Study Questions for NEW WSI Written Final
Materials to use:
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Longfellow's Whale Tales notes
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Notes given on how to become a WSI - given first day
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Waddles and Raffy booklets that came with the new materials.
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Parent and Child materials.
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Hydrodynamics section of the book or your notes.
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Notes for teaching handicap children and adults.
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ICT notes given via email and during class.
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Motor learning section of the new text and/or your notes.
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New CD-ROM
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Who is eligible to teach Safety Training for Swim Coaches?
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When do you need to show the Red Cross Swimming and Diving Video?
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How do you become reauthorized to teach?
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What is the requirement to be an instructor aide in a Learn to Swim class?
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What are the requirements for filling out a course record and submitting
it?
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Know the contents of each of your new books and when each is designed to
be used.
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When do you teach safety information and techniques?
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As a WSI, what can you teach?
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What are the minimum age requirements for all classes you can teach?
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What is the goal of each of the courses you can teach?
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What is the time requirements for each of the courses you can teach?
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What are the passing requirements for each of the courses you can teach?
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What is the minimum passing grade on any Red Cross written test?
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What factors influence learning?
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Review your motor learning notes and that in the new book.
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What is the difference between a block plan and a lesson plan?
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What is the minimum depth for teaching diving?
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How do you establish your home chapter?
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What is the duration of the Parent and Child class sessions?
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How many times can you submerge a very young swimmer who does not have
breath control?
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What are you allowed to do when teaching strokes to disabled persons?
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Understand each of the following terms:
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kinesthetic awareness
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wave drag
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lift forces
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law of acceleration
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aerobics
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mainstreaming
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F.I.T. principles
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target heart rate
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warning signals for over-exercising
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swimming etiquette
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sculling
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inertia
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Know the various methods of teaching.