HOW ARE ISR INSTRUCTORS TRAINED?
Each of the 500 ISR instructors trained have spent a minimum of five weeks in the water working beside a Master Instructor and/or Senior Master Instructor gradually taking more and more responsibility for each child’s lesson. In addition to the in-water time, academic sessions are conducted in the areas of child development and learning theory, the behavioral sciences; anatomy, physiology and physics as they relate to infants and young children in the aquatic environment. Each instructor is also required to obtain and maintain both First Aid and CPR certifications. In addition, each instructor is required to attend the ISR National Recertification each year for continuing education about every facet of ISR as well as quality assurance.
