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WSI Certification QuestionsWater safety instructors can maintain certification to teach if they: - answer-teach at
least 1 elgible course
-report at least 1 course
-do recertification assessment
The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used - answer-to
provide additional demonstrations; use as needed
As an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which course are you allowed to
teach? - answer-Learn to Swim
-Parent and Child Aquatics
-Adult Swim
-Preschool Aquatics
An instructor aide for Learn-to-Swim class can do what? - answer assist WSI instructor
(where they can perform exit skills)
Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by - answer Water
Safety Instructor
Which courses and presentations are Water Safety instrructors expected to report
teaching activity for to the Red Cross? - answerall courses (Learn to Swim, Parent and
Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Adult swim, and private lessons?)
Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety
courses is in - answer-Water Safety Instructor Manual
-Instructors Corner
In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn to Swim and Adult
Swim, water safety information and techniques shoud be - answerpart of all courses
What is the purpose of the Red Cross Swim mobile application? - answer-educate
adults and children about water safety
-encourage continued progress and participation
-parents must use to see progress of child
What must an instructor canidate need to di in order to earn the certification? (Think
what % of test and what in class and in water instructions?) - answer-80% on test
-all required skills and partiicpate in all lessons (competency)
, What does a Water Safety Instructor need to do before they are elgible to teach Safety
Training for Swim Coaches? - answerWSI orientation for Safety for Swim Coaches
What does WHALE tales stand for and what is the objective of Whales Tales? - answer-
Water Habits Are Learned Early
-help children learn safe behaviors in, on, and around the water
The water safety topics that are listed in the PCA, PSA, LTS< and AS skills outlines
what? - answer-with additional safety topics that speak to current events/ issues?
What is an objective of Learn to Swim Level 1? - answerhelp the child feel comfortable
in water and enjoy safely doing so
Why is it important for water safety information be shared with parents? - answerif
parents are educated, they will supervise their children safely
Goals, practice, feedback, and motivation anre what type of learning? - answerfactors
that influence learning
What type of learned is when they are able to detect and correct errors on their own? -
answerlate stage of learning
Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching are factors that influence
what? - answerlesson planning
What is suggested to do after a lesson to see if your participants had success and to
see if you need any improvement? - answerevaluate effectiveness of lesson plan
What does it mean to have a "photographic eye"? - answerknow what it should look like
(mental image of what it should be)
One vlaue of a block plan is that it can be used to do what? - answerdivide course
content into individual sections
What should be in a lesson plan? - answer-equipment needed
-skills taught
-activities used
When demonstrating a skill what is always a must? - answerall participants must be
able to see
Where are most people's center of buyancy? - answerlocated near the chest region
What is the most effective way to improve the efficency of swimming strokes? -
answerapply hydrodynamic principle (streamline-- eliminate drag)
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