Builds on the SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification, developing your knowledge and skills to teach swimming to babies and toddlers.
Search coursesThe SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming to Babies and Toddlers course develops your knowledge, skills and abilities as a swimming teacher for babies and toddlers/pre-school children. It builds on the SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification and gives you the skills to independently plan and deliver a series of baby and toddler swimming lessons.
The course is delivered through a mixture of online learning, classroom activities and practical poolside learning. You will participate in at least four 30-minute pre-school swimming lessons to gain hands-on practical experience.
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Download a PDF of the full SEQ Level 2 Swimming to Babies and Toddlers specification
This qualification has been endorsed as meeting the requirements of the professional standard for the role of a swimming teacher working with children 0-5 years old.
You must be at least 16 years of age and hold the SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification. Your SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification must be dated after 2001. If you are unsure if your qualification meets this prerequisite criteria or if your certificate pre-dates this date please email iosadmin@swimming.org.
There are three different ways to complete your SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming qualification:
This will be delivered at a venue with a tutor at the site. The course theory takes place in a seminar room, you will then go to the pool for your practical work, lesson delivery and assessment.
This course allows you to make the most of learning online and will cover the course theory through interactive live zoom webinars. Once you get to the venue, you’ll have pool-based practical work, lesson delivery and assessment to complete.