PADI IDC Staff Instructor
course description:
Achieving the PADI IDC Staff Instructor rating is a great way to add another course to your teaching options, as a IDC-S Instructor you will be able to conduct independently the Assistant Instructor course! Because IDC Staff Instructors are an integral part of the PADI IDC, you set the stage for moving on to PADI Course Director as you present topics in the IDC and help shape PADI Dive masters and Assistant Instructors into PADI Open Water Instructors.
Your training to become a PADI IDC Staff Instructor will involve four modules:
* Reassessment of knowledge, water skills and teaching ability
* Orientation to PADI IDC policies, procedures and philosophy
* Training of the candidate in the skills of objective evaluation
* Auditing a complete IDC Course.
Learning objectives
You will be assisting the PADI Course Cirector closely during a full IDC training, learn how to score the candidates knowledge development, confined and open water presentations, how to counsel and motivate them. The IDC-Staff instructor course is a rewarding course as you are actively involved in all parts of the PADI IDC training and receive very valuable tips and techniques from the PADI course director and experience firsthand the development process of new instructors.
MODULE 1:
Knowledge Assessment:
An IDC Staff Instructor Candidate must demonstrate adequate knowledge of diving theory and PADI Systems, standards and procedures by exhibiting acceptable performance on written examinations before participating in the IDC auditing phase of the program.
You will be required to obtain a 75% passing mark on a series of pre-assessment examination.
Watermanship Assessment:
Before you may participate in the IDC auditing phase of the program, you are required to demonstrate mastery of the PADI Skill Evaluation Circuit. To obtain this mastery all skills above a 2.0 and an average of a 4.0 or higher is required.
Teaching Assessment:
An IDC Staff Instructor candidate must demonstrate acceptable performance of an academic teaching presentation prior to a participation in the IDC auditing phase of the course. An acceptable performance level of this presentation is 3.0 or higher, using the PADI Academic Teaching Presentation Evaluation Form for scoring.
MODULE 2:
Orientation:
This involves orientation of the candidate to PADI IDC policies, procedures and philosophy.
You may not begin the evaluation training or PADI IDC auditing modules of the course until the orientation has been mastered.
MODULE 3:
Evaluation Training:
During this module, we will learn how to objectively evaluate and give positve comments to PADI IDC candidate teaching presentations. Consistency in evaluation and critique along IDC Staff members is vital to enable the IDC candidate to effectively develop teaching skills .
Effective and consistent evaluation of candidate teaching presentations is the most important function of a Staff Instructor.
To prepare you for this role, some preliminary training will take place.
During the evaluation phase you must reach the following consistency guidelines prior to the completion of the IDC.
*Plus or minus .5 of the control score (CD score) for academic, confined water, and open water presentations.
MODULE 4:
IDC Auditing:
from a staff perspective show you how a PADI IDC course is conducted and see the developments of candidate skills.
During this session you observe all IDC training segments, evaluation sessions, PADI IDC candidate counseling and all aspects of
staff organization. Throughout the program, the PADI Course Director or PADI IDC Staff Instructor may request your assistance and input.
Once all phases of training are completed and the necessary paperwork submitted to PADI, you will then be certified as an IDC Staff Instructor.
pre-requisites:
You must have
- PADI MSDT certifications
learning materials you need
- Course Director Manual is highly recommended
- Evaluation slates are mandatory
course starting date, duration & pricing:
Please refer to our schedule & pricing page.
PADI fees:
Please refer to the PADI fees section in our schedule & pricing page.
