Episodes
This final episode of the series discusses the importance of time management.  Not planning enough for a lesson can mean you are scrambling at the end to find something to do.  Keep them occupied with something meaningful that will progress their skills.  Bored children will act out!
Published 09/10/21
Published 09/10/21
The final week of the Top Teaching Tips Series is all about behaviour.  There is very little behaviour training provided in accredited courses.  How do we know how to handle, manage, cope with all the different behaviours in our classes? Today's episode discusses how our language and choice of words impacts children's performance and behaviours.  Not only in the literal sense, but also in terms of following up with consequences to boundary pushing, and building trust by ensuring your words...
Published 09/09/21
The final week of the Top Teaching Tips Series is all about behaviour.  There is very little behaviour training provided in accredited courses.  How do we know how to handle, manage, cope with all the different behaviours in our classes? Today's episode discusses taking students one at time and how it impacts their behaviour.
Published 09/08/21
The final week of the Top Teaching Tips Series is all about behaviour.  There is very little behaviour training provided in accredited courses.  How do we know how to handle, manage, cope with all the different behaviours in our classes? Today's episode highlights the importance of setting boundaries.
Published 09/07/21
The final week of the Top Teaching Tips Series is all about behaviour.  There is very little behaviour training provided in accredited courses.  How do we know how to handle, manage, cope with all the different behaviours in our classes? Today's episode highlights the importance of building relationships.
Published 09/05/21
Top Teaching Tips Series Returns with a week about the science of swimming. Today's episode discusses making the smallest changes to have the biggest impact on learners and their aquatic skills.
Published 09/03/21
Top Teaching Tips Series Returns with a week about the science of swimming. Today's episode discusses how to teach breath control for greatest impact on swimmers and their skills.
Published 09/02/21
Top Teaching Tips Series Returns with a week about the science of swimming. Today's episode discusses buoyancy and factors that affect it.
Published 09/01/21
Top Teaching Tips Series Returns with a week about the science of swimming. Today's episode discusses different ways to teach floating.
Published 08/31/21
Top Teaching Tips Series Returns with a week about the science of swimming. Today's episode discusses gravity.
Published 08/30/21
Top Teaching Tips Series Returns with a week about safety. Today's episode goes over some common and uncommon entries and exits.
Published 08/27/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about safety. Today's episode discusses open water settings and keys to teaching in those environment.
Published 08/26/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about safety. Today's episode discusses how and where in our programs we teach survival backstroke.
Published 08/25/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about safety. Today's episode discusses including parents in the safety activities you plan.
Published 08/24/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about safety. Today's episode highlights why we should teach a signal for help with a fist.
Published 08/23/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about teaching diving. Today's episode discusses the highly important diving rules.
Published 08/20/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about teaching diving. Today's episode discusses crouch and standing dives.
Published 08/19/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about teaching diving. Today's episode discusses kneeling dives.
Published 08/18/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about teaching diving. Today's episode discusses seated dives.
Published 08/17/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about teaching diving. Today's episode discussed some activities you can teach to assist students with their diving.
Published 08/16/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about water familiarisation. Today's episode discusses gliding before kicking.
Published 08/13/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about water familiarisation. Today's episode discusses the importance of teaching sculling.
Published 08/12/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about water familiarisation. Today's episode discusses the implication of refraction of light through the water for beginners.
Published 08/11/21
Top Teaching Tips Series returns with a week about water familiarisation. Today's episode discusses submersion: What's the difference nose in first or chin in first?
Published 08/10/21