In a continuing effort to provide useful resources, this presentation was developed to assist you in certain aspects of conducting an Instructor Certification Workshop. Feel free to use all or some of the slides (or add your own), and incorporate them appropriately into your individual certification courses. If you have a different method of appropriately conveying the following information, that is fine as well. This powerpoint is a sample presentation and intended to be an additional resource for ITs and ITEs. If you have suggestions for improving this presentation, please let us know. Thank you for your continued support of the ACA and paddlesports. SEI Department Welcome Instructor Trainers / ITEs: ACA Instructor Certification Workshop Date: March, 2012
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In a continuing effort to provide useful resources, this presentation was developed to assist you in certain aspects of conducting an Instructor Certification Workshop.
Feel free to use all or some of the slides (or add your own), and incorporate them appropriately into your individual certification courses. If you have a different method of appropriately conveying the following information, that is fine as well.
This powerpoint is a sample presentation and intended to be an additional resource for ITs and ITEs.
If you have suggestions for improving this presentation, please let us know.
Thank you for your continued support of the ACA and paddlesports.
• Founded in 1880, the American Canoe Association (ACA) is a national, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization serving the broader paddling public by providing EDUCATION related to all aspects of paddling; STEWARDSHIP support to help protect paddling environments; and sanctioning of programs and events to promote paddlesport RECREATION and COMPETITION.
Who is the ACA?ACA Instructor Certification Workshop
• 1880: Established on August 3rd by twenty-three notable canoeists on Lake George, NY• 1903: Purchased Sugar Island in Canada • 1927: Incorporated in NY• 1944: Women given the right to vote in ACA• 1978: ACA Slalom & Wildwater Teams win World Championships!• 1980: Susan Chamberlin is the first woman to be elected Commodore
• 1990’s: Clean Water Act enforcement (24 cases)
• 2004: Strategic Tenets of the ACA defined
• 2008: Founded the National Paddlesports Conference• 2010: Rapid Media becomes official magazine partner
ACA HistoryACA Instructor Certification Workshop
• National Paddlesports Instruction Program
• Safety Education & Instruction Council
• Learn to Paddle Initiative
• Youth Development Program
• Extensive Paddlesports Safety Education Information
To Become Certified:– You must be at least 18 years old– Be or become a full member of the ACA– Acquire the ACA Instructor’s Manual– Successfully complete an IDW & an ICE at the
• Instructor Candidates must be able to demonstrate their proficiency at each level in: – Technical knowledge– Paddling ability – Teaching ability– Rescue ability
• At the conclusion of an ICE, an Instructor Candidate can either:– Pass (receive certification at a certain level)
– Be Continued (must address specific deficiencies prior to receiving certification: an appropriate course of action will be developed with the facilitating Instructor Trainer)
– Fail (must retake either the IDW or ICE, or both)
• An Instructor Candidate continued at one level can be awarded a lower level of certification if earned. (Aka an Instructor Candidate can earn a Level 1 certification in a Level 3 certification course)
Attendance does not mean CertificationACA Instructor Certification Workshop
Instructor Certification is valid for 4 years provided:
What is my extra $25 SEIC Registration for?ACA Instructor Certification Workshop
• Office Support• National Paddlesports Instruction Program management• Grant Projects• Curriculum development • Outreach at events & conferences nationwide• Represent paddlers interests to various organizations
and regulatory entities• Educational Resources
– Canoeing – Human Kinetics
– Kayaking – Human Kinetics
– Paddle Safe, Paddle Smart Curriculum
– Paddling 101 (Award Winning)
– Know Your Limits
– Coastal & River Kayaking Wall Charts
– Paddlesports Safety DVD’s
– Waterproof Paddlesports Placards
• For more information, visit www.americancanoe.org.
What is my extra $25 SEIC Registration for?ACA Instructor Certification Workshop
YOU are the decisive element in an ACA course. It is YOUR personal approach that creates the climate. It is YOUR mood that makes the weather. As an ACA instructor YOU possess tremendous power to make a student’s paddling experience miserable or joyous. YOU can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. You can humiliate, humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is YOUR response to student failure and success that determine whether or not a student leaves YOUR course a safer, better paddler, happier, more committed to the sport or depressed, angry and likely to give up paddling. YOU have great power. Use it wisely.
Adapted by Mark Molina from Kids Don’t Care What your Know Until They Know That You Care by Dr. Hiam Ghott
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