Fitness Alive Staff Portal
Spring Session Dates: January 8th - May 20th
Important Spring 2025 Dates
January 8th — First day of the session!
April 14th-17th — Spring Break! Drop ins and makeups only
April 18th-April 20th — CLOSED
May 20th — Last day of the session!
REGULAR SUBBING - Pick Up A Sub Shift!
When instructors are away on a pre-scheduled vacation, we need subs! So thanks for subbing for your fellow instructor. Please feel free to leave any notes about this request. We are happy to get help even if it is just for a partial shift!
Instructor Policies
Can’t remember how, why, or when we do things? Here is an FAQ list of everything that you need to know as an instructor!
Forms
Instructor Intake Form: To be completed by all new hires
Vacation Request Form: To be completed at least 2 weeks prior to vacation start
Day Off Camp Form: To express interest in coaching during day off camps
Sub Form: To be completed at the beginning of each session
Swim Lesson Resources
Our very own Fitness Alive Training Manual with video modules is coming very soon! If you would like to help with creating the videos for this project and get paid for your time, sign up to do so here!
Baby + Toddler Bubbles Training: Useful for teaching Baby and Toddler Bubbles, but also generally useful for learning how to hold a child of any age in the water.
GoSwim.tv: This website has so many videos to use as a reference on teaching technique. It offers dry land training, as well. Use it for you and your swimmers!
Username: hwaters1107@gmail.com Password: fitnessalive
Neurodivergent Training: Here are resources for teaching swimmers with learning disabilities
Coaches Meetings
All meetings will be on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm. While attendance isn’t mandatory, it’s extremely highly suggested (and you are paid for your time at the meeting!). Just click on the links below to join. Spring 2025 dates are:
Wednesday, January 15th
Wednesday, February 12th
Wednesday, March 12th
Wednesday, April 9th
Wednesday, May 14th
Click Here to Join a Coaches Meeting (Meeting link is the same for all meetings!)
Swim Skills Lesson Plans - UPDATED FOR Spring 2025!
Click each class below to read your lesson plans.
TADPOLES 1 AND SEAHORSE 1
TADPOLES 2 AND SEAHORSE 2
GOLDFISH 1
GOLDFISH 2
DOLPHINS
NARWHALS SILVER FRAMEWORK
NARWHALS GOLD FRAMEWORK
ADULT CLASSES CHECKLIST
Other HELpful documents
Swim Skills Levels Overview
Narwhals Tryout Requirements
Super Subbing - PICK UP SHIFTS!
Super Subbers are our safety nets — on-call, back-up instructors ready to spring into action in case one of our coaches has a last-minute call-out. We LOVE super subbers! Best part: Super Subbers are paid regardless of whether you actually get in the pool! Read more about how Super Subbing works right here.