Become a Fitness Instructor
Fitness Instructing Children's Fitness & Pilates
This Children’s Fitness course with professional recognition from Active IQ, is for teachers of children’s fitness.
It is a fully online programme with full online lessons and downloadable resources.
You can study this course at home in your own time. You can take this course as an additional course if you already hold a level 2 fitness instructor certificate, or you can take this as a combined course with your Level 2 Fitness Instructor Gym , L2 Group Training Certificate Circuits & HiiT, or your L2 Group Training Certificate ETM.
If you are already a fitness instructor qualification at level 2 or 3 this course is generally sufficient for your insurance to teach children aged 5-16 in the disciplines that you hold as full qualifications so you do not need to resit the level 2 fitness instructor as you already hold it or equivalent.
There are 10 lectures and videos on the online course which teaches you everything you need to know to develop children’s fitness sessions for both general fitness and Pilates styled classes.
Once registered you will have access to a downloadable online resources and lesson plans to study the development of children from ages 5 – 16 years old.
You will learn how to relate fitness to each developmental stage through the national curriculum. You will then be able to offer children’s fitness sessions to schools, after school clubs, children’s centres and any facility that offers children’s fitness in conjunction with your fitness qualifications.
You also have the option of adding a practical assessment with this course to achieve the Level 2 Award in Instructing Physical Activity for Children by Active IQ. To achieve this additional certification you will need to teach a class of children with a minimum of 5 participants and submit a video of teaching a class.
Through this programme you will receive a toolbox of lesson plans for children’s fitness sessions.
As a CPD course you must already hold a fitness instructor qualification such as gym, ETM, Pilates, Yoga, PT Aqua, or equivalent. If not you can take the Children’s Fitness & Pilates Course (AIQ professional recognition) and or the Level 2 Award in Instructing Physical Activity for Children (AIQ) as a combined course with your level 2 fitness instructor as described above.
This course is internationally accepted and recognised by CIMSPA and Active IQ
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More Information
This accredited qualification is recognised by CIMSPA and will be awarded 4 CIMSPA Points
WHAT WILL I STUDY?
- 10 online lectures and video’s each with a downloadable resource for you to keep. For assessment you will submit two lesson plans in your chosen discipline, one for each age group.
- Lesson planning and risk assessment for general fitness and Pilates
- Anatomical and physiological differences in children
- Child development stages and performance indicators
- Child development stages linked to the national curriculum
- Age group considerations for lesson planning
- Managing behaviour
- Teaching and communication in teaching children
HOW LONG DOES THE COURSE LAST ?
- 10 online lectures approximately 16 hours with assessment 24 hours of study
- Submission of two lesson plans one for the age group 5-11 and one from 11-15 year olds and two risk assessments.
- If you want to add the additional assessment for the Level 2 Award in Instructing Physical Activity to Children you would complete an additional practical assessment teaching one of the age groups. You need a minimum of 5 children in the class, you video the class and submit this video for assessment.
WHO IS THE COURSE SUITABLE FOR?
- Individuals 16 years and over
- Fitness instructors, personal trainers, Pilates and Yoga teachers.
- Those wishing to run fun fitness sessions for children and young people
- Those already running sessions without a formal qualification
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE NEEDED?
- For the course, a recognised fitness instructor qualification in a main discipline i.e ETM, Gym, PT, Yoga, Pilates Aqua or equivalent
- Alternatively, no previous qualifications are needed if you take the Level 2 Group Training in conjunction with this course or the Level 2 Fitness Instructor Gym
HOW IS IT ASSESSED?
- For the Children’s Fitness & Pilates course with AIQ professional Recognition you submit 2 lesson plans, one for age group 5- 11 and one for age group 11-15 with a risk assessment for each lesson plan
- If you also book assessment for the AIQ Level 2 Award in Instructing Physical Activity for Children you will complete all of the above plus a worksheet and you would teach a live class with a minimum of 5 children participating, from one of the lesson plans and submit this video for assessment
ARE THERE ANY BOOKS OR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT THAT NEED TO BE PURCHASED?
- No, all resources are provided online
WHAT CAN THE QUALIFICATION LEAD TO?
- Employment teaching exercise to children in schools, clubs or any Ofsted-approved environment
- Self employment teaching exercise to children in varied environments and disciplines.
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GREEN POLICY?
All course materials are provided as self downloads through an online portal. All materials may be downloaded and saved to your own computer to keep for life. You may request that we print the manuals for you for an additional £150 fee. This doesn’t represent the cost of the printing.
