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Floaters Teachers
Floaters has a wide range of teachers to suit all abilities personalities.
Our current teachers are:
CHARLOTTE LOXTON
Joint owner and an ASA qualified swimming teacher, she is also qualified in Disabilities, Adult and Child and Aquafit te
NICHOLAS LOXTON
Joint Owner, Teacher, ASA and STA Tutor, National Quality Assurance Assessor, ASA Level 3 Assessor, inaugural Chair of the National Federation of Swim Schools. He also a qualified Architect and has an Masters Business Degree.Nicholas is a technical expert whose advice is much sought after and tends to teach the upper end of the SwimCa
ALEX HUDSON
Alex is a qualified swimming teacher who was trained by Floaters own tutors. She has been with Floaters for 6 years during which time she has developed into a first class teacher, particularly at the more proficient end of the SwimCare programme. She is one of Floaters lead teachers, is very particular about the welfare of pupils under her tutelage and runs our programme at Hurstpierpoint College. You will speak to Alex when you call the office. Alex holds the NRASTC lif
KIM BONETTI
Kim joined Floaters in 2001 having been trained by Floaters own Tutors. She is a fully qualified teacher and Shiatsu practitioner whose calm and efficient manner always comes with a smile and has impressed many Floaters pupils over the years. Kim specialises in Adult and Child, pre-school and mid range ability pupils who invariably benefit from her teaching. Kim also holds A NARS pool lifeguard qualification. Kim also delivers many of our private lessons.
ALISON BEAVEN
Alison is affectionately known as our "Secret Weapon". She is reliable, dedicated, professional and we have never had any client complain of her teaching. She is a fully qualified swimming teacher and holds A NARS pool lifeguard qualification. Alison has been with Floaters since the turn of the century and successfully runs our lessons at Court Meadow lessons on Saturday mornings. Her speciality is at pre-School level and is soon to expand her teaching time with us.
TRACEY BORER
Tracey was trained by Floaters tutors who has that rare attribute that she can engage with her pupils to a very high level simply because she really cares about them!. She is so concerned about her teaching performance that she is constantly asking how she can improve. Tracey is particularly good at the younger end of the SwimCare programme and also successfully delivers private lessons for Floaters.Tracey holds the NRASTC lif
ANNA NEWNHAM
Anna is a fully qualified swimming teacher having been originally trained by Floaters Tutors. She is a special need teacher by profession and brings all the knowledge and skills needed for this work to teaching Floaters pupils. She is efficient and organised and has an ability to learn all the time, which enables her to bring the best out of the pupils under her care. If only we could persuade her to do more work for us!! Anna Holds the NRASTC lifesaving award.
BEX WILLOUGHBY
Bex joins Floaters for the Summer term 2008 as a swimming teacher and Pool Manager at Princess Royal. She is a fully qualified swimming teacher and holds the NPLQ Pool Lifeguard qualification. Bex comes to us highly recommended and she will be mentored and trained in the SwimCare programme. We believe that she will quickly become a very valuable member of the team.
SUSAN COLE
Susan trained with Floaters to Level 1 and has taught both as an assistant and with groups on her own. Susan has been gaining experience with a range of ability groups and has recently completed her training as an Adult and Toddler teacher (a very crucial stage for children) with flying colours. S
LAUREN MITCHELL
Lauren has worked with Floaters as a Helper and Assistant and having qualified as a Level 1 qualified teacher, is now being progressively given greater responsibility under out training programme. Despite being quiet, Lauren is very organised an efficient and knows her stuff and once pupils warm to her, she gets the best out of them. Lauren holds the NRASTC lifesaving award.
BECKY HACK
Becky has worked for some time with Floaters as a Helper, Assistant Teacher and holiday course Activity Assistant. She has now joined our training programme taking responsibility of her own classes in Summer 2008. She is fantastic with children and really gets them to enjoy themselves - a basic and important attribute to learning. With the right mentoring and feedback, we anticipate Becky will develop into a very fine swimming teacher.
HANNAH EWING
Hannah has worked for floaters as a NPLQ Pool Lifeguard for nearly 2 years now and having qualified as a Level 1 swimming teacher, is joining our training programme and will be assisting Alison at Court Meadow on Saturdays. She could not be in better hands.
HELPERS
We have a number of young helpers who assist teachers in the water all of whom have been Floaters pupils and have been fully vetted for their abilities to work with children
LIFEGUARDS
We also have a number of lifeguards qualified in NARS or NPLQ Pool Lifeguard, who periodically work at the princess Royal pool and also as Activities Assistants in the holiday course programme. Andrew, Daniel, Sam, Luke etc.
COVER TEACHERS
It is inevitable that some teachers are unable to teach all sessions in a term through illness, accident or some unforeseen incident and we have a number of excellent teachers potentially available who are all trained in the SwimCare programme and have worked with Floaters previously.
They Include:
BARBARA JEAL, SARAH COX, JANE O'LEARY AND ALISON HOPSON.
ALL OUR TEACHERS ARE CHECKED TO "Enhanced Level" through the CRB process.