Assistant Water Safety Instructor

  • 30 hour program (+8 hours of teaching experience)
    for candidates ages 15 years and up
  • This certification course is a pre requisite to the Red
    Cross Water Safety Instructor course.
  • This course covers the foundation of instructional
    skills including: teaching methods; learning styles;
    physical principles; progressions; communications;
    safety supervision; and feedback.
  • Candidates are evaluated during eight hours of
    assistant teaching experience and through individual
    study assignments.
  • Upon successful completion of the course,
    candidates are certified as Assistant Water Safety
    Instructors, which enables them to co-teach the Red
    Cross Swim programs under the supervision of a
    fully certified Water Safety Instructor.
  • Once certified, A ssistant Water Safety Instructors
    have two years to become Water Safety Instructors

COURSE DATES
Thursday 6:30 - 10:00 pm
January 12, 19, F ebruary 2, 9, 16, 23 March 1, 8

Sunday 2:30 - 6:00 pm
Jan 22

These dates are 100% mandatory

PREREQUISITES
15 years of age
Swim Kids 10
Completion of Bronze Medallion

COST
$158.00 Resident with books
$188.00 Non-Resident with books
$116.00 Resident without books
$149.00 Non-Resident without books

*books are mandatory for this class