American Canoe Association Safety and Rescue Instructor Survey L4 and L5

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* 1. Thank you for choosing to participate in this short survey, your information and perspective as an ACA instructor in Safety and Rescue is helpful in the direction and decision making of the Safety and Rescue Committee. Please answer the following demographic questions as you start the survey.

First and last name

ACA certification Level

Number of years teaching SWR

State in which you primarily teach

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* 2. In regards to L4 SWR coursework that you teach. Do you teach the following?

	Yes	No	Sometimes
Pendulum	Pendulum Yes	Pendulum No	Pendulum Sometimes
Hand Over Hand Tagline	Hand Over Hand Tagline Yes	Hand Over Hand Tagline No	Hand Over Hand Tagline Sometimes
Strainer Bar Drill	Strainer Bar Drill Yes	Strainer Bar Drill No	Strainer Bar Drill Sometimes
V-Lower	V-Lower Yes	V-Lower No	V-Lower Sometimes
Spinal Immobilization in the Water	Spinal Immobilization in the Water Yes	Spinal Immobilization in the Water No	Spinal Immobilization in the Water Sometimes
Boat Based Rescue with Canoe	Boat Based Rescue with Canoe Yes	Boat Based Rescue with Canoe No	Boat Based Rescue with Canoe Sometimes
Boat Based Rescue with Kayak	Boat Based Rescue with Kayak Yes	Boat Based Rescue with Kayak No	Boat Based Rescue with Kayak Sometimes
Boat Based Rescue with Raft	Boat Based Rescue with Raft Yes	Boat Based Rescue with Raft No	Boat Based Rescue with Raft Sometimes
Boat Based Rescue with other craft	Boat Based Rescue with other craft Yes	Boat Based Rescue with other craft No	Boat Based Rescue with other craft Sometimes
Cinches	Cinches Yes	Cinches No	Cinches Sometimes
Snag and Tag lines	Snag and Tag lines Yes	Snag and Tag lines No	Snag and Tag lines Sometimes

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* 3. Do you add or delete certain modules based on class/student experience level?

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* 4. Please answer the following two questions

	Yes	No
Do you feel you have access to current and updated information in SWR?	Do you feel you have access to current and updated information in SWR? Yes	Do you feel you have access to current and updated information in SWR? No
Curricula review cycle is every four years, do you feel this is adequate?	Curricula review cycle is every four years, do you feel this is adequate? Yes	Curricula review cycle is every four years, do you feel this is adequate? No

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* 5. Which modules do you think are most important to teach in the Level 4 curriculum?

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* 6. If you had to remove a module from Level 4, which one(s) would you remove?

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* 7. If you could add a module to Level 4, what would you add?

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* 8. In Level 4 courses, which skills are most challenging/difficult for your students?

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* 9. What specialized rescue equipment do you bring to your class for students? (Rescue vests, throw bags, knot tying material, etc.)

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* 10. Thank you for completing this short survey, we plan to make the results available to the respondents later this spring. If you have additional comments regarding L4 Safety and Rescue curriculum, please comment below.