Cory Orofino » Telemark Education Team

The Telemark Education Team is a group of highly trained instructors who are responsible for running the various Telemark clinics and assessments that the Regions offers.

Cory Orofino

Telemark Education Team

Biography

As an educator, my goal is to help my students reach their goal, and to become more independent in doing so. Throughout my time with PSIA, I do believe we struggle with the best way to integrate, or maybe even teach, content into our lessons and clinics. Throughout my time as a high school teacher, the classroom environment is often content focused, whereas the ski lesson is driven more by experience. Too often we force content when experience should be priority, and equally so, we sometimes overemphasize experience and lack integration of subtle, yet crucial content needed for success. The timing of content introduction and examination is critical, and yet is determined by when the student is ready, not when the instructor is ready.