- Section #8340
- Dates:
- Class begins February 17 and ends June 8, 2012
- Last day to add: Feb. 24
- Last day to drop without notation: March91
- Last day to drop: May 11
- Class Meets: Fridays 5:30 to 6:30 in PE 214 and from 6:31- 9:42 pm at the Pool
- Link to Virtual Classroom for supplemental resource materials
- Mailform to send your instructor a message
- Resources for the Virtual Classroom (how to use the course management system known as Moodle)
Course Description
This class is designed to give you a Red Cross certificate as a Water Safety Instructor. The Red Cross released new WSI content in March 2009. This class will use the new material. All older WSI materials are now obsolete.
This class is only required to cover the WSI content. However, there will be opportunity for students to get additional certificates if they are willing to put in the extra hours. These extra certificates include:
- Waterfront Lifeguard Training - 2011 revision
- Waterfront Lifeguarding Instructor r.2012 (leads to First Aid, CPR and AED instructor). You must have current LGT and CPR, and AED cards to get the instructor certificate.
- Lifeguard Management - 2012
Student Learning Outcome for PE 243: Students will be prepared to teach swimming lessons to a diverse population of all ages and pass the certification requirements for the American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certificate.
Course Objectives:
- Understand and identify the goals, history and philosophy of an American Red Cross (ARC) instructor.
- Plan, conduct and evaluate American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety skills for diverse populations such as geriatrics, pregnant women, and individuals with disabilities.
- Demonstrate the required ARC and WSI swimming skill standards.
- Identify the certification requirements for the WSI and recertification.
- Evaluate a swimming environment to ensure and maintain safety.
Required Textbook Packet:
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These books will be available for FREE as PDF files in the eClassroom.
Water Safety Instructor's Candidate Kit, (EA) Rev. 2/09 - Stock # 651312 Optional Red Cross Textbooks used for LGI Certifications: Lifeguard Instructor's Manual r.2012 |
Also Required at each class: textbooks, paper, pen/pencil, swimsuit, goggles, towel.
No watches and no jewelry are allowed during the LGT portion of the class or when teaching children.
Also Required at each class: textbooks, paper, pen/pencil, swimsuit, goggles, towel.
| Date |
Material Covered |
| 2/17 |
Introduction and orientation, overview of Red Cross Program, revisions in LGT and WSI, ICT lecture, FIT manual |
| 2/24 |
Hydrodynamics, Block plans, lesson plans, front crawl drills, milk jug drills for teaching basic front crawl skills; plus swimming pre-test |
| 3/2 |
Class organization, back crawl and elementary backstroke drills for teaching. Teaching assignment #1, Self-Evaluation on teaching assignment |
| 3/9 |
Motor Learning
Theory, sidestroke, over-arm sidestroke, trudgen, breaststroke. Teaching assignment #2 |
| 3/16 |
Starts and turns, inverted breaststroke, butterfly. Teaching assignment #3 |
| 3/23 |
Cultural Diversity, diving, disabilities, IPAP - BRING A DOLL TO CLASS! Teaching Assignment #4 |
| 3/30 |
REAL STUDENTS! Games and Water Activities, Longfellow's Whale Tales, Community Water Safety Program, Water Safety Aide Program |
| 4/6 |
REAL STUDENTS! Safety Training for Swim Coaches, AQUACKtic Program, Mask, Fins, Snorkel, and surface dives. Teaching Assignment #5 |
| 4/13 |
SPRING RECESS. |
| 4/20 |
Fitness Principles, Training principles, water aerobics. Begin Skills testing and buddy coaching
Workout form, body measurement worksheet, body composition worksheet, list of deep water moves, common flexibility tests,
and standards for Sit and Reach Test, Hydro-Tone Muscle Strength/Endurance Tests, Hydro-Tone test normatives, list
of jugging drills, list of shallow water moves, Shallow Water Circuit, Muscle Balance notes. |
| 4/27 |
WSI skills testing, WSI Packets, WSI written test, Old study Questions, New Study Questions |
| 5/4 |
Begin LGI with new revisions for LGT. LGI Lesson Plan Format, LGT Study Questions (2002) |
| 5/11 |
LGI Continued in the water (Last day to drop with a W instead of a letter grade.) |
| 5/18 |
LGI First Aid - with new Oxygen administration segment; LGI Written test on rescue skills & first aid |
| 5/25 |
LGI CPR |
| 6/1 |
LGI CPR concludes and includes AED |
| 6/8 |
LGI CPR and AED Written Tests |
Additional weekend workshops may be scheduled to cover the following:
- Waterfront Lifeguard Instructor
- Make-ups as needed for water skills and written tests
Grading:
| Skills |
Points Possible |
| Written Lesson Plans (5 @ 100 points each) |
500 |
| Practice Teaching Assignments (6 @ 50 points each) |
300 |
| Self-Evaluations (4 @ 25 points each) |
100 |
| Swimming skills (21 @ 10 points each) |
210 |
| ARC Written Final Exam |
100 |
Letter Grades:
- Grade A = 1089 points or above
- Grade B = 968 to 1088 points
- Grade C = 847 to 967 points
- Grade D = 726 to 846 points
- Grade F = less than 726 points
Certification requires completion of all ARC requirements, including the written final exam and swimming skills and demonstration of ability to teach swimming.
Additional Resources for this class
Videos of the nine swimming strokes you are expected to know.
Swimming Science Journal contains Swimming Science Abstracts (research), coaches forum, Swimming Science Bulletin, and How Champions Do It (pictures of the competitive strokes by world class swimmers.
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