Water Safety Instructor (WSI) Course Fall 2025

Candidates must attend all days/times in the session.
There are required online portions to be completed before the first day of class.
Prerequisites for the Water Safety Instructor Course:

  1.    Be at least 15 years of age by the end of training
  2.    Pass swim skills evaluation:
  3.   Candidates must demonstrate and proficiently complete 25 yards of the following strokes: front crawl, back  
        crawl, breast stroke, side stroke, elementary backstroke, and butterfly    
  4.    Maintain back float for 1 minute
  5.    Maintain treading water for 1 minute

AMERICAN RED CROSS WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR COURSE

The American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor course is designed to prepare instructor candidates to plan, prepare, and teach Red Cross Learn-To-Swim and Water Safety programs. 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.

Participants who successfully complete the WSI course will be issued a Water Safety Instructor Certification that is valid for 2 years.  The  online component (approximately 7 hours) will be emailed to participants one week prior to the start of class and must be completed and passed the first in-person day of the course.

Instructor: Aubrey Ziems

Session 1:
October Class Dates:
Tuesday, October 21, 4 - 8pm, NC - Community Room
Wednesday, October 22, 4 - 8pm, NC - Community Room
Thursday, October 23, 4 - 8pm, NC - Community Room
Saturday, October 25, 9am - 12pm, GP North Pool, NC Community Room
Sunday, October 26, 11am - 3pm, NC - Board Room
Register by October 14, 2025

Session 2:
November Class Dates:
Monday, November 3, 4 - 8pm, NC - Community Room
Tuesday, November 4, 9am - 1pm & 2pm - 6pm NC - Community Room
Thursday, November 6, 4 - 8 pm, NC - Community Room
Saturday, November 8th, 1 - 6pm, GP North Pool
Sunday, November 9th, 12 - 3pm, NC  Board Room
Register by October 27, 2025

Fee:               $245/person
Location:        Neighborhood Club Pool, Pool, Grosse Pointe North Pool
Instructor:      Aubrey Ziems
Minimum participants 4, Maximum participants 6

For questions please email:  sarah@neighborhoodclub.org

Cancellation Policy:
Refunds will be made if the registrant cancels 7 days prior to the start of the course, with a processing fee of $15 deducted, and the $40 certification fee.

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1. Water Safety Instructor Course, October 12,22,23,25,26, NCRWC . Community Room , Register by 10/14/2025, $245

2. Water Safety Instructor Course, November 3,4,6,8,9, NCRWC . Community Room , Register by 10/27/2025, $245