For CSIA-certified ski instructors
Put your qualifications in front of the right skiers.
Create a professional ski instructor profile, showcase your CSIA certification and publish the lessons you offer. Find a Ski School helps the right clients find, message and book you while keeping your availability, payments and lesson administration organised in one place.
Free to list. No monthly subscription fee. Upgrade only when you need additional tools.
CSIA-qualified instructors get 50% off any paid plan with code CSIA50
Find a Ski School is an independent platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with CSIA.
- Free profile on the Starter plan
- The body's own qualification titles
- Scoped instructor application status
- No booking fee for learners
Built for independent instructors
A clearer way to be found — and an easier way to run your season.
Bring your profile, lessons, enquiries and bookings together so clients get a clearer way to choose you and you get a simpler way to manage your work.
Build a Profile Clients Can Find
Show where you teach, the languages you speak, your qualifications, disciplines, specialities and experience. Clients can find instructors using the details that matter to their lesson.
Publish and Manage Your Lessons
Create lesson listings with clear descriptions, locations, durations, prices, ability levels and group sizes. Update or pause your listings as your offering changes.
Handle Enquiries and Bookings
Receive enquiries, message clients and manage confirmed bookings from one dashboard, with email notifications and automated reminders helping everyone stay informed.
Take Payments Your Way
Connect Stripe for automatic transfers to your connected account. For supported online payments, Find a Ski School creates the charge and receives the commission applicable to your plan as an application fee. You can also offer deposits, pay-in-person or pay-later options.
Clear qualification information
Add Your CSIA Qualifications, Then Get FASS Verified
Create your profile with your CSIA member and certification details. After registration, submit your Find a Ski School instructor application. Approval does not by itself confirm any qualification or other evidence; rely only on evidence-specific details shown separately.
A Find a Ski School administrator approved this instructor's verification application. The status does not by itself confirm identity, any qualification or certification, insurance, safeguarding, work rights or a live registry match; rely only on evidence-specific details shown separately.
Read how platform checks work- Governing body
- CSIA
- Discipline and level
- Shown as submitted
- Membership details
- Not checked
- Own insurance
- Not checked
- Safeguarding status
- Not checked
- Teaching locations
- Supplied by the instructor
A Find a Ski School administrator approved this instructor's verification application. The status does not by itself confirm identity, any qualification or certification, insurance, safeguarding, work rights or a live registry match; rely only on evidence-specific details shown separately.
Getting started
From qualification to bookable profile in four clear steps.
Get your profile ready in four straightforward steps.
- 01
Add Your Qualifications
Create your account and add the exact governing body, discipline, level and specialist credentials shown on your qualification evidence. Where a public licence lookup is available, you can use it to prefill some of your details.
- 02
Build Your Free Profile
Add your biography, photo, teaching locations, languages, qualifications and specialities. Your profile can appear in instructor search as soon as it is created.
- 03
Complete Verification and Add Lessons
Submit your instructor verification application through your dashboard. Approval records a scoped platform status; it does not by itself confirm any qualification or other evidence. Lesson publishing and booking also depend on the current platform gate and any requirements where you teach.
- 04
Connect Stripe and Start Taking Bookings
Connect your Stripe account for online payments, share your profile and start receiving enquiries and bookings through Find a Ski School.
Publishing and booking availability may also depend on the legal or professional requirements that apply where you teach.
Tools you can use now
Keep the work around your lessons in one place.
This section lists tools that are available today. Anything still in development is named and labelled, never presented as live.
Lessons and Availability
Create and update lesson listings, manage prices and set the availability clients see when they book through Find a Ski School.
Bookings and Messages
See upcoming bookings, track their status, receive enquiries and keep conversations connected to your Find a Ski School account.
Payments and Refunds
Accept supported payment options through Stripe and manage refunds using the available Find a Ski School payment workflow, in line with your booking policy.
Lesson Notes and Progress
Record lesson notes, share useful updates and build a clearer picture of each student's development over time.
Reviews and Reputation
Collect ratings and reviews from students, respond to feedback and use your reputation to help future clients choose confidently.
Reports and Calendar Export
Review booking and revenue activity and export your Find a Ski School bookings using iCal for use with compatible calendar applications.
Still in development:Find a Ski School WordPress PluginComing soonGoogle Calendar syncComing soon
Extend Find a Ski School to your own website
Already Have a Website? Bring Your FASS Reputation with You.
Use the website tools that match the way you operate, whether you teach independently or manage a ski school.
Embed Your Reviews
Add your Find a Ski School reviews to your own website so prospective clients can see ratings and feedback connected to your instructor profile.
Learn About the Reviews WidgetAdd FASS Booking to Your Ski School Website
If you manage a ski school, embed its live lessons, availability and booking experience on your existing website using the Find a Ski School booking iframe.
