This course develops your knowledge, skills and abilities as a swimming teacher, giving you the skills to independently plan and deliver swimming lessons.

Blended Learning is a more flexible approach where you complete the theoretical elements of the course online through interactive activities and checks on learning, prior to the practical workshops.

This Course will consist of:

• Learners own E Learning will need to be started prior to the first delivery day and completed in-between sessions. The deadline will be confirmed by your course tutor.
• 2 days with your course tutor to develop some of the introductory topics. Following this, you will complete your remaining lesson plans ready for your practical sessions. Please ensure you set aside additional time to do this before the practical days .
• 5 days at the venue – These days will consist of planning and preparation, lesson delivery of at least six 30-minute swimming lessons, peer observations and feedback. You will then also need to complete evaluations and an action plan. You will also have 1-2-1 feedback with your course tutor.

Who is the course designed for?

Due to the intense nature of combined courses, those looking to enrol on such a course should ensure they are prepared by:

• Gaining experience of supporting swimming lessons or working within an aquatics environment
• Ensuring you have technical knowledge of swimming
• Having an understanding of Stages 1-7 of the Swim England Learn to Swim framework
• Having an understanding of the key legal areas swimming teachers must adhere to
• Having a basic understanding of lesson planning

Course content

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

You will learn about:

• The responsibilities and role of a swimming assistant and a swimming teacher
• How the scientific principles of swimming impact on development
• How to develop core aquatic skills and the four strokes
• How to identify and correct common swimming faults
• How to use a variety of teaching techniques and equipment to suit different needs
• How to plan and deliver inclusive lessons for different levels of ability, including adaptations for swimmers with special educational needs and disabilities
• Key teaching and management skills including class management and assessment, organisational skills, behaviour management, communication skills, and teaching methods
• National curriculum swimming lessons and how they differ from learn to swim lessons

Please be aware, throughout the duration of the course you will allocated homework by your Tutor that must ‘Meet the Standard’ before the end of the course. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

Download a PDF of the full SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming specification