PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course
Overview
The IDC Staff Instructor course prepares candidates to teach the PADI Assistant Instructor course and to staff PADI instructor development programs. The training furthers teaching abilities and develops candidate’s evaluation and counseling skills through independent study, classroom sessions, guided evaluation training and an internship.
IDC Staff Instructor Duties
• Independently teach and certify PADI Assistant Instructors at dive center or resorts that are at a minimum PADI Five Star Dive Center or Resorts.
• Conduct IDC segments training segments while a PADI Course Director is available on premises for consultation.
• Evaluate and critique instructor candidate knowledge development, confined water and open water teaching presentations.
• Provide counseling and remedial training for instructor candidates and IDC Staff Instructor candidates.
• Assist with instructor-level continuing education programs, such as PADI Specialty Instructor Training courses.
• Observe the orientation and closing sessions of PADI Instructor Examinations.
• Independently teach and certify PADI Assistant Instructors at dive center or resorts that are at a minimum PADI Five Star Dive Center or Resorts.
• Conduct IDC segments training segments while a PADI Course Director is available on premises for consultation.
• Evaluate and critique instructor candidate knowledge development, confined water and open water teaching presentations.
• Provide counseling and remedial training for instructor candidates and IDC Staff Instructor candidates.
• Assist with instructor-level continuing education programs, such as PADI Specialty Instructor Training courses.
• Observe the orientation and closing sessions of PADI Instructor Examinations.
Course Prerequisites
1. Teaching status PADI Instructor for the current year.
2. PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer.
3. Emergency First Response Instructor.
4. Agree to conduct all levels of diver training consistent with the standards and philosophy outlined in the PADI Instructor Manual and PADI’s Guide to Teaching.
2. PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer.
3. Emergency First Response Instructor.
4. Agree to conduct all levels of diver training consistent with the standards and philosophy outlined in the PADI Instructor Manual and PADI’s Guide to Teaching.
5. Agree to use the PADI System and its components in their entirety.
Materials Required
• All materials required of instructor candidates
• PADI Course Director Manual
• Knowledge Development Presentation Evaluation Form
• Confined Water Presentation Evaluation slate
• Open Water Presentation Evaluation slate
• Knowledge Development Presentation Evaluation Form
• Confined Water Presentation Evaluation slate
• Open Water Presentation Evaluation slate
Performance Requirements
1. Score 80 percent on each of the Dive Theory Exams and have any missed questions reviewed until mastery is achieved. Candidates scoring less than 80 percent on a section are retested.
2. Score 80 percent on the PADI Systems, Standards and Procedures Exam and have any missed questions reviewed until mastery is achieved. Candidates scoring less than 80 percent are retested.
3. Perform all 24 dive skills in the Skill Evaluation, scoring total points, with no individual score below 3.
4. Score at least 4.0 on a knowledge development teaching presentation.
5. Score at least 4.0 on a confined water teaching presentation.
6. Attend the four IDC Staff Instructor Course Knowledge Development sessions.
7. Meet evaluation scoring parameters:
a. Match the control score on four out of six knowledge development evaluation criteria sections for two out of three teaching presentations.
b. Match the control score on three out of the five confined water evaluation criteria sections for two out for three teaching presentations.
c. Match the control score on three out of the five open water evaluation criteria sections for two out of three teaching presentations.
8. Audit a complete IDC by observing all required IDC curriculum sections or present all components from the Assistant Instructor course, scoring at least a 3.5 on each presentation.
2. Score 80 percent on the PADI Systems, Standards and Procedures Exam and have any missed questions reviewed until mastery is achieved. Candidates scoring less than 80 percent are retested.
3. Perform all 24 dive skills in the Skill Evaluation, scoring total points, with no individual score below 3.
4. Score at least 4.0 on a knowledge development teaching presentation.
5. Score at least 4.0 on a confined water teaching presentation.
6. Attend the four IDC Staff Instructor Course Knowledge Development sessions.
7. Meet evaluation scoring parameters:
a. Match the control score on four out of six knowledge development evaluation criteria sections for two out of three teaching presentations.
b. Match the control score on three out of the five confined water evaluation criteria sections for two out for three teaching presentations.
c. Match the control score on three out of the five open water evaluation criteria sections for two out of three teaching presentations.
8. Audit a complete IDC by observing all required IDC curriculum sections or present all components from the Assistant Instructor course, scoring at least a 3.5 on each presentation.
Tuition Cost
Includes all classroom instruction and pool use. Students are required to supply their own equipment for pool and ocean sessions. Tuition does not include application fees paid to PADI.
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PADI IDC Staff Instructor Schedule - Spring 2016 |
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Saturday
10:00am to 5:00pm
At MASS Diving
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Course Orientation Instructor Development Standards, Proceedures, and Curriculum |
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Sunday |
Skills Evaluation Preassessment |
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Saturday
10:00am to 5:00pm
at MASS Diving |
Knowledge Development Presentation Preassessment |
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