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New eLearning Offers Accessible way to Enhance your Pool Water Testing Knowledge
A new eLearning is now available for anyone involved with pool water testing or looking to refresh their knowledge. This eLearning covers everything from using a comparator, photometer and electronic meters to testing for free chlorine, total chlorine, and pH. With interactive activities and knowledge checks, this course provides a comprehensive and practical approach to … […]
Swimming through her Career, Wendy shares her passion
For Wendy, swimming is her life. She has been involved in the sport since she was five years old and now, aged 56, she continues to make an impact in aquatics. Wendy says: “I started swimming with Eastbourne Swimming Club as a child. Fast forward a few decades and I’m still here. I continue to … […]
Swimming Lesson Helper course launches to create first step to career in swimming for young people aged 14 upwards
The Institute of Swimming has launched a new eLearning opportunity for young people aged 14 and upwards, who are thinking about a career in teaching swimming or looking for volunteering and training opportunities as part of their Duke of Edinburgh award or Swim England Youth Volunteering programme. The Swimming Lesson Helper eLearning training is an … […]
Institute of Swimming supports two exciting new Swim England membership packages for aquatics coaches
Two exciting and comprehensive membership packages available to coaches across all aquatic disciplines have been launched by Swim England. The Coach and Coach Plus Memberships are backed by the Institute of Swimming and will give almost 6,000 registered coaches the essential support and protection they need while helping them develop with additional training opportunities. It … […]
#LoveSwimming research finds teaching swimming is one of nation’s most rewarding careers
Swim England’s chief executive has urged people to reflect on how happy their career makes them as new research reveals that teaching swimming is one of the nation’s most rewarding and fulfilling careers. The national governing body has joined forces with leisure operators to showcase the benefits of becoming a swimming teacher, as part of … […]
Institute of Swimming and Swim England Charity launch support for Ukrainian Swimming Teachers
Ukrainian swimming teachers who have been forced to flee the invasion are being offered the chance to gain a world-renowned qualification free of charge. The Institute of Swimming and Swim England Charity have launched a two-part initiative to help resettle those who have arrived in the UK as part of the Homes for Ukraine and … […]
Changes to our Teaching Swimming course structure
In 2020 we changed our course structure so that everyone who wanted to become a swimming teacher could start their training. We split our courses into theoretical and practical parts, with the theory taking place through interactive zoom webinars and e-learning. Completing theoretical training online has had a positive impact on many. It has allowed people … […]
Tom teaches swimming whilst studying for his PhD in Drowning Prevention and Applied Environmental Physiology
Tom, is currently undertaking a PhD in Drowning Prevention and Applied Environmental Physiology at Leeds Trinity University. He also works part time as a swimming teacher for Trafford Leisure. Tom explains how drowning prevention has become his mission and his passion… He says: “I have always been a competent swimmer and briefly swam for … […]
Chloe used her passion for swimming to become Assistant Swimming Coach and Teacher at 16
Chloe, 22, has been an assistant swimming coach and teacher since being a teenager. Here, Chloe explains how swimming has had a fundamentally positive impact on her life, her studies and her future career. Chloe says: “I come from a swimming family. My mum and both my grandparents were swimming coaches. I literally grew up … […]
Being a swimming teacher has gone far beyond Jackie’s expectations
Jackie, 17, has been working as a swimming teacher since August 2021, whilst studying for her A Levels at college. She says: “I’m so pleased I made the decision to undertake my Institute of Swimming training – as being a swimming teacher is a fantastic job. It has helped me to grow in confidence, … […]
James funded his Masters degree by teaching swimming
Masters student, James, 24, uses his job as a swimming teacher to pay off his student loan and to fund his current tuition fees. James grew up in a family of swimmers, one of his grandparents was a swimming teacher and his uncle even competed in the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980, in the 100-meter … […]
Emily qualified as a Swimming Teacher in her gap year
Teaching Swimming was Emily’s ideal student job and helped fund her studies to become a Primary School Teacher. Emily, 20, from Somerset, became a swimming teacher to part-fund her studies. She’s since found it to be a rewarding and worthwhile job that will help in her pursuit to become a primary school teacher. Emily … […]