Gain an internationally recognised swimming teacher qualification at Jubilee Sport and Recreation Centre pool through the STA Level 2 Award.
About the STA Level 2 Award
The STA swimming award aims to produce teachers that can teach up to 12 non-swimmers through to improver participants.
This qualification allows you to teach the STAnley Series of awards up to the Octopus and Goldfish Series of STA International Learn to Swim Programme and Stages 1 to 7 of the Swim England Learn to Swim Programme.
The course consists of 5 mandatory units:
Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
Planning, delivering, assessing and evaluating swimming lessons
Understanding a swimming teacher's role
Understanding the health and safety requirements for an aquatic environment
Understanding the scientific and learning theories relevant to swimming teaching
The course is split between time in the classroom and time in the pool.
How you'll be assessed
The STA Award in Teaching Swimming is tutor-assessed through the completion of worksheets, schemes of work, lesson plans, lesson evaluation forms and practical teaching. There is also an external assessment of a 30-minute practical lesson on the final day of the course.
