The PADI Instructor Development Course 9½ Days

The IDC begins with independent self-study and encompasses two PADI programs: The Assistant Instructor Course (AI) and The Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI). 

Together these two programs make up the full IDC.

Chris's 9 ½ day Indepth PADI IDC is designed to develop your teaching skills and expand your knowledge and understanding of The PADI System of Diver Education.

. after all what makes a teacher a successful professional is not what he or she knows, but rather what your students know after you have finished teaching them !!!

During the IDC you will learn how to successfully transfer knowledge and skills to others. Furthermore you will develop a clear understanding of The PADI Philosophy of Continuing Education and the full range of PADI programs and teaching materials that are available to you as a PADI Instructor.

The focus of these programs is on development, in other words learning by making mistakes and being corrected - so feel free to make as many mistakes as you like !!!   

In fact, we learn best by making mistakes, then receiving the necessary feedback we need to improve.

The programs are performance based and candidate centred, so you will receive feedback throughout the course informing you of your progress and level of proficiency.

The PADI Assistant Instructor Course: 5 days

Assistant Instructor (AI) Candidates joining Chris's Indepth PADI IDC attend the first 5 days of his Indepth IDC.

This course introduces candidates to learning, instruction and the PADI system of diver education and focuses on the programs they will be able to teach as Assistant Instructors, such as The Project Aware Specialty and the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty.

Candidates will also learn how to give successful Microteaching Knowledge Development presentations, Confined Water presentations and Open Water presentations.

Certification Requirements include minimum scores in: one Microteaching Knowledge Development presentation, one Confined Water presentation, one Open Water presentation (2 skills), the PADI skill circuit and the Assistant Instructor Standards Exam.

The PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Course: 6 days

This takes the Assistant Instructor (AI), Instructor with another training organization or person attending a whole IDC program the next step in their PADI Instructor Development. OWSI Candidates joining an Indepth IDC program would attend the only last 6 days.

During the OWSI course you will learn more about PADI Standards and the role of media and prescriptive teaching.

There will be an Indepth look at the courses which make up the PADI system and how to teach them: Discover Scuba Diving, Scuba Diver, Specialty Diver, Adventure Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Divemaster and the various diver retention programs as well as important information on teaching children, legal responsibility and risk management and some business principles for YOU - the dive instructor.

Requirements for certification include: a minimum passing score in one Prescriptive Teaching Knowledge Development presentation, one Confined Water presentation, one Open Water presentation (2 skills), the PADI skill circuit, the 800m snorkel swim, the Assistant Instructor Standards Exam and an IE Dive Theory preassessment exam.

Upon successful completion of this program you will receive authorization to attend the Instructor Examination.

REMEMBER: prior to the start of an IDC, AI or OWSI course the candidate must have completed ALL 16 IDC Knowledge Reviews from the "Independent Learning" section of the IDC Candidate Workbook.

The PADI Instructor Crossover Course is now the OWSI Course

The OWSI course has taken the place of the old IOC / Crossover Course.

The OWSI course now allows Instructors already certified with a recreational diving training agency other than PADI to "crossover" to PADI.

This is a great way to take advantage of market demands and be able to offer your employers and customers PADI courses and programs.

Click here to see the SSI/BSAC/CMAS corresponding PADI certifications - if yours is not here - please contact Chris for clarification.

The course comprises of the last 6 days of an Indepth IDC, thus candidates joining an existing IDC program would attend only the final 6 days ..

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