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Water Safety Services June 2005

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Water Safety Instructor Trainer Update/Recert 2005 Teleconference Participant Guide

In preparation for the WSIT Update Teleconference, please:

o Set up your AWSI, WSI and WSIT Manual in your binder (insert tabs etc). o Open and become familiar with the contents of the Strokes Chart, Lesson Plan CD and

WSIT Resources CD o Read the Red Cross Swim Water Safety Instructor Trainer Update- Participant Guide

April 2005 o Complete all assignments prior to the teleconference call.

Day of the teleconference call:

o Your teleconference call start time is noted for each time zone. Please ensure you have noted the time of your call for your location.

o Dial the toll free number on your confirmation letter at the identified time, and follow the instructions on the automated system. You will be prompted to enter the pass code to access the call.

o If you are using a portable or cell phone, confirm the batteries are fully charged and that you have a standby phone handy.

o Try to participate on the call from a location with minimal background noise as a courtesy to the other participants on the call.

Please have the following in front of you when you when you join the teleconference workshop:

o Paper and pen or pencil o Completed assignments (see next page) o Red Cross Swim Water Safety Instructor Trainer Update- Participant Guide April 2005 o Teleconference Participant Guide (this document) o Assistant Water Safety Instructor Manual with Lesson Plan CD o Strokes Chart o Western Canada Information & Policy Guide April 2005 o Water Safety Instructor Manual o Water Safety Instructor Trainer Manual o Water Safety Instructor Trainer Resources CD o Red Cross Swim: Instructor In-service Facilitator Guide

Please have your resources organized in the order listed above, as this is the order they will be referenced in the workshop. To complete the WSIT Recertification, participants are required to:

o Complete the assignments prior to the teleconference call o Attend and participate in 100% of the teleconference call for which you registered o Participate in all discussions on the call (discussions are based upon the assignments).


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Upon completion of the teleconference call please return the following completed documents to the Contact Centre:

o Candidate Information Sheet o Water Safety Instructor Trainer Teleconference Evaluation Form (from this

Supplementary Participant Guide ) o Communication Survey

Canadian Red Cross First Aid & Water Safety Services 100-1305 11th Ave S.W. Calgary AB T3C 3P6 Fax: 1-800-811-8877 Or electronically to [email protected]

TELECONFERENCE ASSIGNMENTS Assignment 1: Red Cross Swim Kids

Review the worksheets for Red Cross Swim Kids (Levels 1-10) and be prepared to talk about one level, telling the group: • what you find exciting about the level; • what has stayed the same; and • what has changed? (Each teleconference participant will be assigned a level on the call so review all levels with this in mind).

Assignment 2: Seek and Find

• Complete the Seek and Find activity found on pgs. 13 and 14 of your Red Cross Swim Water Safety Instructor Trainer Update- Participant Guide April 2005. As you work through this activity, jot down your thoughts about the following questions. Be prepared to speak about your answers to these questions during the workshop

• How did the organizing tools (chapter headings, indexes, labelled tabs) help you find information?

• Were you able to anticipate which manual you would find the information in? Why or why not?

• Was there anything you were unable to find? Why do you think you couldn’t find it? What additional resources would have helped?

Assignment 3: Orientation In-service Review the Red Cross Swim Instructor In-service Facilitator Guide and be prepared to tell the group which session you think would be the most fun or rewarding to facilitate, and why.

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Not thinking about change Thinking about change

Preparing to change Maintaining the change

Making the Change

Pre-contemplation Contemplation

Preparation Maintenance

Action

STAGES OF CHANGE

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3 4

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Keep in touch and continually collect updated information.

I’m happy with the

current program. What do I need to know?

Gather all the facts and resources.

What are my action steps and timelines?


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Slide One

Research Based Changes

Red Cross Swim was built on a three-pronged approach to research:

• Extensive market research conducted and managed by Ipsos-Reid;

• Red Cross’ 10-year drowning report; and• Injury Prevention research.

