Water Safety Instructor (WSI) Course

Candidates must attend all days/times in the seassion.
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.

At the Neighborhood Club, we offer the American Red Cross blended-learning training course which consists of a comprehensive self-paced online course and in-person training session.

The online course features 7-hours of simulated learning where candidates interact with multiple scenarios that require them to use lesson planning and teaching strategies and apply water safety and classroom management concepts. E-Learning is completed at the candidate's convenience and must be completed prior to our in-person training.

Our in-person training provides candidates with the opportunity to build their swimming technique, photographic-eye, and practice giving and receiving valuable feedback from their instructor trainer. At the start of our in-person training, Instructor candidates are required to demonstrate the competency in pre-requisite skills which can be found below. Upon successful completion of the WSI class, participants will receive an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor certification (WSI) valid for 2 years. Students must attend all scheduled days and times of the in-person course and complete the online course.


Instructor: Aubrey Ziems

***CLASS DATES:  
                  Saturday, February 1,    1pm - 3pm
                  Tuesday, February 11,   4pm - 8pm
                  Thursday, February 13,  4pm - 8pm
                  Saturday, February 15,   9am - 5pm
                  Tuesday, February 18,   4pm - 7pm
                  Thursday, February 20,  4pm - 7pm
                  Satruday, February 22,   9am - 12pm
Register By:  Janurary 31, 2025
Fee:               $245/person
Location:        Neighborhood Club Board Room, 2nd floor/Aquatic Center, 1st floor
Instructor:      Aubrey
Minimum participants 4, Maximum participants 6

For questions please email:  justin@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.
If a cancellation is made within 7 days prior to the start date, only the $40 certification fee will be refunded.

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1. Water Safety Instructor Course,Feb 1,11,13,15,18,20,22, NCRWC Board Room 2nd floor, Aquatics 1st , Register by 1/31/2025, $245