I am a CERTIFIED Professional skating instructor now. Yee-haw! After spending most of the day today online submitting payments to various skating organizations (USFSA, PSA) and background checks, taking 3 continuing education credit courses and successfully passing the tests, I am able to coach my students at the next competition coming up in a few weeks - Oktoberfest. What that means is really: The governing council on figure skating decided that they weren't making enough money and decided to implement a new system to mandate that all coaches at sanctioned events must be CER compliant or they wouldn't be allowed to coach. So I have finished jumping through all the hoops now and all is well. Fun day.
