PE28G homework

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Your homework will include preparing lesson plans for your teaching assignments (details about lessons are at: WSI certification requirements)

and the following other short assignments. Notice I said short, these assignments do not require paragraphs and paragraphs of verbose prose

Many of these assignments ask you to read a webpage and write up what you found most interesting or important, or that you could use in a swim class. Often the easiest way to do an assignment is to run your mouse across some of the text at the webpage, copy it (click Ctrl C or Apple C on many computers) and paste it (click Ctrl V or Apple V) to a blank document on your computer. You can handwrite any assignment but it must be easily readable, so block printing is preferred and must be in letters at least as big as the type on this page.

The De Anza library has a lab where you can access computers: http://www.deanza.edu/library/librarywestcomputer.html and a few laptops for loan to students: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/library/laptop.html

Please note: you are responsible for keeping a copy of each assignment in case the one you turn in is lost. If you save these on your computer you will have them for the lifeguard training class spring quarter.

I do not accept emailed assignments.

To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title of the homework, such as History of swimming or WSI class safety rules.

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First homework assignment:

Write your name on/in your texts and the CD-ROM.

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Click on this link: WSI class safety rules, read the page and write up the four most important things you learned and be prepared to discuss them. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title WSI class Safety Rules.

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Click on this link: How to rescue a drowning victim using a reaching assist or a shepherd's crook read the page and write up three new things you learned from the page. (If you already knew everything at the page write up the three most important things.) This writing assignment only requires three sentences. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title shepherd's crook.

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Click on this link: swimming vocabulary read the page and write out three things to talk about to a very beginning swim class and three things for an advanced swim class as you take them on a brief tour of the pool. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title swimming vocabulary.

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Click on this link: Fifty ways to praise your swim students read the page and write out your five favorites. Can you think of, or do you already use any others? To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Fifty Ways.

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Click on this link: History of swimming section, read it and write up four things from history you could tell swim students about to motivate them, or just make things more interesting. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title History of Swimming.

Examples:

When I first time an advanced class on a 100 front crawl (freestyle) I tell them that the first Olympic men's swimming gold medal, in 1896, was won by Alfred Hajos of Hungary, in 1:22.2. It often turns out that some, if not many of my students can swim a 100 faster than that. After celebrating we discuss why. (Advances in stroke mechanics, faster swim suits, wave eating lane lines, etc.)

When multi gold medal winner Michael Phelps first learned to swim at age 7 he swam only backstroke. "I was afraid to put my head underwater." This can be a great thing for non-swimmers and beginners motivation.

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Click on this link: CPO and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things. This writing assignment only requires three sentences. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title CPO.

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Click on this link: http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/rwi/illnesses/swimmers-ear-prevention-guidelines.html and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things. This writing assignment only requires three sentences.

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Click on this link: Neighborhood Watch applied to swim centers and write up the three most important things you learned. This assignment only requires writing three sentences.

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Red Cross websites you need to be familiar with:

The homepage of the Silicon Valley Red Cross (your local chapter, Santa Clara County) is at:

http://www.siliconvalley-redcross.org/

go there and click on at least three links and briefly (three sentences is all that is needed), write up what you find.

The info hot line for the Red Cross is 1-800-RED-CROS (1 800 733-2767)

You will turn in your course records to: support@redcrosstraining.org

Write that phone number and email address on the inside front cover of your instructor manual.

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Every swim instructor, (not just pool managers), should be familiar with the Centers for Disease Control(CDC) webpages.

Click on this link: http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/faq

and answer these questions:

Can head lice spread in a swimming pool? How would a swimmer be likely to get head lice at a pool?

Are swim diapers effective in holding in feces?

How long does it take an appropriate level of free chlorine to kill E coli in a pool? Cryptosporidium? (Big hint, the answer is at the Chlorine Disinfection Timetable).

Then click on Aquatics staff in the right hand column, then on 12 Steps for Prevention of Recreational Water Illnesses, and answer these questions:

What is the optimum pH for a pool?

What is the best filtration system for a kiddie pool?

Is a written fecal accident response policy required?

List two rules from the webpage that could be on a poolside sign.

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At the Santa Clara County Public Heath Department website: (copy and paste this into your browser if it does not function as a link)

http://www.sccgov.org/SCC/docs/Environmental Health, Department of (DEP)/attachments/794601POOLCODE.pdf

(no, you don't have to read the whole thing) scroll through the pages and do this research:

1) find the section of the law that says whether dogs can be in a public pool or on the pool deck, and write what it says.

Big hint, scroll down to page 11, section 65533. Cleanliness of Pool.

2) find out how big the letters on a sign need to be that says: "Warning-No Lifeguard on Duty"

big hint, scroll down to page 12, section 65539. Lifesaving, First Aid and Control of Bathers.

3) How clear does water have to be in a wading pool? page 13, 65543. Wading Pool-Water Clarity.

4) How deep does water have to be under a three meter diving board? (see page 19, not 20)

5) How many people are allowed in a pool (not a spa) see page 27 3119B.1.2 Other Pools.

