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Teacher Training Workshops 2008

Infant/Toddler Swimming

 Lifestyle Swim School

 

Raising the bar on teaching with kindness and joy

 

Teacher training

Rob and Kathy McKay have conducted teacher training workshops at their Boca Raton, Florida site with attendees from as far away as Japan, New Zealand, The Philippines, Scandinavia, Australia, South America, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Europe as well as from throughout the U.S. They have conducted workshops for countries, cities, private organizations as well as for individuals. In 2003 Rob presented a workshop in Uppsala, Sweden, sponsored by pediatrician Dr. Ludmilla Rosengen, and in 2004 Oslo, Norway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Lifestyle Swim School, in Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A., has the world's foremost infant/toddler learn-to-swim program."    

Ross Gage , Director Swim Australia

 

 

If after reading this entire web site you feel that you are in tune with our gentle, "baby friendly" philosophy and you feel at home with the principles expressed below, you may be a candidate for our teacher training workshop. Teaching babies has an incredible impact on a young child's life and is a great responsibility, the "whole child approach" requires individuals with special "sensitive traits".  It is not for everyone.

 

 

Rob training Nathalie from Water Planet Human Dolphin-Encounters Panama City Beach, Florida/Bimini Island Bahamas

 

Our workshops are for those high minded individuals who:

1. Seek to create a warm and nurturing experience for young children that will help to shape their lives in a positive way.

2.  See the swimming experience as an avenue for guiding and inspiring growth on many levels, and not focusing solely on the fear of  "not drowning"  (see safety link Pool & Water Safety )

3. Will only treat children with gentleness and awareness of their feelings, abilities and readiness.

4.  Would never use an accelerated agenda utilizing forced pre-mature and repeated submersions or unwilling coerced back float. (We welcome those who bring joy, not crying or fear). You must understand that this is not "survival backfloat swimming" or "drown proofing". We are a holistic school, and while we do teach safety skills over time, we are a child centered, child paced (not fear based) as well as child friendly and family friendly.  We are a happy place, filled with smiles not tears.

5.  Are in tune with and consciously become of aware of what the child is capable of, only seeking the highest good of each child

6.  See swimming as a road to celebrate life, each class being it's own reward

7. Come open and ready to learn from the babies and from us

 

 

 

M. Satish Kumar from Bangalore, India, starting the nations first baby swimming program with the help of Rob and Kathy McKay. Rob and Kathy with Nina who trained in our holistic/gentle approach to teaching babies to swim. She participated for 4 weeks in the fall of 2007, at our Boca Raton site. Nina is from London and Brighton, England

 

 

 

 

  

Teacher Training at our site in

Boca Raton, Florida 

Small Group Workshop Schedule for 2008

 

2008 Workshop #1 April

Beginning week one: April 6-April 11

if attending two weeks: week two April 14-17

if attending three weeks: week three April 21-24

if attending four weeks: week four April 28-May 1

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

 

 

2008 Workshop #2 MAY

May workshop A

Beginning week one: May 4-9

if attending two weeks: week two May 12-15

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

Commitment thus far from South Africa

 

May workshop B

Beginning week one: May 18-23

Commitment thus far from the US

if attending two weeks: week two  May 26-29

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

 

 

2008 Workshop #3 June

Beginning week one:  June 1-6

if attending two weeks: week two June 9-12

if attending three weeks: week three June 16-19

if attending four weeks: week four June 23-26

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

 

 

 

2008 Workshop #4 July

Beginning week one July 7-July 10

if attending two weeks: week two July 14-17

Commitment thus far from Kuala Lumpur, Malasia

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Workshop #5 July/August

Beginning week one: July 27-August 1

if attending two weeks: week two August 4-7

if attending three weeks: week three August 11-14

if attending four weeks: week four August 18-21

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Workshop #6 August/September

Beginning week one:  August 31-Sept 5

if attending two weeks: week two Sept 8-11

if attending three weeks: week three  Sept 15-18

if attending four weeks: week four  Sept 22-25

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

 

 

 

2008 Workshop #7 September/October

Beginning week one:  Sept 21-26

if attending two weeks: week two Sept 29-Oct 2

if attending three weeks: week three  Oct 6-9

if attending four weeks: week four  Oct 13-16

Week One Running Sunday Evening through Friday Morning

 

We may be able to customize a training time for you. We usually have several individuals interested in the workshops at any given time, so we try to coordinate their schedules on the same weeks. Let us know as far in advance as possible if a particular time period beginning on a Sunday looks good for you. 

 

 

Contact Lifestyle on the form below for up coming workshops or future dates

 

 

Rob McKay baby swimming teacher training

Rob with teacher workshop participant Angela from Auckland, New Zealand and Gabriela from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Training caring teachers with heart through-out the world

Provide the contact information below in an email for course curriculum and pricing, as well as to receive lodging and travel information for our next small group "teacher training" workshop.

 Boca Raton, Florida

 

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