Community Classes

Available Course Offerings

Aquatics:

Parent and Child Aquatics: Designed for children six months to five years with their parents. This program builds swimming readiness by emphasizing fun in the water. Parents and children participate in several guided practice sessions that help children learn elementary skills, including water entry, bubble blowing, front kicking, back floating, underwater exploration and more. Once children can perform basic skills without parental assistance, they may begin Learn-to-Swim.

Learn to Swim: Designed for children and adults. Content includes a broad range of swimming skills for all ages – six levels to complete to achieve full competency and safety in the water. The prerequisite for each level is successful demonstration of the skills taught in the preceding level. Beginners start at Level 1, which has no prerequisite.

Water Safety Presentations: Four presentation options provide safety tips for a large variety of aquatic environments. These presentations are taught in a classroom setting.

Longfellow’s WHALE Tales: Designed for children in grades K-6. This program uses an easy-to-follow lesson plan for parents, teachers or other adult leaders to help teach children ages 5 to 12 about safe behavior in, on or around the water. No prior swimming experience or water safety training is necessary for an individual to lead the activities offered in the packet.

Water Safety Instructor Course: Designed for swimmers 16 years of age and older. This course provides candidates with the training they need to plan and conduct courses within the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Program. Covers teaching progressions, course and lesson planning, recognizing common skill errors, providing corrective feedback, motor learning, and hydrodynamic principles.

GuardStart – Lifeguarding Tomorrow: Content includes lessons to develop knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to succeed in lifeguard training and enhance effectiveness on the job as a lifeguard. For those with swimming skills, this program is an ideal transition between Red Cross Learn-to-Swim and the Lifeguard Training course.

Lifeguard Training: Designed for swimmers 15 years of age and older. Content includes CPR for the Professional Rescuer, First Aid, and Lifeguard training which includes lessons in professionalism, surveillance, victim recognition, equipment-based rescues, and caring for head, neck and back injuries.

Babysitter’s Training

Babysitter’s Training: Designed for young people 11-15 years of age who want the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for infants through school-aged children. Participants will learn basic child care skills to care for infants and young children such as feeding and diapering. Participants will also learn first aid, safety issues, and injury prevention.