Instructor Courses

4-day course The Red Cross Instructor Development Program trains Instructors to apply an individualized approach focusing on injury prevention, learning styles and a variety of instructional techniques that consider the abilities, ages and needs of each candidate.  Red Cross First Aid & CPR Instructors are trained to encourage each participant's personal rate of achievement, recognizing this will vary from one person to the next. 1. Evaluate Skills and Check Prerequisites Confirm prerequisites are met: you must be 18 years or older, have a valid participant certificate for the program you wish to teach and have a completed skill sheet for the discipline you would like to teach- We are running a RedCross Emergency First Aid course on the Monday November 25th before the instructor course November 26th to 28th. If you do not have a completed and singed off skill sheet, please attend this EFA course. The program will be 5 days. First Day EFA, Second and Third Days Fundamentals of Instruction and Fourth and Fifth Days Discipline Specific.  2. Fundamentals of Instruction Complete the Fundamentals of Instruction focused on the application of fundamentals. 3. Discipline-Specific Classroom Component Attend the First Aid & CPR discipline-specific component, which focuses on the specific skills of that program. 4. Teaching Experience Complete the Teaching Experience module component with the support of a Teaching Experience Supervisor. 5. Certification An electronic certification will be issued upon completion. Certified Instructors can teach Emergency First Aid, Standard First Aid, Marine Basic First Aid, Emergency Child Care First Aid, Standard Child Care First Aid and CPR courses.