Daily Lesson Plans
Follow the same level through a progression of “days.”
This is the most standard lesson plan.
Swim Instructors can follow a weekly lesson plan in two ways:
Assume a 4 week class with one lesson per week on the same day of the week; every Monday for 4 weeks.
#1: Swim instructor uses Level Day 1 on the first week, Level Day 2 on the second week, Level Day 3 on the third week, Level Day 4 on the fourth week.
- Week 1: Day 1
- Week 2: Day 2
- Week 3: Day 3
- Week 4: Day 4
#2: Swim instructor uses Level Day 1 for every lesson during the 4 weeks; or uses the same Day for all lessons whether that’s Day 1, 2, 3, or 4 for the entire 4 week session.
- Week 1: Day 1
- Week 2: Day 1
- Week 3: Day 1
- Week 4: Day 1
We provide lesson plans for 4 days worth of lessons.
Why only 4 days of lesson plans?
The lesson plans are made to be repeatable. Repetition is one of the keys to swimmer success.
Give your swimmers the opportunity to become familiar with the flow of lessons (activity, activity, challenge) and learn to expect what is going to happen next.
When your swimmers are too familiar with your flow and repetition move on to the next Day of lesson plans.
Because we have a limited number of skills and testable benchmarks in each level, we don’t want to overload the swimmer by doing too many different activities. Four days worth of lessons and progressions is more than enough to hit every testable skill, and provide enough dynamic activities to stay interesting.
You can iterate, change, or adapt!
Once you’ve mastered teaching each of the 4 levels, you can start making your own lesson plans. Draw from your experience and the General Lesson Plans to pull activities and challenges from you own personal “Bank” or “tool chest.”
Use the lesson plans in order, and do EVERYTHING
*until you’ve mastered the lesson plans and teaching swimming. Then, you can mix and match.
Read from the top first, and read from Left to Right.
Follow the red lines. Activity 1, Activity 2, Challenge 1.
Read through your lesson plan, before you teach the class.
Bring the printed, indestructible lesson plan in the water with you, but read through it before you start teaching.
You can read the details or refresh your memory from the lesson plans during a lesson, but this should be brief, limited, and done quickly.
Swimmer safety comes before everything else.
Be prepared for your level lesson by reading the lesson plan you’re going to use just before you teach it. Familiarize yourself with the activities and the challenges.
Ask your Lesson Coordinator beforehand if you don’t understand something.
