College of the Redwoods
CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
1.
Division: Physical Education
2.
Course ID and Number: PE 47
3.
Course Title: Water Safety Instruction
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:
Updating of course outcomes
8. List any special materials, equipment, tools, etc. that students must purchase:
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: 2/21/08
Review Date: 2/21/08
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: 3/14/08
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SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM CHANGES
FOR AN EXISTING COURSE
FEATURES
Catalog Description
(Please include complete
text of old and new catalog
descriptions.)
Grading Standard
OLD
NEW
Training designed to certify the
student to teach infant and
preschool aquatic lessons,
Longfellows Whale Tales
educational program and
progressive swimming
courses (level 1-6 ). The
student will be familiar with
Safety Training for Swim
Coaches, Waddles Aquacktic
Safety, and be certified to work
in other Red Cross insructional
programs the Instructor
Candidate Training module
(ICT).
American Red Cross Water Safety
instructor course to train
instructor candidates to teach
courses in the American Red
Cross Swimming and Water Safety
program. Successful completion
leads to receiving the American
Red Cross Water Safety Instructor
(WSI) certificate and the
Fundamentals of Instructor
Training Certificate (FIT).
Grade-CR/NC Option
Letter Grade Only
Total Units
Lecture Units
Lab Units
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Recommended
Preparation
Maximum Class Size
Repeatability—
Maximum Enrollments
Other
Instructor must be an authorized
Instructor Trainer certified by the
American Red Cross to certify
students with an American Red
Cross WSI certificate.
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: 2/18/08
COURSE ID AND NUMBER: PE 47
COURSE TITLE: Water Safety Instruction
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.
American Red Cross Water Safety instructor course to train instructor candidates to teach
courses in the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety program. Successful
completion leads to receiving the American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor (WSI)
certificate and the Fundamentals of Instructor Training Certificate (FIT).
Special notes or advisories:
Students must:
1. Be at least 16 years of age.
2. Have successfully completed Fundamental of Instructor Training.
3. Demonstrate the ability to perform the following strokes consistent with Stroke.
4. Performance Charts, Level 4 (appendix B Red cross WSI Instructor Manual: Front
Crawl--25 yards, Back Crawl--25 Yards, Breaststroke--25 yards, Elementary Backstroke--25
yards, Sidestroke--25 yards, Butterfly--15 yards.
5. Float on back for 1 minute in deep water.
6. Tread water 1 minute.
PREREQUISITES
No
Yes
Course(s):
Rationale for Prerequisite:
Describe representative skills without which the student would be highly unlikely to succeed .
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COREQUISITES
No
Yes
Rationale for Corequisite:
Course(s):
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 at an acceptable level of performance.
3. Apply course material regarding planning, conducting, and evaluating Swimming and 4.
Water Safety courses, maintaining course records, and ensuring safety of participants.
5. Acquire knowledge of, and become familiar with, a wide variety of course related
materials.
6. Analyze a participant’s progress and provide corrective feedback and encouragement.
7. Obtain knowledge of employment opportunities in the field.
8. Acquire skills necessary to teach all levels of the IPAP program, the Learn-to-Swim
program, Community Water Safety, and the Water Safety Instructor Aide course.
COURSE CONTENT
Themes: What themes, if any, are threaded throughout the learning experiences in this course?
1. F.I.T. (Fundamentals of Instructor Training) course material and certification.
2. Knowledge of swim skills and strokes.
3. Organizing, planning and conducting course.
4. Risk management.
5. Learning theory.
6. Elements of course design.
7. Infant and Preschool Aquatics program
8. The Learn to Swim program, including swim course outlines, lesson plans, support
techniques, and teaching basic skills, new strokes, diving, and starts and turns.
9. Customizing the programs.
10.Community and Basic Water Safety.
11.Water Rescue Course, and Water safety Instructor Aide course.
Concepts: What concepts do students need to understand to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Preparing and delivering teaching sessions.
2. Providing directions.
3. Managing Swimming and Water Safety program skill sessions.
4. Evaluating performance and providing corrective feedback to help others.
5. Ensuring candidates' health and safety during training.
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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.
6.
Social skills.
Cooperation.
Time management in swim classes.
Decision making.
Diversity.
Gender Issues (boys and girls learn together).
Skills: What skills must students master to demonstrate course outcomes?
1. Participate in class lecture, video, and self study guide to complete certification for the
F.I.T course.
2. Creating and maintaining an ongoing notebook.
3. Planning several practice teaching assignments by writing lesson and block plans.
4. Conducting several practice teaching scenarios, one on one, group settings and with
children.
5. Evaluating classmates and ones own practice teaching skills, in both one on one and
group settings.
6. Evaluating classmates and own practice teaching skills, both individual and group
settings, using various evaluation techniques.
7. Observing swim classes and turning in reports detailing findings.
8. Describing information learned from reading assignments, including learning theory,
9. Customizing classes for special populations, and teaching principals.
10.Improving all strokes and skills.
11.Exploring and becoming familiar with ARC courses and programs.
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, demonstrations, and activities.
2. Performing a variety of swimming and water safety skills during the pre-course
session.
3. Performing skill drills.
4. Teaching of peers, as well as, children in lessons.
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:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Plan, conduct, and evaluate several practice teaching assignments.
Written exams and quizzes.
Practical skills assessments.
Several outside class observations and reports.
Practice teaching assignments.
Written assignments.
Class participation.
Final exam by the Red Cross and pass with an 80%.
Required assessments for all sections – to include but not limited to:
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EXAMPLES OF APPROPRIATE TEXTS OR OTHER READINGS
Author, Title, and Date Fields are required
Author American
Red Cross (StayWell)
Author American
Red Cross
Title
American Red Cross Water safety Instructor's Manual
Author American
Red Cross
Title
Fundamentals of Insructor Training
Author American
Red Cross
Title
American Red Cross-- Raffy Learns to Swim, Waddles in the
Title
Swimming and Water Safety
Date
2004
Date
2004
Deep
Date
Date
2004
2004
Other Appropriate Readings:
Longfellow's Whale Tales
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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:
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Same as above
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FOR VPAA USE ONLY
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER PE 47
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Department: PHED Physical Education
16. CoRequisite Course: None
2. Subject: PE
17. Recommended Prep: None
Course No: 47
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: Water Safety Instruction
23. VATEA Funded Course:
yes
no
9. Long Title: Water Safety Instruction
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:
Contact Hours:
Lab TLUs:
Contact Hours:
Lecture/Lab TLUs: 6.0 Contact Hours: 90
34. The addition of this course will inactive
number). Inactive at end of
term.
(course number).
15. Prerequisite: None
Particular Comments for Printed Catalog.
Advisory under Catalog Description.
Curriculum Approval Date: 3/14/08
Curriculum Proposal (rev. 3.26.07)
Senate Approved: 09.03.04
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(course