A message to
all Instructors from the Paddle
Canada Sea Kayak Program Development Committee.
The New 2010 SK Program Manual is now available! Thanks to the SK PDC and all who commented and contributed. Please download the newest version of the SK Manual for 2010
The Manual is always available by logging in and accessing Instructor
Services on the PC web page.
In response to advice coming in from Instructors and
paddlers across Canada the SK PDC continues to improve the program manual.
Changes for 2010 are as follows:
- Experience
as an Assistant or Apprentice is included as credit to maintain instructor
certification. page 77
- The
provision to enroll in an Instructor course prior to obtaining the required
skill certification is limited to the Lv1 Instructor course. page 9
- Corrected
grammar, spelling and vocabulary.
A reminder to renew your instructor membership
for 2010. ( All
instructor memberships expired Dec. 31/09) You will need to do this to gain access to the "Instructor
Services' area of your account which has the new SK Manual,
your courses, past, present and future and many other instructor admin
features. Login into your account now!
News Item Regarding the Sea Kayak Guiding Program
Early in 2009 the SK PDC responded to a motion of the Board
to look into the opportunities for Paddle Canada to develop a sea kayak guiding
program. A three person sub-committee, Chaired by Michael Pardy, was created.
In consultation with other guiding associations across Canada, considerable
progress was made on the development of a program structure and curriculum
outlines. However the committee was unable to conclude with a definitive
curriculum or a broad-based consensus on a structure for a guiding program.
With my thanks and very great appreciation of the considerable amount of good
work, the guiding sub-committee has been excused from their
responsibilities. It is probable
that the sea kayak PDC would in future revisit the opportunity for a nationally
based sea kayak guiding program.
I would like to thank the members of this committee for
their patience and diligence throughout the past year.
Doug Alderson
PC SK PDC, chairman.
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