Instructors Awards
Plans and Procedures
For the criteria the Instructor should:
1. Be engaged with teaching swimming for the past 30 years.
2. Be nominated by member or Instructors within a Province and seconded by a
person from another Province.
3. Submit the citation to the Learn to Swim Manager of Swimming South
Africa.
4. recognises and acknowledges Swimming South Africa as the controlling body
of swimming in South Africa.
5. Special awards for special programmes and interventions such as:
a) Voluntary service to socially disadvantaged communities
b) Teaching swimming in rural areas
c) Aqua-therapy to critically disabled children
d) Taken personal finance and risks to make swimming available to the people
of South Africa
Procedure
1. This information should be circulated to Provincial affiliates of
Swimming South Africa.
2. Circulation to all Swimming Instructors
3. Contact and circulate to individuals whom we know should be acknowledged
4. Circulation to Swim Schools
5. Receive nomination by the 5th of May
6. Process nominations and make decision about awards by the 10th of May
7. Inform award winners by the 15th of May
8. Prepare awards by the 20th of May
9. Check if award winners will attend the Awards Dinner; arrange
complimentary tickets/invitations if they are not at the seminar.
Awards
Hosted by SSA at the Biennial Conference
1. M.C.
2. Keynote Speaker
3. Special Plaque from Swimming South Africa
4. Three-Course sit-down served dinner
5. Light entertainment and cabaret
6. Official Photographer
7. Telkom Splash and Local Media
Award Categories
Swimming Instructors Awards
Categories
1. More People
• the number of learners registered with SSA
• the number of SSA Registered LTS Accredited Instructors at your Swim
School
2. Best Performance
• achievers at school level competitions
• achievers at Club level competitions
3. Community Service
• swimming lessons to disadvantaged communities
• swimming lessons for vulnerable youth & children
• swimming lessons for children in orphanages and places of safety
• swimming lessons for juvenile prisoners
• swimming lessons for potential trainee Instructors
1. Peoples Award
2. Performance Award
3. Nation Builder Award
NOTES:
These are annual awards
These are national awards Awards will be based on information captured on
the SSA data-base Nominations must be accompanied by testimonials