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Default ACA Paddle America Clubs

I'll have to disagree with this statement. From my experience, the
great majority of ACA certified instructors are "outdoor
professionals", camp counselors, guides, heads of school outdoor
programs, etc. I know that CCC has a very strong volunteer ACA training
program, but outside of that I think you will find that most ACA
instuctors have monetary reasons to maintain the training and the
insurance.

It's surprising how many of the SWR instructor candidates take the
course and never teach.

Larry


Recruiting volunteer instructors is always difficult, and most
certified instructors (at least in the whitewater world) take the
certification for volunteer activities, not to teach for pay[1]. *Given
that, and given that more certified instructors is good for the sport,
as a whole, it makes sense to certify anyone who has mastered ***the
specific skills (and any prerequisite skills, of course) covered in the
course ***, and demonstrated the ability to actually teach those
skills.



[1] this is a separate beef of mine: that I have to pay ACA an
additional annual fee to retain my Swif****er Safety and Rescue
certification... PAY for the privilege of giving away several perfectly
good weekends to VOLUNTEER to teach something that we all hope every
paddler will learn? *How twisted is that? *ACA oughta be giving FREE
memberships to anyone who will take the trouble to become certified
then give up the time to teach safety and rescue.

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