And extensive consultation with experts in the aquatic field.

Slide Two

Research told us...

• Parents – value water safety and having their children learn to swim

• Authorized Providers – want a quality program supported by quality instructors

• Instructors – want to be better prepared to teach


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Slide Three

Program Redesign and Restructuring: Red Cross Swim

Promote swimming as part of a healthy, active lifestyle

HEALTH AND FITNESS

Offer a lifetime of opportunity for aquatic experiencesEMPOWERMENT

Reduce the number of water-related injuries and drowningsSAFETY

Slide Four

Three Core Content Areas

Endurance swims, butterfly and side stroke drills, and activities to focus

on personal improvement.

Building strokes through

progressions and drills.

Actively teaching safety in the water for better retention

of skills and knowledge.

Fitness ActivitiesSwimmingSkills and Water Safety


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Slide Five

Red Cross Swim Preschool

Fitness Activities Skills & Water SafetySwimming

7 Levels

Lesson Plans Mascots Songs

Program Structure StarfishDuckSea TurtleSalamanderSunfishCrocodileWhale

Slide Six

Red Cross Swim Preschool

Program Benefits

• Flexible programming options• A familiar name in learn to swim lessons• Swimming skills with small and proven

progressions • Fun and action packed program• Active, wet and geared to the age group • Sample lesson plans


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Slide Seven

Red Cross Swim Kids

Fitness ActivitiesSkills & Water SafetySwimming

Lesson PlansPersonal BestProgram completion medal & certificate

10 Levels

Program Structure

Program Benefits

• Trusted brand recognition• Swimmers experience all

swimming strokes • Fitness activities promote

fun and individual success• Number of levels help

Authorized Providers capture the kids market

Slide Eight

Instructor Development

•WSI Manual•WSI (12 hours)

• Flexible delivery

• Water Safety Instructor (25 hours)

•AWSI manual

•Stroke Chart•Lesson Plans CD

•Assistant WSI

(8 hours)

• Flexible delivery

• Assistant Water Safety Instructor(30 hours)

• Water Safety Instructor Trainer(20 hours)

Program Levels

• apprentice on a AWSI course and a WSI course

Teaching Experience

WSIT Manual

WSIT Resources CD

New Resource Material


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Slide Nine

Instructor Development

Program Benefits

• Program and materials targeted to develop deck-ready Instructors

• Develop excellent skills through co-op model

• Leadership development for this age group• Apply learning as an AWSI• National award transferability

Slide Ten

Water Safety Instructor Trainer

Designed to develop quality Instructor Trainers

Two steps: • 20 hour trainer course that involves

pool and classroom sessions• An Apprenticeship to demonstrate

planning, evaluation and facilitation skills.


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Slide Eleven

Water Safety Instructor Trainer

About the Apprenticeship:• Successfully complete two apprenticeships :

– One on a AWSI (30 hours);– One on a Red Cross WSI (25 hours).

• Apprenticeship is a two (2) year period (from the completion of the WSIT Course);

• Apprenticeship is done by assisting an experienced supervising WSIT

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How do we Transition into the new programs?

Current Water Safety Instructors• Do not need to recertify or attend an upgrade

clinic. There is an optional inservice that AP’s can run for their staff

Benefits• Greater ease of implementing programs• Lower cost of implementing • Added support – In-service package• WSIT’s trained to support• Optional purchase of WSI manual, Strokes Charts

and Lesson Plan CD

Promising the easiest update ever!


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Red Cross Swim Instructor In-service Facilitator Guide Final 2005. This is intended to be used as an in-house training session, delivered to staff at the facility. The guide is available electronically on the AP Website. This in-service session cannot be used in place of the WSI recertification workshop for recertification of the WSI certification.

