About the Course:
Earn your certification to teach American Red Cross swimming and water safety, and gain the skills needed to teach courses and make presentations to swimmers of every age and ability. Through our Aquatic Instructor Training program, you can help recreational swimmers meet their goals, refine their skills, and stay safe in, on, and around water.
This course is completely instructor led. All work will be done at the pool with some reading done away from the class. The course requires 31 hours of class time.
Note: In order to participate in the Water Safety Instructor course, participants must be at least 16 years of age by the end of the course.
The Water Safety Instructor (WSI) Course:
American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Course trains candidates to teach courses and presentations in the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program by developing their understanding of how to use the course materials, how to conduct training sessions, and how to evaluate participants’ progress. The courses and presentations include Parent and Child Aquatics Levels 1 and 2, Preschool Aquatics Levels 1 - 3, Learn-to-Swim Levels 1 - 6, three adult courses, as well as the Basic Water Rescue and Personal Water Safety courses, and more. To enrol,l instructor candidates must be at least 16 years of age on or before the last day of the instructor course and successfully complete the pre-course session, which includes demonstration of swimming skill at Learn-to-Swim Level 4.
Employment Opportunities/Certification:
Enrollment in the course does not guarantee or imply certification or employment with St. Albans Recreation.
Completion:
Participants must be present at ALL training sessions and complete practical and written tests to the standard to earn certification. There is no refund to participants who withdraw from or do not satisfactorily complete the course.
What to bring:
Participants will receive a manual. Participants must bring their own: swimsuit, multiple towels, warm clothes, water, snacks, notepad, large 3-ring binder, writing utensil. Participants will be in and out of the pool often.
Registration:
Participants will need to register with THEIR OWN email & phone number. This is how American Red Cross indexes students and how certification information is sent.
Instructor:
Dee Christie:
American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Trainer
Questions?
k.viens@stalbansvt.com