Teaches candidates the knowledge and skills needed to become authorized to teach The American Red Cross Learn To Swim lessons, Water Safety Presentations, Basic Water Rescue, Parent and Child Aquatics, and more.

Candidates will learn how to use the course materials, how to conduct training sessions and how to evaluate participants' progress. Must be able to demonstrate each of the six strokes (elementary backstroke, sidestroke, front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, butterfly) at a Learn To Swim Level Four, in addition to floating for one minute and treading water for one minute.

Must be 16 years of age by last day of class to enroll.

There is an additional fee of $35 paid directly to the Red Cross for the online portion.