep up the good work – it’s important to be sure you communicate with your supervisors should you have an issue.

Reminder to: Greet customers, Engage the group, Count your students and be sure they are all there with you. Always take time to debrief and give feed back to the group at the end of class.

Basically, be in charge. Chair safety is a constant and that being said, please use the Pineault Triple when feasible, don’t stand in the quad line up while the triple has nobody. The ski wee groups should be using triple since you are only able to bring two kids up at a time.

Progress cards, every instructor will pick up a progress card for each class they teach and keep track of your groups progress, this will serve as a guide for the final card each pupil will receive on week 7 of the program. It also serves as a guide for their skill development.

There will be an “All staff party “ on Sunday  5 pm to 10 pm (or your bed time, whichever comes first), this is for staff only.  Please RSVP if you’re planning on attending. Call ext. 2223 or email  academy@campfortune.com  .

We will also be doing Lift Evacuation Training  on Sunday right after the hill closes (4:15pm) on the Clifford chair. All are welcome to come out and learn the process. We will probably never need to do it, but an annual refresher exercise is a good idea.  We will load 4 chairs and get people off of the chairs using the rope evacuation system. You can be in chair or be helping lower people. This will wrap up before 5:30PM.

All for now

Frank

Academy News – Dec 13, 17

Hello all,

Those that have been up at the hill know that the snow has been good, and now this new natural stuff will make it even nicer. On Friday we re-open for the season, Pinnault and Paradise will be open along with the carpet area. Saturday, we will add Clifford to the mix, so 3 chairs and 3.5 runs . Snow-making is working hard on both sides and we can expect Marshall early next week , followed by Skyline around Xmas.

  • The Performance programs begin this weekend, Clayton is looking for a snowboard inst/ coach. This is a cool program that will give you 15 days of work  and we need a cool guy or girl to work it contact Clayton  cpolan@sympatico.ca

 

  • Xmas program, Dec 26th  to 30th  2hrs in the morning and 2 hrs in afternoon, sign up at the cage in pro room. Classes go 3, 4 or 5 days . We always need people for privates and program.

  • Still looking for a few more committed private lesson instructors to be in our reservations book. See or email  sjnormand@gmail.com to get info , we do want some younger people to teach kids , so if your new don’t worry you’ll get lots of work and learn as you go.

 

  • All Mountain program will be running a Program specific training on Saturday January 6th and Sunday January 7th form 10:00-12:00 AM and 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Come out, get in some runs with our new supervisors Eva Margo-Dermer and Josh Cassidy McDowell.

We plan to review some class management, teaching techniques, along with discussing some changes we will be implementing to improve the service we provide to our customers.

Look forward to seeing you all. If you are a new instructor with Fortune Academy or a returning instructor who would like to instruct in the All Mountain program please come out and join us.

We have a number of incomplete instructors, people that have not yet graced us with their presence, I encourage you to get here to complete the process. As we will soon be assigning classes . if you are not on a list, we won’t need you.

All for now

Frank

Academy News, Nov 8, 17

Hi all

Things are coming together for the season, the weather is getting colder and snowmaking is ready to go at our first opportunity.

Our General meeting is this Sunday at 10 am. The meeting will not take more than an hour,  we will be activating passes and handing out coats to returning instructors only.

In order to get pass and coat, the following must be completed:

  1. Online registration.
  2. Have your current id  (CSIA, CSCF, CASI) or proof of payment .
  3. Have a signed Instructor agreement.

The plan is to get our returning instructors processed and then we will get the new people processed after the hiring clinic is done. Let’s make sure we all have registered online and have paid our dues.

Un-certified candidates and TAs will be given passes once training begins. Until then we will produce daily tickets.

See you all on Sunday.

Frank

Academy News – Sept 27,17

Hello all ,

I realize skiing does not seem like its coming with the heat, but it is. Just want to remind everyone to register on our website in the appropriate list and have all your stuff ready.

I will be trying to get you all into the new system at some point prior to actually skiing/riding but I am still waiting for new software and computers to be assembled.

The December 2017 Training schedule has been added to the Training Links section of the main Academy website page (right side column), please download and add the dates to your calendars.

All for now
Frank