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Are you struggling to find and maintain good swim instructors?
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By joining us you will be linked to a community of professionals who will help you succeed.
You will have access to an instructor development system that you control, using a blended training method of online course modules available on any device, combined with practical experience. Your instructors become trained and certified on your time frame and as needed.

Benefits

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These are the most common reasons cited for joining Starfish Swimming over other programs:

• Nationally and internationally recognized swim instruction and instructor certification program
• The ability to bring instructor training "in-house" with the option to develop as many internal Instructor Trainers as desired for your program
• Innovative and effective teaching methods
• Safety concepts built into the curriculum at every level
• Transition from another program is fast, easy and effective
• The curriculum can be incorporated into current programming of any kind
• Cost-effective with minimal paperwork or reporting
• Client support with direct contact to the highest levels of the organization—no bureaucracy so you get the answers you need and get them fast
• Quality resources for instructors and recognition merchandise for students
• Customized swim lesson management app to track every student's progress and communicate directly with the student and their family about achievements

Curriculum

The innovative and learner-focused curriculum uses an “ages and stages” format so that you can offer swim lessons across the lifespan to a broad range of interests. 
You choose the programs to offer that are best suited to your situation and needs.

​The Swim School program for pre-school, youth and adult students develops a foundation of swimming and safety skills with a focus on self-rescue:

• trust and submersion
• body positions and air recovery (includes rollover to back for air recovery)
• forward movement and direction change
• rotary movement (transitions from rollover to side position for air recovery)
• integrated movement
• age-appropriate safety skills such as asking permission, wearing a lifejacket, using flotation to make an assist, treading water, and survival float

The Stroke School for youth and adult students develops effective swim technique and endurance for:

• Freestyle
• Backstroke
• Butterfly
• Breaststroke

The StarBabies/StarTots course introduces infants and toddlers to the water in a fun and loving environment. Parents or caregivers are taught effective techniques to teach their infants and toddlers how to float, submerge, move in the water, and roll over to breathe. Classes incorporate songs, activities, and water safety education.

StarFun & Fitness provides eight different activity templates for scouts, homeschoolers, birthday parties, camps, after-school care, and school groups. The activities range from water safety through fitness training - with everything aquatic in between! There is also a water safety classroom presentation for outreach efforts.

Safety Training and Aquatic Rescue (STAR) is a practical and effective community water safety course that can be customized to the needs of the audience. The training is ideal training for parents/caregivers, child care personnel, foster families, and anyone who supervises or may have to help others in, on or near the water. STAR may be provided completely in person by your staff, or you can purchase online courses for distribution to your audience and provide an online or blended course.

The Starfish Swim Team is designed to be the transitional program from swim lessons to a competitive swim team. This program can be a great way to network and gain exposure to the swimming community in your area by becoming a feeder system for competitive programs.

Starfish Swimming Instructor Development System©

Membership Options

Plans are available for individuals and small, medium, large, and custom programs

Basic	Pro	Elite
Annual fee	Annual fee	Annual fee
​​Based on number of instructors	Based on number of instructors	Based on number of instructors
Online courses, exams, certifications and credential path for instructor development	Everything in Basic, plus: Digital swim lesson management app at your fingertips via mobile or desktop. Assign instructors and track progress for every student, with benchmarks and lead-up skills pre-built into the app. Send digital report cards to parents and more!	Everything in Pro, plus: An annual training and consulting visit at your site. A customized event designed to help you train your staff and grow your swim program. Certificate exams and assessments included for those who qualify.
Access to the entire curriculum for all Starfish Swimming programs
Designation as a Starfish Swimming Training Center. You operate independently and set your own lesson pricing and retain all revenue for an unlimited number of students
Program Director training specific to operating a lesson program in your municipal parks & recreation, YMCA, private swim school, resort, club, camp, business, or waterpark environment
Training and risk management safety guidelines in the Code of Practice.
Exclusive merchandise purchase options for student tracking and recognition