BC Artistic Swimming is a huge advocate of the AquaGO! program recognizing it as a turn-key opportunity to rebuild or grow its membership following the current health crisis. In partnership with Canada Artistic Swimming, we are now making it even easier to help our member clubs to prepare to deliver AquaGO!!!

In response to the current health crisis in Canada and around the world, Canada Artistic Swimming has fast-forwarded plans to pilot a blended training environment for the AquaGO! Instructor Course. This allows coaches to take a portion of the AquaGO! Instructor course online with a one-day in-person/pool component to be completed once artistic swimming activities resume. Given this is a pilot that will be delivered by CAS staff, the course will be available for FREE with coaches needing only to pay for the pre-clinic materials and pre-requisite courses ($75) as outlined below.

To further support our clubs and coaches, BC Artistic Swimming will subsidize $50/coach to complete the pre-requisites as well as the cost of the in-person clinics making the total cost $25/coach for a limited time.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the subsidized program, coaches must be:

• registered and in good standing for the 2019-2020 season, and
• a minimum of 15 years old.

PROGRAM COST:

Acceptance into the CAS online training pilot will be on a first-come-first serve basis. Coaches who register after April 30 are still eligible for the $50 BCAS subsidy but may be required to pay:

• the $225 online/in-person course fee or a portion thereof, and
• the full fee $24.98 to complete the S4L Introduction to Physical Literacy.

REGISTERING FOR THE BLENDED AQUAGO! INSTRUCTOR COURSE:

• Before registering for an AquaGO! Instructor Course, coaches MUST complete the pre-requisite courses. Please refer to the attached document for links to the pre-clinic materials and courses.
• To register for the blended AquaGO! Instructor course, please contact sdd@bcartisticswimming.ca. BCAS will verify that you have completed the pre-requisites before confirming your eligibility to register for the course.
• To qualify for all reduced rates and subsidies, course pre-requisite and registration must be complete by April 30, 2020. Coaches who register after this date may not be eligible for all discounts and subsidies.
• Coaches who have already completed and paid for the pre-requisite materials can apply to BCAS for reimbursement of the $50.00 subsidy by submitting the receipt to ed@bcartisticswimming.ca.
• Each online training cohort will include a minimum of 10 and maximum of 15 coaches.

For more information, please contact Tanya Magee, Sport Development Director.

RESOURCES:

Canada Artistic Swimming AquaGO! Online Training Framework

This support is made possible, in part, by the Canadian Womend & Sport WISE Fund. 

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