Transition Issues AquaQuest Program- AquaLeader and WSI courses may be run until August 2005 (AL candidates must be 15 ¾ in time for AquaQuest WSI course)

Water Safety Instructor Recertification Workshops April 2005 The 2005 WSI Recert participant materials include the Water Safety Instructor Recertification Workshop Participant Guide 2005-2006 and the Water Safety Instructor Recertification Supplement Handout March 2005. To support the Red Cross Swim program we added a section “Focus on Fitness”, as well as the Water Safety Instructor Recertification Supplement Handout. The Supplement Handout provides WSIs with an overview of revisions made to the Red Cross Water Safety programs. WSITs are to use the WSI Recertification Workshop Facilitator Guide 2005-2006 with these materials when conducting a WSI recert and the participant receives the WSI Recertification Guide (one per participant). This package will be used for the remainder of the recert cycle with a new recert package to be implemented in April 2006. WSITs and WSAITs with current contact information on file will receive the 2006-2008 facilitator guide in the mail in March 2006.

WHAT’S ONLINE? www.redcross.ca Water Safety Week will focus on a healthy, safe summer Each year, the Canadian Red Cross designates the first full week of June as national “Water Safety Week”, designed to educate Canadians about safe behaviour in, on, and around water. Water Safety Week for 2005 was June 5-12 with the theme of “Have a Healthy, Safe Summer”, focusing on: being safe in and around water by getting trained, always supervising children, and wearing your lifejacket when boating; wearing adequate sun protection; and making good food choices when packing your cooler. During the course of the summer, Authorized Providers are encouraged to consider planning a community event of their own. An event kit is currently in the works and will be posted to the AP website by June 20th. With the support of two national sponsors – Nestle and Ombrelle – a number of promotional items will be available to support your “Healthy Safe Summer” events, including: tattoos, posters, and an online contest on the www.redcross.ca website where contestants can enter to win one of 25 “Healthy, Safe Summer” prize packages (which will include a first aid kit, sunscreen, a towel, and other items). The contest is online now and will close July 30th.

http://www.redcross.ca



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Boatsmartcanada.com: www.boatsmartcanada.com is our boating safety website (with French and English options). This year’s “BoatSmart” campaign will focus on getting boaters to wear lifejackets with the message, “Close by isn’t close enough.” TV, radio and print public service announcements to support the campaign have been produced and were supplied to broadcasters in early June. On June 30th, Red Cross will promote “National Lifejacket Day” across Canada with media events and an online contest that offers opportunities to win the grand prize of two Manual Inflator Lifejackets from Mustang or one of ten prize packages of family pack of lifejackets. The contest will run online until 10 am ET July 27th 2005. To find this contest, you can either go to the BoatSmart website or visit www.redcross.ca and select the picture of the PFD with the caption “National Lifejacket Day Contest, I Wear It!” The BoatSmart website contains a resource kit with lesson plans for Water Safety Instructors to teach boating safety and proper use of lifejackets. The new TV and audio PSAs will be posted there shortly. Boating Safety Resources While on the site, explore the other fabulous resources to be found here. If you select Boating Safety Resources, you can download “Lifejackets: the best one is the one you’ll wear. Book of lesson plans”. This is a book of lesson plans developed for WSIs to assist them in teaching the current information about PFDs and lifejackets. Currently, this information is identified for the AquaQuest Program; we will be updating these resources this fall to reflect the levels in the new Red Cross Swim Kids program. Other resource topics on this site include Alcohol and Boating, PFDs and Hypothermia, Ice Safety and a Boatsmart Quiz for children. Red Cross 101: The Red Cross website has a volunteer orientation session online. This can be used in your WSI course as an assignment for the AWSI or WSI Candidates. http://www.redcross.ca/sites/english/rc101 or http://www.croixrouge.ca/sites/francais/cr101

http://www.boatsmartcanada.com


http://www.redcross.ca/sites/english/rc101

http://www.croixrouge.ca/sites/francais/cr101


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Scheduling your Instructor Development classes To help you provide a great learning experience for your Assistant Water Safety Instructor (AWSI) and Water Safety Instructor (WSI) courses, Red Cross offers the following course scheduling suggestions:

