STA Level 2 Certificate in Swimming Teaching
Who is it for?
Progress on your teaching pathway with the STA Certificate in Teaching Swimming—the next step which meets CIMSPA’s employer-led swimming teacher professional standard.
The qualification will expand your expertise to teach competitive strokes, survival and rescue skills, diving, competitive starts and turns; allowing you to teach non-swimmers through to advanced participants.
Teach the full range of the International Learn to Swim Programme independently, from non-swimmers to advanced participants
- Access free online support and resources which are helpful for new and experienced teachers
- Your course resource manual will act as a guide throughout your swimming teaching journey—always there to refer back to should you ever need it
- Receive advice and guidance from the STA team who will support you throughout your swimming teaching journey.
What will I learn?
The course is designed to develop advanced skils required to teach swimming, lifesaving and survival technique and competitive starts and turns.
- Teach more lessons with a variety of skills
- Retain existing participants by offering progressive lessons, extended skills and advanced awards
- Benefit from 12 months free CIMSPA affiliate membership (usually costing £30) with access to a wide range of benefits from the professional development body when you qualify.
Course Content
- Plan a series of coaching sessions
- Prepare the coaching environment
- Manage safe and effective sports coaching
- Plan sports coaching programmes
- Manage the delivery of effective sports coaching programmes
- Develop participant performance through effective sports coaching
- Monitor and evaluate effective sports coaching programming
- Evaluate sports coaching programmes and practice.
It also references the following industry guidance documents:
- PAS 81:2011 Specification for the management of a swimming school
- HSG179 Managing Health and Safety in Swimming Pools
- STA Swimming Teaching Code of Practice.
Download the full course specification here...
Course Structure
3 days (Classroom and Swimming pool based learning)
Entry Requirements
- Be at least 16 years of age
- Hold current membership of STA
- Hold the STA Award in Teaching Swimming qualification or acceptable equivalent (please note the Swim England Level 1 Award in Aquatic Teaching is not an acceptable pre-requisite
Course Fee
£320 and includes all course materials and qualification registration
Progression
STA Baby & Preschool Swimming Teacher
Course Dates
Venue for all courses is Queen Margaret's School, Escrick
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