Frank is proud to announce that he has hired a new employee to work the cage at Night – please drop and say hi to our new night manager – Rocky (or Rockquette – we’re not gonna check …)

Howard

All Mtn program is looking for some help;  contact Joe if you can help out.

We require; Three instructors (1 French) for Saturday and then four instructors for Sunday to cover off missing and injured instructors.

Thank you;

Joe

joe.mclean@pwbcorp.com

Hello all,

Last weekend was a great one the weather was with us and the turn out was strong. The weather today is less cheerful but not to worry it will pass and the groomers will fix it up .

The Norm Grondin Foundation “socials” were a success. and we raised just under 500$ for the fund, thank you to all that contributed.

The hill will be open on wednesday, and our programs will run.

All for now

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

Any extra help for Monday (family day) would be nice, if you’re up here we may be able to use you for a private. And on Tuesday morning we can also use a couple of extras at 9 am for a large group, so if your planning on being here we appreciate the help.

Remember to bring a few bucks for the Norm Grondin Foundation socials on both Sat and Sun after the last lesson.

All for now

Francois Bernier

Directeur, Services Sportifs/Director, Sport Services

Tel. 819-827-1717 poste 2204 / 2202

Mob/cell 819-664-2471

Hi all,

We are now entering week 5 of the programs, it’s always a good idea to remind ourselves that we like teaching skiing/snowboarding, the weather is nice and we have great snow. Time to get the mileage in and have them learn by doing. You all should have a progress card to look at and on those cards are drills and milestones that can serve as lesson plans, please use them.

You will find Handbook and Progress card and drills on our web page https://cfskiacademy.wordpress.com/about/academy-document-library/

Please be aware of lift safety and group management , it’s always our concern and reminding ourselves should be perpetual. Please go over the manual and take note of the accident protocol as well as lost student protocol, again , this is a constant.

As for emails and how to contact supervisors see the handbook , the English is up to date, still working on “le Manuel Francais”.

In closing ; be early, be engaged , have a plan , make it fun.

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

Hello all,

To begin, I want to thank all that were here for our first weekend of group lessons. It’s a big deal to get all those people organized and everyone involved plays an important part in creating some good experiences for our guests.  THANK YOU !!!!

Quote from a Parent;  Enjoyed the first day of lessons today.  Great job on the grooming and lots of runs open!  Nice to see the dedicated and enthusiastic instructors out with the kids.

 Another Parent came to me to praise a couple of our Ski Wee instructors. For being very professional in dealing with a very demanding / bossy mom.

Over 2000 people started lessons over the weekend, things went quite well and with a few adjustment will be better next weekend.

There are few things to address so in no particular order, I will attempt to answer some questions .

• For various reasons some instructors did not get a full slate of groups.
• They may have missed the 6 and 7^th of Jan weekend.
• They may not have been certified until  later.
• Or they simply chose not to be here until the last minute.
• For those that have no groups or only one group, always drop by Privates to see if you can pick up a walk in.
• Every instructor should be here for the full day of their committed day regardless of having a class or not.
• Because if you’re not available you will not get the chance to get a group that may become available.

But the main thing that all of our people should understand is as an instructor/ coach you choose to make yourself available on certain days and we the school will assign groups/ lessons/ privates to you based on experience and availability. It will take some time for you to learn the ropes and get comfortable with the system.

• The Gold coats were handed out to some of our new instructors  we just did not have enough green coats. You can be sure that I am wanting to switch you to green as soon as possible.

SAFETY & LIFT PROTOCOL

INSTRUCTOR IN THE MIDDLE

yes

All for now,

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

Hello all,

This weekend is our big start, we expect to see all of our people here for 8 am.

I would like to solicit a few people to handle the snow school pass table in the main lodge. Would the usual suspects let me know if they are available. I can use 3 per day.

Any instructor not assigned to a group should be at the privates meeting area and will be assigned from there.

There is a Free Tactics course being offered on the 23, 24 25 of jan in the evenings deadline to sign up is this coming Sunday. You can register on  snowpro.com .

Free Tactics / Snowpark intro

Learn an approach to developing skiers that is fun and free!

• Learn to teach entry level basics in the park: safety, flatboxes, introduction to air.
• Add to your teaching toolbox with Free Tactics knowledge – creative skill development, features and terrain as development tools, switch skiing.
• You will have the opportunity to try entry level park feature, and discuss them as teaching tools.
• The training provides the tools to take students into the terrain park safely and teach the basics.

Looking forward to a great start to our 9 week program,

All for now,

Frank

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

Hello all,

Yesterday was the sat training  and today will be our Sunday training day, after the training we will hold a social Pizza  2$, soft drinks 2$ and beer 5$  cash only please .

This is  fund raiser is to the benefit to the benefit of the Norm Grondin foundation , please save a few bucks for the end of day social.

All for now

Frank

Hi All:

The Norm Grondin Bursary Fund has been set up for the purpose of helping deserving TAs to attain Level 1 CSIA & CASI certification and education which will aid them with their career objectives in the ski industry.

Based on donations, the NGMF will offer a bursary each year and it is our hope it will
make a significant contribution to the success of deserving individuals.

To that end, there are 2 items available for sale in the Pro Room whose proceeds will be donated to the foundation. They are:

K2 Spyne 110 boots $150

K2 Amp Skis $150.00

All proceeds from the sale of the above products will be donated to the Foundation. For more information please talk to Denis Lacroix in the Pro Room.

All for now…

Hi All:

A few things to remember ,

• Food bank, please bring nonperishable food, i.e. cans or dry goods.
• We are trying to put together a park course for skiers please contact Joe. Course would be first week of Jan in the evenings.
• We seem to be short on Snowboarders , so if you are planning on returning be sure to get to the hill and get organized.
• Register to teach the Holiday program.
• PDP will be on Sunday .

All for now

See you on snow

Frank