SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming to Babies and Toddlers – Carlton Forum Leisure Centre, Gedling Borough Council

This course develops your knowledge, skills and abilities as a teacher for babies and toddlers. It builds on the Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification and gives you the skills to independently plan and deliver a series of baby and toddler swimming lessons.

Who is the course designed for?

Anyone who has an SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification who wants to provide baby and toddler swimming sessions.

Course content

The course is delivered through a mixture of classroom activities and practical poolside learning. You will participate in at least two 30-minute swimming lessons to gain hands on practical experience.

You will learn about:

• How early years development, stages of play and reflexes impact on swimming ability
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, health related conditions and how to respond and adapt to them
• How to introduce and teach the core aquatic skills in a fun way
• The different supports and holds to use in lessons
• The advantages and disadvantages of different types of equipment
• How to plan, adapt and teach lessons which cater for groups with different levels of ability
• Key teaching and lesson management skills

How to Enrol:

Please contact Gedling Borough Council for further information on the course and to book.

Prerequisites:

• • You must be 16 years of age or older on the first day of the course
  • Hold a SEQ level 1 Swimming Assistant (Teaching) certificate or Swim England/ASA equivalent

  If you have already achieved our SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming 2022 version 4 qualification, you may present your certificate as evidence towards the Assessment Criteria for this qualification. As we have defined aspects of the achievement that do not necessarily require repeating.

  Refer to the qualification specification and / or contact your Approved Training Centre for further information with regards to Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).