College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1.
Division: Physical Education
2.
Course ID and Number: PE 46
3.
Course Title: Lifeguard Training
4.
Discipline(s) (Select from CCC System Office Minimum Qualification for Faculty [copy following web
address and paste into web browser http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/aa_ir/psmq/min_qual/min_quals%20_revApr406.pdf]
Course may fit more than one discipline; identify all that apply): Physical Education
5.
Check one of the following:
New Course
If curriculum has been offered under a different discipline and/or name, identify the former course:
Change to existing course (course discipline and number are not changing)
Should another course be inactivated?
Title of course to be inactivated:
6.
No
Yes
Inactivation date:
Is course part of a CR Degree/Certificate Program? (If New is selected above, check No) No
Yes
If yes, specify program code(s). (Codes can be found in Outlook/Public Folders/All Public Folders/
Curriculum/Degree and Certificate Programs/choose appropriate catalog year):
Required course
Restricted elective
7.
Provide explanation and justification for addition/change/deletion:
The reason for the increase in units is due to the fact that the Red Cross has
increased the amount of information in the lifeguarding course. Due to the addition
of CPR for the Professional Rescuer, Lifeguard Management, Waterfront
Lifeguarding, Basic Water Rescue, First Aid, and Administering Oxygen, the number
of modules for the course require more time.
8. List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
Swim suit, towel, goggles, mask, and safety kit.
9. Will this course have an instructional materials fee? No
Fee: $
Submitted by:
Dave Banducci
Tel. Ext. 4243
Division Chair/Director: Joe Hash
Yes
Date: 3/15/08
Review Date: 4-1-08
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE USE ONLY
Approved by Curriculum Committee: No
Board of Trustees Approval Date: 5/6/08
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
Yes
Date: 4/11/08
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SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM CHANGES
FOR AN EXISTING COURSE
FEATURES
OLD
NEW
Training which will provide the
student with a Lifeguard
Training Certificate, CPR for
the Professional Rescuer, and
First Aid, Community Water
Safety, Head Lifeguard, and
Waterfront Lifeguard
certifications, which qualifies
participants as non-surf
lifeguards
An American Red Cross
Lifeguarding Course that provides
entry-level lifeguard participants
with the knowledge and skills to
prevent, recognize and respond to
emergencies and to provide care
for injuries and sudden illness
until emergency medical services
(EMS) personnel arrive and take
over. Successful completion
leads to receiving the American
Red Cross Certification in
appropriate modules.
Grading Standard
Select
Select
Total Units
2.0
3.0
Lecture Units
1.5
2.0
Lab Units
.5
1.0
Prerequisites
Students must demonstrate
profiency in front crawl, back
crawl, breaststroke,
sidestroke, elementary
backstroke, and underwater
swimming.
None
Catalog Description
(Please include complete
text of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
Instructor must be an authorized
Lifeguard Instructor certified by
the American Red Cross to certify
students in Lifeguard Training,
CPR for the Professional Rescuer,
First Aid, Waterfront Lifeguarding,
Lifeguard Management,
Administering Emergency Oxygen,
Basic Water Rescue.
If any of the listed features have been modified in the new proposal, indicate the “old” (current) information and
proposed changes.
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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
DATE: 3/15/08
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: PE 46
COURSE TITLE: Lifeguard Training
FIRST TERM NEW OR REVISED COURSE MAY BE OFFERED: Summer 2008
TOTAL UNITS: 3.0
TOTAL HOURS: 90
[Lecture Units: 2.0
[Lecture Hours: 36
Lab Units: 1.0]
Lab Hours: 54]
MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 24
GRADING STANDARD
Letter Grade Only
CR/NC Only
Is this course repeatable for additional credit units: No
Grade-CR/NC Option
Yes
If yes, how many total enrollments?
Is this course to be offered as part of the Honors Program? No
Yes
If yes, explain how honors sections of the course are different from standard sections.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
The catalog description should clearly state the scope of the course, its level, and what kinds of student goals the
course is designed to fulfill.
