WSI CERTIFICATION|2023/24 UPDATE|GRADED A+

how to maintain your certification -must teach a course within 90 days of each set of class -course of records= set of swim lessons course of record all of Red Cross certifications are 2 years (except 1 year CPR) Red Cross swimming and DVDs used for additional information/review and show and help with demonstrations what can you teach? learn to swim (6 levels) adult swim pre school aquatics parent and child aquatics you cannot teach lifeguard certification, CPR, babysitting, spinal injust managements a swim aid helps manage the class if it is too big an aid has to be at the exit skills of the level that they are teaching in order to teach who signs the certificate once a kid ends the class? the instructor which courses do we need to log onto the red cross? anything you teach you need to get credit for what you teach what are the two manuals? 1. water safety instructor manual- teaches you how to teach and where to find stuff on your lesson plan 2. swimming and water safety manual- talks about what you are teaching -need both to create lesson plans -website used is the instructors corner when do we teach safety? all the time every lesson what is the mobile app for? for parents to keep track of their child and on their progress shows which badges the child has earned keeps child motivated what does a person need on any written red cross exam to pass? 80% to take safety training for swim coaches you need to... download the materials and take an online orientation What are long fellows whale tales for? for kids to watch and learn the safety topics videos are found on instructors corner are we only regulated to teach what is on long fellows whale tales? no you can also teach other safety topics and anything that you think is important what is an objective in level 1? water comfort make the kids feel comfortable in the water and enjoy it why does red cross want parents to learn safety into alone with the kids? help encourage the kids parents have primary responsibility over their children what are some of the things that help us learn? visual, hand gestures demonstrations positive reinforcements encouragement and feedback goals- what do you want to learn? motivation beginning swimmer doing front crawl bicycle kick, a lot of splashes or no splashes arms are doing doggy paddle; cannot go underwater unable to fix anything on their own need specific instructions level 4 swimmer doing breastoke arms moving in circles and are pushing arms all the way down to their hips level 5 swimmer looks more experiences but needs more critiquing able to take hings to sharpen up their skills when hired newly to teach swim lessons think about.... pool equipment and where it goes what you will be teaching how many students will you be having per class where are the lifeguard stations know the abilities of kids you dont always have to follow your lesson plan if a student is struggling with something or if they know something already re-evaluate each lesson