Teaching Scorecard
In order to pass the teaching at a given level, the candidate must receive a "yes" to all six requirements at that level. To pass the teaching at the yellow level, the candidate must receive at least four out of six of the green-level requirements.
| Motivation | Understanding | Movement | |
| Green Determine |
Did the instructor try to determine what the students wanted from the lesson? | Did the instructor identify the students' knowledge of their own skiing? | Can the instructor recognize incorrect movement and give feedback? |
| Fulfill | Did the instructor assure each student at some time during the lesson that his expressed need was currently being addressed? | Did the instructor present appropriate information for the level of the student? | Did the instructor introduce the appropriate movements for the skill of the students, based on their performance, and give feedback about the new task? |
| Blue Determine |
Did the instructor attempt more than once to validate that he was on the right track for the students' motivations? | Did the instructor attempt to determine the understanding of the students in different ways? | Did the instructor make an attempt to find out if the students had an accurate awareness of their movements? |
| Fulfill | Was the instructor able to tie the lesson content back to each student's motivation in a way that the student understood his motivation was being fulfilled? | Was each student given an opportunity to express his understanding of instructions? | Did the instructor use more than one external cue to convey primary movements? |
| Black Determine |
Did the instructor give each student the opportunity to express his feelings about whether or not his motivations were being adequately addressed? | Did the instructor verify each student's degree of understanding by the student's movement description or verbal description? | Can the instructor recognize the Single Most Important Movement for each student? |
| Fulfill | Did the instructor give each student an opportunity to acknowledge his own perception of progress? | Did the instructor use movements and motivation to fulfill each student's understanding needs? | Did the instructor tailor tasks or activities to meet the specific individual needs of each student? |
Note: These standards are current as of April, 2002. PMTS.org reserves the right to modify the standards at any time.
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