Teach America To Swim is offering an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Training at the Bennington Rec Center on November 9th through November 11th!
Love to swim? Love working with kids? Looking for a rewarding part-time job? Become an American Red Cross Swim Instructor.
The American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor course is designed to prepare instructor candidates to plan, prepare, and teach the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program. The course focuses on teaching water safety concepts and swimming progressions, lesson planning, and management strategies, along with best-practice teaching methods for all swimmers and techniques for communicating with families.
What does training look like?
At Teach America To Swim, we offer the American Red Cross blended-learning training course which consists of a comprehensive online e-Learning course and in-person training session.
Prerequisites for the Water Safety Instructor Course:
- Be at least 16 years of age by the end of training
- Pass swim skills evaluation:
- Successful completion of swimming skills including: front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, elementary backstroke, butterfly, floating and treading
- Students must demonstrate all 6 strokes with proficiency for at least 25 yards
For more information and to register for training, visit our website at www.TeachAmericaToSwim.com/BenningtonRec
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