Please review the above information as by enrolling in this class you are enrolling in the date time and location as listed above. After registering you will receive an email ticket for the class of your choosing.
Freeport Recreation Center
130 East Merrick Road Freeport New York, 11520
Prerequisites:
2 Day Session:
Date and time of course
Cost:
This course will train instructor candidates to teach water safety, including the Basic Water Rescue course, six levels of the Learn to Swim program and parent and Child Aquatics.
For a link to the Stroke Performance Charts please click below:
https://www.instructorscorner.org/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068d0000003aqWeAAI
Here is the link to the materials you will need for class:
https://www.redcrosslearningcenter.org/s/candidate-water-safety
Please download them and print prior to the first day of class and bring to class with you.
We will also have the hard copies of the materials available to purchase on the first day of class.
Course participants are assigned one of the following grades at the conclusion of there course:
■ Successful is entered for a participant who has successfully attended and participated in all class sessions, including activities and skill sessions, and demonstrated proficient competency in all required skills. Successful students will receive an American Red Cross Certification in the course taken.
■ Unsuccessful is entered for a participant who has not met course objectives and/or has not successfully attended and participated in all class sessions, including activities and skill sessions, demonstrated proficient competency in all required skills, or violated any Aquatic Solutions policies. Unsuccessful students will not receive an American Red Cross certification.
■ Not Evaluated is entered as the final grade for a participant who is not attending the course with the intention of receiving a completion certificate. This grade should not be substituted for Unsuccessful for a participant who attempts certification but is unable to pass the completion requirements. A participant who chooses to audit must make their intent known to the instructor at the beginning of the class. Not Evaluated students will not receive an American Red Cross certification.
Travel Directions:
From Sunrise Highway:
1) Make a right onto Liberty Avenue (1st light after the Home Depot)
2) A left onto Merrick Road.
3) A quick right into the parking lot.
From Merrick Road:
1) Take Merrick Road East into Freeport (The entrance to the recreation center is about a quarter mile east of the rear entrance to the Home Depot, on the RIGHT).
2) Make a right turn into the parking lot. (If you pass the entrance, make a right at the traffic light and look for the recreation center entrance on Atlantic Avenue).
Freeport Recreation Center
130 East Merrick Road Freeport New York, 11520
Prerequisites:
- Documentation of previous American Red Cross Water Safety instructor certification (expired no more than 2 years before the beginning of the course)
- Water Safety Instructor candidates must be at least 16 years old
- Demonstrate the ability to perform the following swimming skills (on the first day of class):
- Swim the following strokes consistent with Level 4:
- Front Crawl, Back Crawl, Breaststroke, Elementary Backstroke, Sidestroke – 25 yards
- Butterfly – 15 yards
- Back float for 1 minute (floating or sculling)
- Tread water for 1 minute
- Complete the online materials (will be sent 2 weeks prior to the course
- Swim the following strokes consistent with Level 4:
2 Day Session:
Date and time of course
Cost:
This course will train instructor candidates to teach water safety, including the Basic Water Rescue course, six levels of the Learn to Swim program and parent and Child Aquatics.
For a link to the Stroke Performance Charts please click below:
https://www.instructorscorner.org/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068d0000003aqWeAAI
Here is the link to the materials you will need for class:
https://www.redcrosslearningcenter.org/s/candidate-water-safety
Please download them and print prior to the first day of class and bring to class with you.
We will also have the hard copies of the materials available to purchase on the first day of class.
Course participants are assigned one of the following grades at the conclusion of there course:
■ Successful is entered for a participant who has successfully attended and participated in all class sessions, including activities and skill sessions, and demonstrated proficient competency in all required skills. Successful students will receive an American Red Cross Certification in the course taken.
■ Unsuccessful is entered for a participant who has not met course objectives and/or has not successfully attended and participated in all class sessions, including activities and skill sessions, demonstrated proficient competency in all required skills, or violated any Aquatic Solutions policies. Unsuccessful students will not receive an American Red Cross certification.
■ Not Evaluated is entered as the final grade for a participant who is not attending the course with the intention of receiving a completion certificate. This grade should not be substituted for Unsuccessful for a participant who attempts certification but is unable to pass the completion requirements. A participant who chooses to audit must make their intent known to the instructor at the beginning of the class. Not Evaluated students will not receive an American Red Cross certification.
Travel Directions:
From Sunrise Highway:
1) Make a right onto Liberty Avenue (1st light after the Home Depot)
2) A left onto Merrick Road.
3) A quick right into the parking lot.
From Merrick Road:
1) Take Merrick Road East into Freeport (The entrance to the recreation center is about a quarter mile east of the rear entrance to the Home Depot, on the RIGHT).
2) Make a right turn into the parking lot. (If you pass the entrance, make a right at the traffic light and look for the recreation center entrance on Atlantic Avenue).