Thank you for inquiring about training as a Swim Life® Aquatic Education Specialist.

There's never been a better time to join the Swim Life team,
or to own your own business!

We're happy to provide you with more specifics about your investment, and look forward to hearing back from you after you've reviewed the following:

Swim Life training is a multi-disciplinary experience over the course of 5 weeks, combining in-water hands-on work, online modules, weekly academic assessments, and additional out of water sessions with your Certification Specialist.

The online training curriculum, providing best practices in the industry for teaching water safety and aquatic skills to children, includes:

  • Behavioral training techniques to effectively teach aquatic survival skills

  • Teaching strategies and critical lesson progressions for various age groups and skill levels

  • Anatomy and Physiology as they relate to lesson safety, breath holding and respiration, hydrodynamics, propulsion and posture, floating, buoyancy and balance

  • Safety guidelines to insure the well-being of each student

  • Medical conditions affecting lessons

  • Troubleshooting in-water student challenges

  • Parent interaction and parent education relating to water safety, skill acquisition, and skill maintenance

  • Swim Life's student registration system and how to utilize collected registration informatio

Once you've completed Swim Life training, Swim Life licensing and certification provides:

  • Use of the Swim Life name and logo on pre-approved promotional materials

  • Benefit of Swim Life's extensive affiliations, foundation partnerships, and corporate memberships

  • Opportunities for continuing education, ongoing mentoring, and advancement within the company

  • Initial supply of teaching tools and branded business development collateral

  • The ongoing support and infrastructure of an award-winning program

  • Your unique online registration link for all students

  • Your own information and location page on the Swim Life website

  • Your@myswimlife.com email and membership in Swim Life's G-Suite

  • Corporate wholesale pricing on swim diapers, teaching tool,s and other retail items if desired

  • Ongoing student inquiries and referrals through the Swim Life website, and calls received in our corporate offices

  • Coaching on best practices for marketing and promotion based on our proven marketing blueprint

    • Business development support, including Social media support ~Access to our digital media

    • Ongoing continuing education

    • Membership in our private online instructor's forum

  • Lesson support through mentorship, video review, and personal assessments

Costs to train:

The fee for Swim Life instructor training is $12,000.00 USD (certified bank check or wire transfer*) if you travel and train in Central Florida or with another Certification Specialist in their community. To have a Certification Specialist travel to you, the fee is $16,000.00 and the trainee is responsible for providing a pool that's at least 86 degrees and scheduling a minimum of 16 students (ages 6 months and up) who are committed to register and attend lessons for the duration of the instructor training.

Other costs to consider in addition to the training fee and initial marketing:

Travel expenses - (airfare, meals, lodging, rental car), if you travel to us CPR and First Aid certification - this must be completed separately as Swim Life does not currently provide this certification.

Liability insurance - Swim Life will provide you with companies who have economical options for industry standard insurance.

While the business investment may seem daunting at first, most of our new instructors make their initial investment back within 3 months of teaching on their own!

Swim Life training is just the beginning of a lifelong learning process. Your relationship with your Certification Specialist, your mentor, other Swim Life coaches, and our corporate team will continue long after you begin to teach your own students. We are committed to each instructor's professional growth and success and are available to help with any questions or challenges that may arise during the course of your lessons.

We are only a phone call, email, private forum post, or text message away. Please let us know when you'd like to set up a call to answer any of your questions, or to review your training options.