If you have read any information on Instructor Development (ID), you are aware that the ID course has been designed as the springboard to all other disciplines. In order to become an instructor in any NSP educational program, you must complete this short prerequisite, either through classroom or e-learning venues. It is a definitive teaching template for adult learners and applies consistent content delivery techniques across the NSP educational catalog.

Over the last several months, this program has been revised to better accommodate a more student centric approach to learning.  To use a phrase, it has moved away from “death by powerpoint” and encouraged instructors to get students involved throughout the entire learning experience. The revised material will be implemented and available shortly.

The NH Region ID staff is constrained by numbers.  We don’t have a large pool of instructors who can offer up just in time courses. Despite the program’s importance, it has not been dynamic and proactive.  This needs to change if we are to develop a strong cadre of quality NSP instructors.

As we move into this ski season, I would like to challenge every patrol in New Hampshire to identify and encourage at least one good instructor to become an ID instructor.  How does this help patrol??? By developing in house ID instructors, other program training needs (OEC, Alpine Toboggan Instructor, etc.) can be more quickly addressed without waiting for a regionally driven ID course.  Your new instructor can register the needed ID course and get your staff on the path to becoming a discipline instructor. Over the past years, we have been able to build a strong core of in house discipline instructors.  To keep the momentum, we need to do the same for this key program.

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