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Early Childhood Swim Teacher Award

Early Childhood Swim Teacher Award

 

       

 

View the SNZ Education Course Calendar here
ENROL ONLINE and pay by credit card

 
The Early Childhood Swim Teacher Award is for the swim teacher who wants to develop their skills teaching Baby and Pre-school classes. 
 
  1. The course and resources have been developed in consultation with Gill Connell who is recognised world-wide as a leading educational consultant in child development, movement, word study and Perceptual Motor Development (PMP). 

Supporting the course is the new Reference Manual.  This resource has been endorsed by John Bainbridge BA MA (Chairman of the group that wrote the USSSA Infant Certification Course)

“An excellent reference manual for anyone working in early childhood aquatics.  The manual is well illustrated and written in a user friendly manner.  The chapter on how the brain develops in a young child lays the foundation for this informative text.  The bar has been raised….. Congratulations Swimming New Zealand and your staff of writers”.

 
The ECSTA syllabus has eight sections including distance learning assignments, course attendance and a practical teaching assessment. 
 
Course content includes
  • Safest practices and attitudes in and around water
  • Progressions
  • Creating the lesson environment
  • Movement development
  • Brain development and language development
  • Vestibular system
  • Sensory development
  • Proprioception
  • Tactile sense and eye-hand/eye-foot coordination
  • Learning through consequence, music/rhyme/song and creativity
  • Imagination, developing self esteem and confidence in the child and parent/ caregiver
  • Active participation of teacher and parent/caregiver
  • Readiness
  • Communication of instructions
  • Te Whariki (NZ Early Childhood Curriculum)
  • Floating and buoyancy and foundation aquatic skills.
 
Requirements for Certification
  • Attend and participate in both days of the course
  • Compete all related assignments and documentation
  • Successfully complete all practical teaching assesments
 
Pre-Requisite for Course
  • Hold a current Assistant Swim Teacher Award
  • Hold a current First Aid Certificate (US6401 & US6402)

 

View the SNZ Education Course Calendar here  - ENROL ONLINE and pay by credit card OR complete the SNZ Course enrolment form here and return with payment to the Education Team as detailed on the enrolment form.

 
For further information, please contact the Education Team here.
 
 
        

 

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