AWSI Pre-Course Assignment

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1 AWSI Pre-Course Assignment Directions Answer the questions below as completely as you can. Completing this assignment before the course begins will help you with all the knowledge necessary. Supplies: Assistant Water Safety Instructor (AWSI) Manual AWSI CD This assignment Getting started: Start by skimming your manual. Get to know the sections and major headings. Pay particular attention to the first section ( Red Cross Swim ). This section provides information about the Red Cross and its learn to swim program as well as information about how to become a Water Safety Instructor. Also pay attention to the following appendices: Appendix A Evaluation Criteria: AWSI Course and Teaching Experience Appendix C Code of Conduct Appendix D AWSI Red Cross Program Screening Performance Criteria (you will be expected to perform these skills on the first day of class) Appendix F AWSI Teaching Experience Assignments 1-8 (you will be required to teach these items throughout your teaching experience hours) Appendix K Common Equipment and Uses Appendix L Choking/Rescue Breathing After you have skimmed your manual, start answering the questions in the assignment. The questions are in the same order as the sections in your book. The class: In order to take this course, you must be 15 years of age by the last day of the program. The AWSI course is 30 hours long. Additionally, you re required to complete 8 hours of teaching experience essentially, assisting with Red Cross Swim classes. Depending on the course, these additional 8 hours may or may not be included in class time. You will be informed as to specific course requirements the first day of the course.

2 Part I: Red Cross Swim 1. What are the Seven Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross? 2. Fill in the following chart. You ll need to use pages 2.2 to 2.4 of your AWSI manual. Red Cross Swim Program Level refers to the different swimming levels listed under the Program Overview section, starting on page 2.2 of your manual. Red Cross Swim Program Level Program Target Content Evaluation Structure

3 3. What are the components of the Haddon Matrix Injury Prevention Model? 4. Most accidents that result in aquatic injuries are preventable and predictable. How does the Haddon Matrix help us teach injury prevention? 5. What are different ways we communicate? 6. What are some key points to remember when communicating with your swimmers? 7. What are some key points to remember when you communicate with parents? 8. What are some steps you can take to build healthy relationships with swimmers, their parents and your coworkers? 9. List and define the domains of learning. 10. List and define the different ways people learn. 11. List and explain the different stages of information processing.

4 12. Learning readiness = What are the basic rules of safety supervision? 14. Why are the following issues important to maintain a high level of safety in your classes? Routines: Screening: Formations: Emergency Procedures: 15. How do you make your formations safe? 16. Why do children misbehave in class? 17. Fill in the following tables: Teaching Description When to use

5 Method Direct Discovery Games Corrective Method Shaping Description Overcorrection Physical Manipulation 18. What is a progression? What are the steps in a progression? 19. What is feedback and why is it important for learning?

6 20. Fill in the following table: Physical Definition Principle Archimedes Principle Application to Swimming Resistance Form Drag Frictional Drag Propulsion Law of action and reaction Law of levers Centre of buoyancy Centre of Mass For the Application to Swimming column, you can use an example if you like.

7 21. What is your first priority in creating an effective learn-to-swim environment? What are considerations for non-swimmers in creating this environment? 22. What are the components to a successful stroke? 23. What are the stages of a stroke? 24. What is the order you use to teach and correct strokes? 25. Why is it important to identify and fix the source of a problem when doing stroke correction? 26. Why are skills and water safety combined in the Red Cross Swim program? 27. What is the FITT principle? 28. How do you take a heart rate? 29. List and define the components to fitness. 30. Why do we use the target heart rate zone?

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