ACA Kayak Instructor Class L1/L2 Kayak Touring

ACA Level 1/2 - Essentials of Kayak Touring Instructor Certification Workshop (ICW)
May 10-12,2019 5pm-9pm Friday, 8am-6pm Sat/Sun
Location: Wildcat Creek Reservoir Park 841 N 500 E Kokomo, IN

Would you like to be a ACA certified kayak instructor and use your skills to safely teach kayaking to others and to confidently lead trips?

This intensive fun and experiential 3 day class is to certify experienced paddlers to teach kayak skills. The class is not a skills course and is geared towards how to TEACH kayaking as an ACA instructor. It is a flatwater kayaking course geared towards educators, paddling club leadership, seasonal, professional paddlesport staff and those who desire to have the skills to teach basic kayaking with credentials to offer their own classes and to lead trips. Persons desiring to become ACA Instructors should thoroughly review the instructor criteria, as well as the courses up to the level of certification being sought, which are detailed in the links below. Class instructor/trainer – Trey Rouss

Cost $325 Payment required to hold reservation. Refundable if replacement is found. Payable via check to Kokomo Canoe, Suite 222 2114 E.Boulevard St Kokomo,IN 46902
Participants are responsible for their own travel, food, and lodging during the course.

Email questions and reservation requests to jvrinkokd@aol.com

OVERVIEW

The Essentials of Kayak Touring Instructor Certification Workshop (ICW) is part of a nationally recognized curriculum provided by the American Canoe Association. Participants are expected to come personal paddling skills at/above their level of expectation and meet the Essential Eligibility Criteria which is linked below. Some equipment will be provided, but will be limited to rescue equipment and maybe some extra paddling gear. Personal gear/clothing is the responsibility of the participant. Rental kayaks are available.

Attendees are required to be full members of the ACA at the start of the course ($25/yr). and obtain the ACA Instructor’s Manual (available in the eStore of the ACA website). The L2: Essentials of Kayak Touring courses are designed to teach paddlers to safely and enjoyably kayak on lakes, and other flatwater settings (protected water near shore with winds up to 10 knots, waves up to one foot (0.3 meters), and current up to one knot.
Course details and expectations can be found in the ACA website :

L2 https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.americancanoe.org/resource/resmgr/sei-courses/l2_ekt_instcrit.pdf

L1 https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.americancanoe.org/resource/resmgr/sei-courses/l1_ik_instcrit.pdf

Although completion of the course is not a guarantee of certification, our goal is that successful candidates will be “passed” at the workshop level, passed at a lower level with an action plan to complete to upgrade to the next level, or be “passed” at a lower level. The final certification depends on the performance in the above identified areas of competence.
Upon successful completion of the ICW, membership in the ACA’s Safety Education and Instruction Council is required to receive certification ($35/yr) and to obtain First Aid and CPR certifications. Instructors must be 18 years of age. Persons within 12 months of their 18th birthday may attend an instructor certification course, and if successfully completes the course will have their certification “deferred” until their 18th birthday.

Note: Current ACA instructors requiring an update can request to assist this class!