An American Red Cross Lifeguarding Course that provides entry-level lifeguard
participants with the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize and respond to
emergencies and to provide care for injuries and sudden illness until emergency medical
services (EMS) personnel arrive and take over. Successful completion leads to receiving
the American Red Cross Certification in appropriate modules.
Special notes or advisories:
1. Must be at least 15 years of age.
2. Must be able to swim 300 yards using the front crawl, breaststroke, and a combination
of either, and demonstrate proficient knowledge of distance and stroke.
3. Must be able to swim 20 yards, surface dive 7-10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return
to starting point and exit the water without using the ladder, in 1 minute and 40 seconds.
PREREQUISITES
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
COREQUISITES
No
Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
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RECOMMENDED PREPARATION
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Recommended Preparation:
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
What should the student be able to do as a result of taking this course? State some of the objectives in terms of
specific, measurable student accomplishments.
1. Demonstrate the qualities of an American Red Cross representative.
2. Demonstrate the required skills (in water rescues, approaches, and entries) at an
acceptable level of performance.
3. Acquire knowledge of, and become familiar with, a wide variety of course related
materials (CPR, first aid, and in line-stabilization).
4. Obtain knowledge of employment opportunities in the field.
5. Describe physical and mental skills required of a lifeguard (such as rules enforcement,
patron education, and safety checks and emergency response).
6. Demonstrate in water spinal management techniques.
7. Describe knowledge of techniques providing for the health and safety of all patrons.
8. Effectively use course materials and training equipment.
9. Perform victim recognition, and scanning techniques.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes: What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. Knowledge of swim skills and strokes.
2. Risk management.
3. Injury prevention and patron safety.
4. Facility safety.
5. Patron surveillance.
6. Emergency preparation.
7. Lifeguard Management.
8. Basic Water Rescue.
9. Waterfront Lifeguarding.
Concepts: What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Ensuring health and safety.
2. Preventing and providing care for injuries.
3. Providing directions.
Issues: What primary issues or problems, if any, must students understand to achieve course outcomes (including
such issues as gender, diversity, multi-culturalism, and class)?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Social skills.
Cooperation.
Decision making.
Diversity.
Gender Equity.
Skills: What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Swimming.
2. Backboarding.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
CPR/AED.
Rescue tube.
Lifeguarding techniques and knowledge
Supervisory and management skills.
Waterfront safety skills.
REPRESENTATIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES
What will students be doing (e.g., listening to lectures, participating in discussions and/or group activities, attending
a field trip)? Relate the activities directly to the Course Learning Outcomes.
1. Participating in classroom lectures, discussions and engaging in group activities.
2. Performing skills with rescue tubes and backboards.
3. Describing information learned from reading assignments.
4. Performing strokes and rescue skills.
5. Exploring and becoming familiar with rescue techniques.
6. Demonstrating, using and administering of manikins, AED's, oxygen delivery systems,
breathing barriers, disposable gloves, and first aid supplies.
8. Performing water skills and rescue scenarios.
ASSESSMENT TASKS
How will students show evidence of achieving the Course Learning Outcomes? Indicate which assessments (if any)
are required for all sections.
Representative assessment tasks:
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to:
1. Physical swim skill testing, as well as, demonstration of lifeguarding skills.
2. Written exams and quizzes.
3. Written assignments.
4. Class participation.
5. Final exam by the Red cross and Pass with an 80%.
EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author American
Title
Red Cross (StayWell)
Lifeguarding Date 2007
Author American
Red Cross (StayWell)
Author
Title
Date
Author
Title
Date
Title
Lifeguard Management
Date
2007
Other Appropriate Readings:
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PROPOSED TRANSFERABILITY:
CSU
UC
If CSU transferability is proposed (courses numbered
1-99), indicate whether general elective credit or specific
course equivalent credit is proposed.
