PEDH 165 - Water Safety Instructor (WSI)

Credit Hours: 2
Lecture Hours: 0
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 4

Prerequisite(s): An instructor candidate must be proficient in certain safety and aquatic skills, including the following: 25 yards of front crawl, back crawl, breast stroke, elementary backstroke, and sidestroke; 15 yards of the butterfly; maintain position on back 1 minute in deep water, tread water 1 minute.
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

The Water Safety Instructor course provides training for the instructor candidate to teach American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety courses. The instructor course is designed to serve a variety of purposes including: teaching aquatic skills, addressing issues in the teaching environment, improving teaching skills, developing course planning skills, and learning administrative procedures.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: At the completion of this course the instructor candidate should:

Be completely familiar with all the American Red Cross Water Safety materials, including the Fundamentals in Instructor Training course
Be able to plan, conduct, and evaluate Swimming and Water Safety courses, including Learn to swim levels 1-6, parent and child aquatics, and water safety outreach.
Be able to monitor participants’ practice and provide corrective feedback and encouragement.
Be able to ensure the safety of their students.
Be able to customize courses to address needs of their students.
Be able to maintain complete and accurate records and reports.
Be able to demonstrate the required skills at a level six performance standard.
Receive Red Cross certification as an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor if desired.