Your PADI Instructor Development
Course
The PADI IDC (12 Days)
 The
IDC begins with independent self-study and encompasses
two PADI programs: The Assistant Instructor
Course (AI) and The Open Water Scuba Instructor
Course (OWSI).
Together these two programs make up the full
IDC.
Our Phuket IDC, 12 days, is designed to not only
to develop your teaching skills but also expand
your knowledge and understanding of The PADI System
of Diver Education. After all what makes a teacher
a successful professional is not what he knows
… …. but rather what his students know after he
has finished teaching them !!!
During the IDC you will learn how to successfully
transfer knowledge and skills to others. Furthermore
you will develop a clear understanding of The
PADI Philosophy of Continuing Education and the
full range of PADI programs and teaching materials
that are available to you as a PADI Instructor.
The focus of these programs is on development,
in other words learning by making mistakes and
being corrected - so
feel free to make as many mistakes as you like
!!!
In fact, we learn best by making mistakes, and
then receiving the necessary feedback we need
to improve.
The programs are performance based and candidate
centered, thus you will receive feedback throughout
the course informing you of your progress and
level of proficiency.
The Assistant
Instructor Course: (6 days)
Assistant Instructor (AI) Candidates joining
our indepth IDC attend the first 6 days of our
Phuket IDC.
The course introduces candidates to learning,
instruction and the PADI system of diver education
and focuses on the new programs they will be able
to teach as Assistant Instructors, such as Discover
Scuba, the Project Aware Specialty and the Peak
Performance Buoyancy Specialty.
Candidates will also learn how to give successful
Microteaching Knowledge Development presentations,
Confined Water presentations and Open Water presentations.
Certification Requirements include minimum scores
in: one Microteaching Knowledge Development presentation,
one Confined Water presentation, one Open Water
presentation (2 skills), the PADI skill circuit
and the Assistant Instructor Standards Exam.
The Open Water
Scuba Instructor Course: (6 days)
This takes the AI, Instructor with another training
organization or person attending a whole IDC program
the next step in their PADI Instructor Development.
Candidates joining our Indepth IDC program would
attend the only last 6 days.
During the OWSI course you will learn more about
PADI Standards and the role of media and prescriptive
teaching.
There will be an indepth look at the courses
which make up the PADI system and how to teach
them: Discover Scuba Diving, Scuba Diver, Specialty
Diver, Adventure Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue
Diver, Divemaster and the various diver retention
programs as well as important information on teaching
children, legal responsibility and risk management
and some business principles for you - the dive
instructor.
Requirements for certification include: a minimum
passing score in one Prescriptive Teaching Knowledge
Development presentation, one Confined Water presentation,
one Open Water presentation (2 skills), the PADI
skill circuit, the 800m snorkel swim, the Assistant
Instructor Standards Exam and an IE Dive Theory
preassessment exam.
Upon successful completion of this program you
will receive authorization to attend the Instructor
Examination.
REMEMBER: prior to the start of an IDC,
AI or OWSI course the candidate must have completed
ALL 16 IDC Knowledge Reviews from the "Independent
Learning" section of the 2001 IDC Candidate
Workbook.
The PADI Instructor
Cross Over Course is now the OWSI Course
The OWSI course has taken the place of the old
IOC/Crossover Course.
The NEW OWSI course now allows Instructors already
certified with a recreational diving training
agency other than PADI to "crossover"
to PADI. This is a great way to take advantage
of market demands and be able to offer your employers
and customers PADI courses and programs.
Click here to see the SSI/BSAC/CMAS - pop up
corresponding PADI certifications - if yours is
not here - please contact
us for clarification.
The course comprises of the last 6 days of an
Indepth IDC, thus candidates joining an existing
IDC program would attend only the final 9 days
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HOWEVER instructors from other training
agencies are invited and encouraged to attend
the whole IDC program - at the reduced OWSI
cost - including all the benefits offered
to regular IDC candidates !!!
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