You're Invited! www.btaquatics.org/splashbash.htm
I apologize for not posting more often. It's been a busy June! I'll try to do better.
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-jn
Friday, June 20, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Water Safety PowerPoint Posted
Ahoy!
I've posted our Water Safety PowerPoint presentation on the Water Safety for Parents & Caregivers Course page on the website.
Be safe. It's your choice. It's your responsibility.
Jeanie
I've posted our Water Safety PowerPoint presentation on the Water Safety for Parents & Caregivers Course page on the website.
Be safe. It's your choice. It's your responsibility.
Jeanie
Monday, May 5, 2008
Drowning in the News
Ahoy!
You may see and hear news about a wrongful death suit filed as a result of the tragic drowning of a five year old boy in an Omaha hotel pool two years ago.
B-T Aquatics offers an online Water Safety Education for Parents and Caregivers Course. The course is free and you can read through the material at your own pace. Visit www.btaquatics.org/water_safety_education.htm to take the course.
As discussed in the course material, the two main issues at both hotel pools and water parks are pool access and water chemistry. Layers of protection are especially important in unguarded, easily accessed hotel pools. These issues will be the focus of the lawsuit.
Please take the time to read through the course material. I have also put much of this information into a PowerPoint presentation that lasts about 18 minutes. It is available for viewing at the pool anytime we are open to the public.
Please contact me if you have any questions about water safety issues.
Keep your children safe.
Jeanie
You may see and hear news about a wrongful death suit filed as a result of the tragic drowning of a five year old boy in an Omaha hotel pool two years ago.
B-T Aquatics offers an online Water Safety Education for Parents and Caregivers Course. The course is free and you can read through the material at your own pace. Visit www.btaquatics.org/water_safety_education.htm to take the course.
As discussed in the course material, the two main issues at both hotel pools and water parks are pool access and water chemistry. Layers of protection are especially important in unguarded, easily accessed hotel pools. These issues will be the focus of the lawsuit.
Please take the time to read through the course material. I have also put much of this information into a PowerPoint presentation that lasts about 18 minutes. It is available for viewing at the pool anytime we are open to the public.
Please contact me if you have any questions about water safety issues.
Keep your children safe.
Jeanie
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
You're Invited
We're having a party...every month!
All currently registered Pirates, Plebes, and Voyagers are invited to our new Pool Pirates Swim School Pirate Parties.
These parties are an opportunity for parents to get in the water and swim with their Pirates, Plebes, and Voyagers to have fun and to practice skills.
Lifeguards will be on duty. Open Swim rules apply. The parties are restricted to invited guests - that means Plebes, Pirates, and Voyagers from the session in progress on the date of the party and their immediate families. Each family in attendance must have at least one adult in the water.
There is no charge for these events. You may come any time and stay as long as you like.
All currently registered Pirates, Plebes, and Voyagers are invited to our new Pool Pirates Swim School Pirate Parties.
These parties are an opportunity for parents to get in the water and swim with their Pirates, Plebes, and Voyagers to have fun and to practice skills.
Lifeguards will be on duty. Open Swim rules apply. The parties are restricted to invited guests - that means Plebes, Pirates, and Voyagers from the session in progress on the date of the party and their immediate families. Each family in attendance must have at least one adult in the water.
There is no charge for these events. You may come any time and stay as long as you like.
All currently registered Pirates, Plebes, and Voyagers are invited to our Pool Pirates Swim School Pirate Parties.
These parties are an opportunity for parents to get in the water and swim with their Pirates, Plebes, and Voyagers to have fun and to practice skills.
Lifeguards will be on duty. Open Swim rules apply. The parties are restricted to invited guests - that means Plebes, Pirates, and Voyagers from the session in progress on the date of the party and their immediate families. Each family in attendance must have at least one adult in the water.
These parties are an opportunity for parents to get in the water and swim with their Pirates, Plebes, and Voyagers to have fun and to practice skills.
Lifeguards will be on duty. Open Swim rules apply. The parties are restricted to invited guests - that means Plebes, Pirates, and Voyagers from the session in progress on the date of the party and their immediate families. Each family in attendance must have at least one adult in the water.
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There is no charge for these event. You may come any time and stay as long as you like.
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SAVE THE DATES: You must RSVP to attend. aquatics@brownell.edu
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1. May 5, 5:00-7:00 PM
2. June 9, 9:00-11:00 AM
3. July 7, 5:00-7:00 PM
We swim for good times!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Office Hours
Ahoy!
Change of plan already. I'll be posting office hours at the top right hand side of this blog page.
See you at the pool!
Jeanie
Change of plan already. I'll be posting office hours at the top right hand side of this blog page.
See you at the pool!
Jeanie
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Office Hours - Communication
Ahoy!
Wow, time flies! I apologize for not being more timely with my posts. I'll do better in the future.
Creating this blog was one attempt to improve communication with parents. It will help only if I post on a regular basis, and if you check in on a regular basis.
I am at the pool from open to close almost every day. However, I'm in the water for many of these hours and on the lifeguard stand for many more. I've published my cell phone on the website - 402.505.2438 - to make it easier to get ahold of me in the evenings after 9 PM. (It's never too early or too late to call!)
Additionally, beginning this week, I've added two Office Hours a week. I will be sitting in the pool office during these hours accepting phone calls and welcoming drop-in visitors. The hours will be posted each week on the THIS WEEK AT B-T calendar. (My schedule varies from week to week.)
