Beyond L3 there are 4 teams and you must be an L3 to make any of those teams, and that is the only requirement to tryout. These are all Education Staff and once you make one the PSIA pays you to run events.
DCL - Division Clinic Leader. this team does the majority of the Clinics and Level 1 exams thoughout the divisions. DCL coaches are a step above L3 but supposedly a step below examiners. There is no standard -- it is a tryout. This year 19 out of 50 people made it. I personally was the best skier in their eyes and not that awesome of a teacher, but I still made it. If you make it you serve a 4 year term.
Demo Team - The PSIA's best skiing coaches in America. More emphasis on skiing than on coaching. 10 to 15 people in country get selected through a 5 day tryout that is done every 4 years. You can also be a DCL or a Dev team/ETS/Examiner and still be on Demo Team.
Developmental Team(aka Dev) - very much like DCL except, IMO, it is a higher standard than DCL. This is the path to examiner. Much lower selection rate than DCL. You are understudying events and exams to gain experience.
ETS - Examiner Training Squad - after 2 and 4 year on Dev team you get a chance to jump up to the ETS squad. Once you make this it just takes your scores to start matching up with other examiners before you're an examiner.
Examiner - able to run any event and exam the PSIA runs.
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