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read: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit02Stretching.html

and briefly write up the three most important safety rules for your swim classes to know about. This assignment only requires writing only three sentences, one for each rule.

optional reading: STOP THAT CRAMP!

4 causes -- and solutions -- for muscle cramps during exercise

http://www.usms.org/news/newsitem.php?n=29

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read: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit03StrengthTraining.html

and briefly write up the three most important safety rules for your swim classes to know about. This assignment only requires writing only three sentences, one for each rule.

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USA Swimming has a nutrition article at:

http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1635&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en

read it and briefly write up three new things you learned. Yup, only three sentences are needed.

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Read read body piercings and lifeguards:

http://www.aquaticsintl.com/2002/july_aug/0207_rm.html and write up three statistics from that page. This writing assignment only requires three brief sentences.

To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title piercings. (They recently removed the photos of actual injuries.)

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The American Cancer Society has skin cancer prevention info at:

http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003184-pdf.pdf

Read it and write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that site, write up the three most important things mentioned.

To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title skin cancer.

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Read CPO and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew it all, write up the most important things. This writing assignment only requires three sentences.

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read the info about the sign at the De Anza pool at: pool chemical signs

and briefly answer this question: What is the most important thing for lifeguards (and swim teachers) to know about chemicals from the perspective of the fire department? This writing assignment only requires one sentence.

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read http://www.ada.gov/lawenfcomm.htm

and write up:

On the average, what percentage of speech reading (reading lips) by deaf people is understood?

Writing notes is a common way to communicate with deaf people. What is one potential drawback mentioned at the page?

Write up the two best other practical suggestions for effective communication.

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read: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/drown.html

from the Consumer Product Safety Commission and write up two brief descriptions of drowning hazards for small children in and around the home and the safety tips to prevent drownings

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read http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/Pool.pdf

and write up the answers to these questions:

What percentage of child victims of drownings at home pools were last seen in the house?

What percent were trespassing on property where they didn't live or belong?

What percent of the swimming pool accident victims were missing for five minutes or less before they were found in the pool drowned or submerged?

How tall should a fence / pool barrier be? (number of inches)

What is the maximum mesh size for a chain link fence?

How quickly after a door from a house to the pool is opened should the alarm sound? (number of seconds)

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look at http://www.access-board.gov/recreation/guides/pdfs/pools.pdf

and find the answers to these questions:

Name the choices for a primary means of entry and the secondary means of entry for disabled persons at a swimming pool.

A large pool, (over 300 linear feet of pool wall), must have how many accessible means of entry for disabled persons?

Optional reading: www.ada.gov/taxcred.htm has info about tax credits available for pools doing retrofitting.

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read canoe over canoe rescue and write up the three most things. you would share with your students

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Many pools have closed their diving boards because the insurance company says they must. Read diving board and slide rules and write up the ten most important rules you find. Be prepared to defend your opinion in class.

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FOR YOUR FINAL EXAM:

Read How to pass a Red Cross written test and come to class prepared to discuss three new things you learned.

Read: Water Safety Instructor exam study guide

You must pass the final written exam with a score of 80 percent or higher (correctly answer at least 40 of 50 questions). The exam is not open book.

You will not need a scantron.

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photo below copyright Ken Mignosa:

Optional, but highly recommended:

Read the Red Cross on-line reference Americans with Disabilities Accommodation Resource Guide for Conducting and Administering Health and Safety Services courses. at: (copy and paste this url into your browser)

www.chicagoredcross.org/pdf/adaresourceguide.pdf

It is a 104 page document, but most of it is links to resources. YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL 104 PAGES! It starts with a review of basic principles of accommodating people with disabilities and Red Cross procedures for classes. Eventually you will want to read the whole document, but for now at least read:

section 3 on page 3 access to and participation in courses

section 4 on page 3-4 Teach to the standard. Test to the objective. Accommodate to the objective.

Chapter 2 page 6 problem-solving approach to develop appropriate accommodations has a lot of info for your pool site itself to get ready in advance for various people with various needs.

Pages 6-8 are worth reading and try out the case studies in pages 9-10

FAQs on pages 17-24

On page 23 open and closed captioning are explained. I did not know that American Sign Language was built on French Sign Language and in some cases there is no translation for the English terminology and the word order and syntax are different.

Chapter 4 has a ton of info on service animals.

Commonly asked questions are on page 36-7.

Hearing loss tips are on pages 39 - 40.

Details about facility accessibility start on page 43.

MS starts on page 48, with sample accommodations on page 52.

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The following is optional, not a homework assignment. Aquatics International is a magazine for aquatics professionals. It regularly has great articles about pool news and you can get a free subscription. Go to:

http://www.aquaticsintl.com/ and take a look. If you want a subscription, click on Subscribe near the top right. Where it asks, if you do not already teach at a pool, you might as well describe yourself as an aquatics professional since you are going to be one. It will also ask you to describe your facility, so describe a place you intend to work at.

Not really homework but we could try it in class:

How to blow giant bubble rings in a swimming pool

The NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook is at http//www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/MD11.pdf