Explore the Booking WidgetFind a Ski School WordPress Plugin
A dedicated WordPress plugin is being prepared to make supported Find a Ski School embeds easier to add and manage from WordPress.
Coming soonCSIA certification
Show Your CSIA Ski-Instructor Certification
The Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance pathway has four levels of ski-instructor certification, Snow Park options and a Trainer designation. Add completed components and full certifications accurately so clients understand your current level.
Qualification areas
- Certification levels
- Snow Park
- Trainer
Areas the body publishes, listed as it names them. Which awards an individual instructor holds is shown on their own profile.
Certification levels
CSIA offers Levels 2, 3 and 4 in separate Skiing and Teaching tracks for development. A member must pass both related components to hold the complete certification at that level.
The entry point to the main CSIA ski-instructor pathway. CSIA currently offers a three-day Level 1 Certification Course and some snow schools offer a longer Level 1 Apprentice Development Program.
The full Level 2 certification contains Skier Development, Teacher Development and an exam covering skiing and teaching.
The professional progression after Level 2. It contains Level 3 Skier Development, Teacher Development and a skiing-and-teaching exam.
CSIA's highest instructor certification. The current pathway requires a complete Level 3 plus the Trainer designation and includes Level 4 Skier Development, Teacher Development and an exam.
Snow Park
An alternative entry point focused on teaching skiing in the Snow Park environment.
For Snow Park Level 1 instructors building more advanced skills and teaching capability in the terrain-park environment.
Trainer
Available after Level 3. The designation develops the skills used to train new ski instructors and is required for CSIA Level 1 Course Conductors.
Qualification recognition and permission to work vary by country, resort, employer and the holder's additional credentials. Instructors remain responsible for meeting the legal and professional requirements that apply where they teach.
Instructor promotion
CSIA50
50% off qualifying paid plans
Start without a subscription
Create your profile for free, then upgrade when it suits your work.
Use code CSIA50 at checkout to receive 50% off any paid plan. Paid plans also include 0% commission for your first 12 months from your first Find a Ski School booking. The standard paid-plan commission applies afterwards.
The discount runs for your first 36 months on annual billing; the standard plan rate applies after that. On a lifetime plan it comes off the one-time price.
Starter
Free
Create your Find a Ski School presence and start building your visibility without a monthly subscription.
5% booking commission. No monthly fee.
Independent Instructor
€110€220/year
50% off with code CSIA50
Upgrade for the reduced paid-plan commission rate and the additional tools included with the Independent Instructor plan.
2% booking commission, with 0% for your first 12 months from your first booking.
About the qualification body
About Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance
The Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance provides ski-instructor certification and professional development through four certification levels, Snow Park courses and a Trainer designation. CSIA is a member of the International Ski Instructors Association.
Visit the CSIA WebsiteQuestions from instructors
CSIA Instructor FAQs
Clear answers about creating a profile, the instructor application status and where that status stops.
Is it free to create an instructor profile?
Yes. You can create a profile on the free Starter plan. Paid plans add further tools and lower commission.
Does adding my governing-body information verify me automatically?
No. A public lookup or registration detail may help create your profile, but an administrator separately decides your Find a Ski School instructor application. Approval does not by itself confirm any qualification or other evidence.
Can clients find my profile before verification is complete?
Your profile can appear in instructor search after it is created. Public lesson publishing and booking require the relevant FASS verification and any location-specific eligibility requirements.
Can I add more than one discipline or specialist credential?
Yes. Add each qualification separately using its exact governing body, discipline, level and title. This is particularly important for BASI and PSIA-AASI members with multi-discipline qualifications and for CASI members with Park or Carving certifications.
Does Find a Ski School confirm that I can legally work in every country?
No. An approved instructor verification application does not confirm permission to work, local registration, insurance or safeguarding. You remain responsible for meeting the rules where you teach.
How do online payments work?
Connect your Stripe account for automatic destination transfers. Find a Ski School creates supported online charges, receives the commission applicable to your plan as an application fee, and Stripe Connect transfers your share.
Can I connect Google Calendar?
Yes. Google Calendar can receive FASS booking events and provide busy times. iCal is separate: export FASS bookings or import a public busy feed; imported recurring, TZID-tagged and all-day events are skipped.
Can I add Find a Ski School to my own website?
Independent instructors can embed their Find a Ski School reviews. Ski schools can use the Find a Ski School booking iframe. A dedicated WordPress plugin is coming soon.
Do association members receive a discount?
Yes. CSIA-qualified instructors get 50% off any paid plan with code CSIA50. This subscription discount is separate from the first-year commission offer, and both can apply.
Ready to get started?
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Create your free CSIA instructor profile, complete FASS verification and manage your lessons, enquiries and bookings in one place.