www.berkskfa.org.uk

This page contains details of all forthcoming training courses for

• existing KFA teachers

or

• KFA and non-KFA members who wish to become teachers

Course : Teaching active adults Exercise, Movement and Dance

CYQ LEVEL 3 Certificate in Advanced Fitness Instructing
(Fitness League, Keep Fit Association, Medau Movement)

Gain a Level 3 certificate in the Register of Exercise Professionals.

This course is aimed at people who would like to teach exercise, movement and dance classes to active adults aged 16+.

Cost : £ details available upon request. Bursaries are available as well as flexible payment terms.
Cheques payable to Southern Counties KFA

For further information, click here to view the qualification overview.

For further details regarding the course, contact :

Jeanette Hughes – jeanette.hughes1@o2.co.uk tel: 0118 979 3310
or
Margaret Tillcock - margarettillcock@aol.com

Course :
12 November 2011 to December 2012

Timing : 10 am to 5 pm

COURSE DATES

Orientation Day: 12 November 2011

Stages 1 - 4: 26 November, 10 December, 7 & 21 January, 4 & 18 February, 3 & 17 & 24 March, 14 & 28 April, 12 & 26 May, 9 & 23 June, 7 & 21 July, 8 & 22 September, 6 & 20 October, 3 & 17 November, 1 December

Assessment: 8 & 9 December 2012

Venue : St Peter’s Primary School, Oliver’s Battery Road North, Winchester (just off junction 10, M3) SO22 4JB

Course : Fit For Later Life - Teaching Older Adults

29 April 2012 - Mobilising Moves for Older Adults

• Effects of ageing process on the Skeletal System
• Physiology of warm up
• Safe movement, risks/benefits of exercise
• Joint actions, range of movement, improving and maintaining posture
• Facts and Philosophy of Ageing
• Practical application to warm up
• Alternatives and adaptations to movements – seated, standing with support, standing
• Using Laban’s Analysis/music to support and enhance achievement and improvement of mobility

27 May 2012 - Flexibility and Strengthening Moves for Older Adults

• Effects of ageing process on the Muscular System – also linked to falls prevention
• Physiology of warm up and cool down
• Stretching – static: passive/active, preparatory, maintenance stretches, range of movement
• Improving and maintaining posture and muscle strength, including adaptations to floor exercises
• Safe movement, risks/benefits of exercise
• Practical application to warm up/cool down and floor-work.
• Alternatives and adaptations to movements – seated, standing with support, standing
• Using Laban’s Analysis/music/apparatus, to support and enhance achievement and improvement of flexibility and muscular strength and endurance

24 June 2012 - Fitness Moves for Older Adults

• Effects of ageing process on the Cardio-vascular/Respiratory Systems
• Healthy lifestyle – Nutrition (links to Diabetes and CHD)
• Safe and effective movement and exercise to improve cardiovascular and respiratory capability, risks/benefits of exercise
• Practical application to movement training
• Alternatives and adaptations to movements – seated, standing with support, standing
• Using Laban’s Analysis/music to support and enhance achievement and improvement of stamina

22 July 2012 - Stability Moves for Older Adults

• Effects of aging on the Nervous System, hearing and sight
• Falls prevention linked to balance, co-ordination, reaction time and leg strength
• Safe movement, risks/benefits of exercise
• Practical application to movement training and falls prevention
• Alternatives and adaptations to movements – seated, standing with support, standing
• Using Laban’s Analysis/music to support and enhance achievement and improvement of balance, co-ordination, reaction time, muscular strength and endurance
• Teachers can attend one or more CPD days and receive a certificate of attendance

For teachers wanting to progress to achieving the full course certificate there is an

• OA Formative Assessment Module – 18 hours
• Consolidation & Teaching Practice for full course certificate is planned for 1, 8 & 9 September

There is an on-course theory paper.
There is no summative practical assessment.

N.B.: The training route to achieve the OA qualification, is no longer open to CBOA teachers.

If CBOA teachers wish to train to teach Active Older Adults, they must attend the CTF training.

CBOA teachers can attend the CPD days.

Course :
April - September 2012

Closing date to book : 31 March 2012

Timing : 10 am to 5 pm (6 hour sessions)

MODULAR COURSE DATES (or use as individual CPD days): 29 April, 27 May, 24 June, 22 July

Formative Assessment Module: 1, 8 & 9 September

Venue : Hadley Memorial Hall, Hadley Highstone, Barnet, Herts EN5 4PU


Cost : £35 per day. Cheques payable to Southern Eastern Counties KFA.

To book or for further details regarding the course, contact :

Nicky Irvine - nicky.irvine@btinternet.com