I'm also available by email at aquatics@brownell.edu. You can always see if I'm at the pool because my teaching schedule is posted online for each session. You can check this session at www.btaquatics.org/spring2008.htm.
I hope this helps! I want to hear from you if you have questions or concerns, or compliments.
And speaking of concerns...
You are all somewhat the victims of my past coaching experience. Most of my coaching has been with senior level swimmers for years. When you coach senior (ages 15+) athletes who are experienced swimmers, interaction with parents is very minimal. The relationship is between the athlete and coach. The limited communication with parents usually consists of conversations regarding travel arrangements or training expenses. (As as matter of fact, once swimmers got their drivers licenses, I could go years without even speaking to some parents.)
In addition to my predisposition to focus only on the child and to not communicate much with parents, our no-level swimming system, while very efficient for scheduling and very effective in helping children learn to swim, does not have report cards or advancement tests of any kind. I'm passionate about two things: drowning prevention and competitive swimming. I'm focused on teaching children to float on their backs and then everything else I do is geared toward getting them on the swim team eventually. That's why stroke technique is so important in our program.
I've heard all kinds of horror stories from adults of the years about the misery of not "passing" swimming lessons or a particular level. Learning to swim is sometimes stressful and there is no reason to add this additional pressure. You keep practicing until you learn how to swim...however long that takes. We have a WHAT NEXT flyer posted on the website to help you know the progression for your child. www.btaquatics.org/WHATNEXT.pdf
The third "problem" affecting communication is that our program is in high demand. We are completely sold out and have a fairly long waiting list should someone cancel. In my attempt to accomodate more swimmers I scheduled lots of classes and scheduled them back to back.
In doing this I lost the opportunity to have casual communication with parents between lessons. This blog was my attempt at replacing that communication with a more "formal" approach. I'm going to continue to post information that will be helpful as you as you watch your children learn to swim. (Previous posts have included helpful hints in watching and evaluating your child's progress.)
I need and value input from parents. I welcome anything that helps me help your children. It is especially important to hear from new parents and from parents of children learning with our new coaches. We have some very good new staff members and they are developing into great coaches. They need to hear from you too.
I appreciate hearing from parents and I hope the new office hours will make it easier for you to communicate with me.
Please check back here soon for more information.
Keep swimming for good times!
Jeanie
Wow, time flies! I apologize for not being more timely with my posts. I'll do better in the future.
Creating this blog was one attempt to improve communication with parents. It will help only if I post on a regular basis, and if you check in on a regular basis.
I am at the pool from open to close almost every day. However, I'm in the water for many of these hours and on the lifeguard stand for many more. I've published my cell phone on the website - 402.505.2438 - to make it easier to get ahold of me in the evenings after 9 PM. (It's never too early or too late to call!)
Additionally, beginning this week, I've added two Office Hours a week. I will be sitting in the pool office during these hours accepting phone calls and welcoming drop-in visitors. The hours will be posted each week on the THIS WEEK AT B-T calendar. (My schedule varies from week to week.)
I'm also available by email at aquatics@brownell.edu. You can always see if I'm at the pool because my teaching schedule is posted online for each session. You can check this session at www.btaquatics.org/spring2008.htm.
I hope this helps! I want to hear from you if you have questions or concerns, or compliments.
And speaking of concerns...
You are all somewhat the victims of my past coaching experience. Most of my coaching has been with senior level swimmers for years. When you coach senior (ages 15+) athletes who are experienced swimmers, interaction with parents is very minimal. The relationship is between the athlete and coach. The limited communication with parents usually consists of conversations regarding travel arrangements or training expenses. (As as matter of fact, once swimmers got their drivers licenses, I could go years without even speaking to some parents.)
In addition to my predisposition to focus only on the child and to not communicate much with parents, our no-level swimming system, while very efficient for scheduling and very effective in helping children learn to swim, does not have report cards or advancement tests of any kind. I'm passionate about two things: drowning prevention and competitive swimming. I'm focused on teaching children to float on their backs and then everything else I do is geared toward getting them on the swim team eventually. That's why stroke technique is so important in our program.
I've heard all kinds of horror stories from adults of the years about the misery of not "passing" swimming lessons or a particular level. Learning to swim is sometimes stressful and there is no reason to add this additional pressure. You keep practicing until you learn how to swim...however long that takes. We have a WHAT NEXT flyer posted on the website to help you know the progression for your child. www.btaquatics.org/WHATNEXT.pdf
The third "problem" affecting communication is that our program is in high demand. We are completely sold out and have a fairly long waiting list should someone cancel. In my attempt to accomodate more swimmers I scheduled lots of classes and scheduled them back to back.
In doing this I lost the opportunity to have casual communication with parents between lessons. This blog was my attempt at replacing that communication with a more "formal" approach. I'm going to continue to post information that will be helpful as you as you watch your children learn to swim. (Previous posts have included helpful hints in watching and evaluating your child's progress.)
I need and value input from parents. I welcome anything that helps me help your children. It is especially important to hear from new parents and from parents of children learning with our new coaches. We have some very good new staff members and they are developing into great coaches. They need to hear from you too.
I appreciate hearing from parents and I hope the new office hours will make it easier for you to communicate with me.
Please check back here soon for more information.
Keep swimming for good times!
Jeanie
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