If specific course equivalent credit is proposed, give
course numbers/ titles of at least two comparable lower
division courses from a UC, CSU, or equivalent
institution.
None
General elective credit
Specific course equivalent
1.
,
(Campus)
2.
,
(Campus)
CURRENTLY APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION
CR
CSU
IGETC
CR GE Category:
CSU GE Category:
IGETC Category:
PROPOSED CR GENERAL EDUCATION
Rationale for CR General Education approval (including category designation):
Natural Science
Social Science
Humanities
Language and Rationality
Writing
Oral Communications
Analytical Thinking
PROPOSED CSU GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH (CSU GE)
A. Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 – Oral Communication
A2 – Written Communication
A3 – Critical Thinking
C. Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign
Language
C1 – Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theater)
C2 – Humanities (Literature,
Philosophy, Foreign Language)
E. Lifelong Understanding and SelfDevelopment
E1 – Lifelong Understanding
E2 – Self-Development
B. Science and Math
B1 – Physical Science
B2 – Life Science
B3 – Laboratory Activity
B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
D. Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
D0 – Sociology and Criminology
D1 – Anthropology and Archeology
D2 – Economics
D3 – Ethnic Studies
D5 – Geography
D6 – History
D7 – Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral
Science
D8 – Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
D9 – Psychology
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category: Same as above
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Proposed Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
1A – English Composition
1B – Critical Thinking-English Composition
1C – Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)
2A – Math
3A – Arts
3B – Humanities
4A – Anthropology and Archaeology
4B – Economics
4E – Geography
4F – History
4G – Interdisciplinary, Social & Behavioral Sciences
4H – Political Science, Government & Legal Institutions
4I – Psychology
4J – Sociology & Criminology
5A – Physical Science
5B – Biological Science
6A – Languages Other Than English
Rationale for inclusion in this General Education category:
Same as above
Upon successful completion of this course participant will receive certification to lifeguard
at a pool, or waterfront, and be knowledgeable and certified in CPR/FPR-AED, as well as,
manage other lifeguards, and administer oxygen.
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FOR VPAA USE ONLY
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER PE-46
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Department: PHED Physical Education
16. CoRequisite Course: None
2. Subject: PE
17. Recommended Prep: None
Course No: 46
3. Credit Type: D Credit Degree Applicable
18. Maximum Class Size: 24
4. Min/Maximum Units: 3.0 to
19. Repeat/Retake: NR No repeats
variable units
5. Course Level: E Not Occupational
20. Count Retakes for Credit:
yes
no
6. Academic Level: UG Undergraduate
21. Only Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
7. Grade Scheme: UG Undergraduate
22. Allow Pass/No Pass:
yes
no
8. Short Title: LIfeguard Training
23. VATEA Funded Course:
yes
no
9. Long Title: Lifeguard Training
24. Accounting Method: W Weekly Census
10. National ID
11. Local ID
(CIP):
(TOPS):
31.9999
083570
12. Course Types:
 Level One Basic Skills: NBS Not Basic Skills
25. Disability Status: N Not a Special Class
26. Billing Method: T-Term
27. Billing Period: R-Reporting Term
28. Billing Credits: 3.0

Level Two Work Experience:


NWE Not Coop Work Experience
29. Purpose: A Liberal Arts Sciences
Level Three:
30. Articulation No.
Placeholder for GE OR
(CAN):
DOES NOT APPLY
31. Articulation Seq.
Level Four: If GE : Choose One:
32. Transfer Status: A Transfers to both UC/CSU
(CAN):
13. Instructional Method: LL Lecture/Lab
33. Equates to another course?
14. Lec TLUs: 3.0 Contact Hours: 36
Lab TLUs: 3.0 Contact Hours: 54
Lecture/Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
34. The addition of this course will inactive
number). Inactive at end of
term.
(course number).
15. Prerequisite: None
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
.
Curriculum Approval Date: 4/11/08
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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