Note that each candidate will be asked to prepare one or more short and long talk. Also note that each candidate should be able to discuss every topic listed at any time during the class.
Impromptu Talks: [usually less than 5 minutes]
Given at appropriate times during the course by candidates or instructors. [Students teach and are graded and critiqued on their talks]
1.Canoe Nomenclature – i.e. parts of a canoe you need to "name" discuss and understand in order to teach canoeing.
2.Canoe Outfitting- How you outfit canoe for : flat water/moving water paddling,
How you outfit a canoe for white water paddling.
3.The Parts of the Paddle – i.e. parts of a paddle you need to know to teach canoeing. Grip, shaft, throat, blade, tip, power face, back face.
4.Sizing, marking and holding a paddle. Shaft hand marking tape. Marking the paddle face. Types of paddles and differences. Touring, white water, Bent shaft.
5. Getting into and out of a canoe. Launching from bank, beach, dock
6.Warm up/Stretching -
7.Transporting Boats on Vehicles - cars, trailers. Tie downs, knots, , points of attachment. Who is responsible to check secure tie downs. The importance of "put on and tie down NOW" "untie and unload NOW".
8.Pfd’s, types, fit , what’s important –
9. Environmental Ethics. We function in an environment. What should be the effect of our activity. Sound, sight, physical/material
10.Carrying a Canoe - Single person, two person, 3&4 person carry, suitcase, overhead. What happens if a canoe gets off balance while being lifted?
11.Securing Gear in Boats.
12.River Etiquette on and off the water
13.How to empty a canoe filled with water. In deep water. and when the boat is pulled to shallow water/shore.
14.Hypothermia/Hyperthermia – what is it, how do you prevent it, how do you recognize it, how do you fix it.
15.Pre Class Safety talk/ Pre-trip Safety Talk - Describe the details of your class or trip Venue [real or imagined] then give a talk about the safety issues germane to that class or trip. note: a "Right Now Safety" talk at the bank of the Chesapeake will be quite different than at the bank of the Potomac River.
16.What about helmets – When are [should be] helmets worn, helmet type, helmet fit.
17.River Signals ** - Whistle, Paddle and hand signals. "Universally accepted signals", [which are not always universal] and signals which may/will be be used specifically for your class or trip
18. What is a rescue sling and how do you make one
19.Parts of every Canoe stroke CPR – why CPR is important to the student, teacher and paddler.
20.Teach each stroke in the course - the purpose of the stroke/what it does, how to do the stroke catch, power, [transition, correction, exit] recovery. CPR.
Prepared Presentation Topics [10 – 15 min talks]
will be given at appropriate times during the course and will be an integral and important part of the course. [Props, notes, control, priorities Your care of preparation is a good indication of your ability to become an instructor]
a. Canoe Design and Construction
b. Trip Planning & Organization - Plan for a one day canoe trip – what’s involved from the time you decide to do a trip until you get to the parking lot at the put in.
c. Group Management on the Water
d. Cold Weather Paddling & Hypothermia -
e. On Water Communication & Signaling -Hand, paddle, sound –
f. Proper paddling clothing
g. Canoe sport history
h. Useful knots. Truckers hitch, Half Hitch, Figure 8[s], tracer knot concept.
i. First-Aid Kits, What to Include –
j. Lightening/ Thunder protocols –
k. River features that may be hazards
l.
m. Scouting a section of river from boat and shore
n. Elements of teaching that are important to Canoe instruction. comfort and safety/lesson plan and organization/student participation/props handouts demonstrations/evaluation and feed back/etc.
o. "Keys to Canoeing" [see hand out and be able to present and explain each item]
p. Rescue Kit/emergency kit [i.e. not a first aid kit] Where are you going and what might you need if things go wrong.
q.
r.
s. What about Waivers, Risk management. Explain what is important to make sure the elements in the waiver are understood by the person signing.