QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

Most of our teachers have experienced the Waterbabies™ program as parents teaching their own babies to swim. Benefits of experiencing the program first hand is like an apprenticeship, providing the best foundation to train our teachers.

Oceanic Waterbabies teachers are Austswim qualified and hold current a C.P.R. qualification.

Teachers also complete a minimum 6mth intensive infant aquatic training program with Oceanic Waterbabies. (See below)

TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM

Our Infant aquatics teacher-training program was created to meet the demand for quality teachers. The expertise, dedication and passion of our teachers clearly demonstrates why our program is so successful.

Our innovative training program incorporates a wide range of resources to provide comprehensive education and experience for our teachers.

Areas of training include:

• Program philosophy
• Pregnancy, labour and birth
• The water connection: The healing and energetic properties of water
• Early childhood development
• Breathing responses, the art and technique of submersion
• The Waterbabies program: Techniques and skill development
• Personal and professional development
• Understanding and working with the parent child relationship and class dynamics
• Dimensions of health and well-being and their application to successful, ongoing swimming

Training is held over a six to twelve month period and includes approximately 200 hours in theory, observation and practical water experience.

Our training program develops skilled teachers to deliver the Waterbabies™ program with a high level of nurturing and expertise.

Teachers are regularly quality assessed to ensure exellence in their duty of care and in the correct delivery of the Waterbabies™ program.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES for TEACHER TRAINING

Please contact our office

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