o Include in-water and class time every day of the course;

o Don’t schedule any longer than eight hours on each day; more than that will overload your candidates and decrease learning retention;

o The AWSI course content is 30 hours long. Don’t forget to build in extra time for breaks, lunch, etc.;

o Administrative duties are not scheduled as part of the course; you need to add on a few hours when booking your Instructor Trainer to run the course;

o Administrative duties can include: planning the course, marking assignments, assisting with Teaching Experience, reviewing Teaching Experience assignments, mid-course evaluation, set-up and clean-up time each day;

o A useful formula for calculating administrative time is to add 10-20% of course time - for a 40-hour course, factor in at least four hours of admin time for your IT.

Red Cross Swim Techno Lite Reversible Vest: www.redcrossswim.com

This vest is available in blue for $48.90 (plus shipping & handling and taxes). WSITs interested in purchasing this product can do so through this website. This product is not available through the Contact Centre.

http://www.redcrossswim.com


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Water Safety Instructor Trainer Update Evaluation Form

The following statements are possible short and long-term benefits that may be experienced because of your participation in this WSIT Update/Recert. Please place a checkmark under the number, which best describes your belief. I believe this WSIT update/recert has … Definitely not Definitely 1 2 3 4 Increased my knowledge of the new Red Cross Swim programs

Increased my knowledge of the new Instructor Development programs

Familiarized me with the new resources/materials available Increased skills and knowledge I need as an Instructor Trainer

Prepared me to deliver quality leadership courses in the future

Increased the creativity of my future courses Prepared me to better communicate the value of the new Red Cross programs

Provided me with the tools I need to deliver in-service training for current WSIs

Provided the information I need to begin implementing revisions

Provided me with appropriate contact for answers to my revision questions

Clarified the rationale for the changes made to the program

The value of my participation in today's clinic… Definitely not Definitely 1 2 3 4 The pre-teleconference reading was manageable. The pre-teleconference assignments enhanced the workshop

The pace of this teleconference workshop was appropriate (if not, circle one: too slow too fast)

I would participate in a teleconference option again Are there any other clinics you would be interested in? Definitely not Definitely 1 2 3 4 Candidate Evaluation Techniques In-service Training Topics Planning and Scheduling Leadership Courses Learner-Centred Activities Presentation Techniques Working with Preschool Swimmers


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Please list additional suggestions: Additional comments, feedback or issues?

Thank you!


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IMPORTANCE TO YOU: 1 = not important at all 2 = not very important 3 = neutral 4 = important 5 = very important

Communication Survey Dear Instructor Trainers: Over the course of the last year Red Cross has been striving to increase the quality and effectiveness of communicating information to you. The questions below are structured to evaluate the methods we are using to distribute information and the importance of each to you. How to use this survey: For each line of the questionnaire;

a) In the first column check in the number that best reflects your degree of agreement with that statement b) In the second column identify the importance you attach to the method of communication identified.

Name (optional): Certification: (AIT /IT/MIT) Province you work in:

AGREEMENT

WITH THE STATEMENT:

IMPORTANCE OF THIS METHOD TO

YOU: STATEMENT:

The way I receive most of my communication from Red Cross is through: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5

Program Representative in my Region Instructor Trainer Re-certs Contact Centre Staff Symposiums ( or Regional meetings) Teleconference meetings (Meetings held over the phone) InfoFax Website (Temporary website set up with revisions information) Direct Mail (Canada Post) Course Packages (Packages given out at IT re-certs)

10) Facilitator Guides (Info packages sent to you when you facilitate recerts or courses)

11) Email Some of our most valuable feedback comes from additional comments or suggestions you may have, please share with us any additional thoughts or comments you may have. (please continue on back if more space is needed)

Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey.

AGREEMENT WITH STATMENT: 1 = not really at all 2 = some of the time 3 = most of the time 4 = all of the time

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