ASA Instructor Certification Program at The New York Sailing School
ASA Instructors are sailing professionals who have it all. Join them and chart a course that leads to a successful career in the sailing industry. If you have the experience, now you can have the credentials you deserve.
By qualifying to the ASA Instructor Standards you obtain internationally recognized credentials. These credentials document your experience and level of proficiency - from Basic Keelboat Sailing to Offshore Passagemaking - and assist you in commanding the respect you have earned.
AS AN ASA CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR YOU ARE:
- Enhancing your career development potential as a professional.
- Qualified to teach and certify students to uniform national Standards which are internationally recognized.
- Playing an important role in improving the quality and extent of educational opportunities for the recreational sailor.
- A member of a professional organization which provides you with teaching materials and services, a centralized national certification authority, continuing education programs for ASA Instructors, member discounts on useful products and services, and a wide variety of other benefits.
- Recognized internationally as a leader in sail education.
ASA Instructor Certification Standards parallel those required for students, but at a much higher level, with emphasis on teaching. They are: Basic Keelboat Sailing, Basic Coastal Cruising, Bareboat Chartering, Coastal Navigation, Advanced Coastal Cruising, Celestial Navigation, and Offshore Passagemaking. As all instructors follow this sequence of Certification, each expands his or her skills, experience and professional standing. While you may choose to stop at any level of Certification, there are no short cuts as every ASA Instructor undergoes the same process of evaluation.
The American Sailing Association conducts "Instructor Qualification Clinics" (known as [IQS'S) throughout the United States. If you are currently teaching sailing, or wish to teach sailing, consider becoming an ASA Instructor. If you feel your experience and sailing proficiency are presently at Certification level, we invite you to apply to an IQC nearest you. If you are successful, you will be awarded the American Sailing Association's Instructor Certification Seal and an Instructor’s Certificate for the highest Level achieved.
SCHEDULE
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Friday, April 15, 2005 - 1800 - 2200 Hours
Friday, October7, 2005 - 1800 - 2200 Hours
- Welcome - Introduction
- IQC Orientation
- ASA Organizational Overview
- Paperwork, Payments
- Grade & Review Basic Keelboat and Basic Coastal Cruising Examinations
Break
- Teaching Methods - Text, "Teaching Methods" by Fred King
- Simulated Classroom Teaching Assignments
- Adjourn for the day.
Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 0830 Hours
Saturday, October 8, 2005 - 0830 Hours
- 0830 - 1130 Hours
Group A - Onboard Teaching Assignments
Subjects - Tacking, Gybing, Man Overboard, Mooring Pick-Up, Docking Procedures, Traveler, Heave-To, Reefing, Fairleads, Sail Trim, Boom-Vang, Points Of Sail.
Group B - Basic Keelboat Instructor Examination
- 1130 -1230 Hours - Lunch Break
- 1230-1530 - Groups A & B Reverse Activities
- 1530 Hours - Grade BKI Examinations
- 1730 Hours - Wrap-Up
- 1800Hours - Adjourn for the day
Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 0830 Hours
Sunday, October 9, 2005 - 0830 Hours
- 0830 -1130 Hours Singlehanded Assignments
Course Includes: Tacking, Gybing, Heave-To, Reefing, MOB, Mooring and/or Docking - or Anchor.
- 1130 -1230 Hours - Lunch Break
- 1230 - 1530 Hours - Presentation of Simulated Classroom Teaching Assignments
- 1600 - 1700 Hours - "ASA and the Professional Sailing Instructor"
- 1700 - 1800 Hours - Open Discussion of IQC, Personal Interviews and Adjourn
- 1800 - 1900 Hours - Dinner Break
- 1900 - Open Hours - Review or Prep for Coastal Navigation, if necessary
Monday, April 18, 2005 - 0830 Hours
Monday, October 10, 2005 - 0830 Hours
- 0830 - 1130 Hours - Coastal Navigation Examination
- 1130 - 1230 - Lunch Break
- 1230 - 1630 Hours - Basic Coastal Cruising
Onboard Simulated Teaching Assignments
Motor Techniques, Safety Requirements, ....
Subjects to be assigned
- 1700 -1800 Hours - Wrap-Up Odds & Ends and Adjourn for the day
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 0830 Hour
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 0830 Hour
- 0830 - 1030 Hours - Bareboat Chartering Examination
- 1100 -1500 Hours - Bareboat Navigation Test & Cruise - Lunch Onboard or at Destination
- 1530 - 1630 Hours - Wrap-Up, Hand in material and Adjourn for Day.
Advanced Coastal Cruising
Wednesday April 20, 2005 - 1800 Hours
Wednesday October 12, 2005 - 1800 Hours
Welcome - Introduction
IQC Orientation
Paperwork, Payments
Review Teaching Methods, Text - "Teaching Methods" by Fred King
Break
Presentation of Simulated Classroom Teaching Assignments
Critique and Discussion
Adjourn for the day
Wednesday April ?, 2005 - 1800 Hours
Wednesday October 12, 2005 - 1800 Hours
0830-1130 - Advanced Costal Cruising Examination
1200-1300 - Lunch Break
1300-1400 Hours - Provision and finish preparing vessel
1400 Hours - Depart for Destination
Voyage to Include:
Watch Systems
Night Navigation
Onboard Subjects
Full Navigation at all times,
Spinnaker
Weather ....
Power Plant ....
Date to be schedule -
1400 Hours - Return from Voyage, Pump-Out, Top Off Fuel $ Water - Clean Vessel!!
1800 - Wrap-Up and Adjourn for the day.
Outline for Test and Course
ASA Log Book - "Advanced Coastal Cruising"
Sources of Reference:
Chapman, Annapolis Book OF Seamanship
Harry Munns, Cruising Fundamentals
K. Adlard Coles, Heavy Weather Sailing
Please Call American Sailing Association at 310 822-7171 for Instructor Qualification Clinic Application.
