- Section #8340
- Dates:
- Class begins February 15 and ends June 7, 2013
- Last day to add: Feb. 22
- Last day to drop without notation: Feb. 22
- Last day to drop: May 10
- Class Meets: Fridays 5:30 to 6:20 in PE 214 and from 6:30- 9:40 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. This semester, the class will spend some additional time on the water aerobics instructor content and students will have the opportunity to get a certificate as a Hydro-Tone Fitness System specialist using the Hydro-Tone water resistance equipment.
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 can be purchased online in print format. |
Also Required at each class: textbooks, paper, pen/pencil, swimsuit, goggles, towel.
No watches and no jewelry are allowed during the water aerobics portion of the class or when teaching children.
Also Required at each class: textbooks, paper, pen/pencil, swimsuit, goggles, towel.
| Date |
Material Covered |
| 2/15 |
Introduction and orientation, overview of Red Cross Program. ICT lecture, FIT manual |
| 2/22 |
Hydrodynamics, Block plans, lesson plans, front crawl drills, milk jug drills for teaching basic front crawl skills; plus swimming pre-test |
| 3/1 |
Class organization, back crawl and drills for teaching. Teaching assignment #1, Self-Evaluation on teaching assignment |
| 3/8 |
Elementary Backstroke drills, peer review for back crawl. Teaching assignment #2. Teaching to standard and testing to objective. |
| 3/15 |
Motor Learning
Theory, sidestroke, over-arm sidestroke, trudgen. Teaching assignment #3. |
| 3/22 |
Cultural Diversity, diving, Breaststroke drills, skill work and peer coaching. |
| 3/29 |
Disabilities, starts and turns, inverted breaststroke, butterfly. Teaching assignment #4. |
| 4/5 |
IPAP - BRING A DOLL TO CLASS! Teaching Assignment #5 |
| 4/12 |
SPRING RECESS. |
| 4/19 |
REAL STUDENTS! Games and Water Activities, Longfellow's Whale Tales, Community Water Safety Program, Water Safety Aide Program. Introduction to Water Aerobics. |
| 4/26 |
REAL STUDENTS! Safety Training for Swim Coaches, AQUACKtic Program, Mask, Fins, Snorkel, and surface dives. Water Aerobics continued. |
| 5/3 |
Fitness Principles, Training principles, water aerobics. 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. |
| 5/10 |
Water Aerobics teaching assignment #1. |
| 5/17 |
Water Aerobics teaching assignment #2. |
| 5/24 |
Begin skills testing and buddy coaching. |
| 5/31 |
WSI skills testing, WSI written test. Instructor Corner, SABA, establishing home chapter and AP Agreement. |
| 6/7 |
Last class - wrapping up the semester. |
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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