Become a PADI IDC Staff Instructor

Overview

Congratulations on your decision to become a PADI IDC Staff Instructor. You’ll find the course challenging, hard work and very rewarding.

Soon you will become a mentor to many future Assistant Instructors and Open Water Scuba Instructors. Your actions, attitude, knowledge, sense of professional pride and strong desire to be the best of the best will influence these future diving professionals.

As with most things in life, preparation is the key to success. Your previous teaching experience and familiarity of the PADI system will prove to be invaluable however, in this course, we will step things up a few notches. Therefore you will need to crack the books, polish your skills and open your mind. There’s a lot I can teach you but I can’t do it for you so you will need to dedicate yourself to a great deal of self-study.

So are you ready to start? Read through this information very carefully and be sure that you understand everything. If not, I’m just a phone call or email away.

PREREQUISITES

1. Be renewed and in Teaching status as a PADI Instructor for the current year.

2. Hold a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating.

3. Agree to conduct all levels of diver training consistent with the standards and philosophy outlined in the PADI Instructor Manual.

4. Agree to use the PADI System and components in its entirety.

CURRENT TRAINING MATERIALS REQUIRED

1. PADI Course Director Manual

2. PADI Instructor Manual

3. Instructor Candidate Workbook

4. Open Water, Adventures In Diving, Rescue & Divemaster manuals

5. Open Water, Rescue and Divemaster Exam Booklets

6. Confined Water Presentation Evaluation slate

7. Open Water Presentation Evaluation slate

8. Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving

9. Diving Knowledge Workbook

10. Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Outline

11. Project AWARE Specialty Instructor Outline

12. Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline

13. Aquatic Cue Cards: Confined Water, Open Water, AOW, Rescue, Divemaster and DSD

14. The Wheel, Dive Table, eRDP and Instructions for Use

15. Confined Water Lesson Preparation slate

16. Open Water Training Dive Lesson Planning slate

17. Children and Scuba Diving Manual---Resource Guide for instructor and parents

18. Log Book (Adventure Log-Pro Modules recommended)

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Prior to auditing the IDC there are a number of Performance Requirements that you must meet:

1. Demonstrated acceptable performance on the Instructor Dive Theory Exam by scoring 100 percent initially or scoring 80 percent or higher on each section and having each missed item reviewed until mastery is achieved.

2. Demonstrate acceptable performance on the Assistant Instructor Standards Exam by scoring 100 percent initially or scoring 80 percent or higher and having each missed item reviewed until mastery is achieved.

3. Score 80 points or higher (average 4.0 per skill) by demonstrating the 20 skills listed on the PADI Skill Evaluation with no skill demonstration scoring less than 3.0.

4. Score 4.0 or higher on a knowledge development teaching presentation.

5. Score a 4.0 or higher on a confined water teaching presentation.

6. Attend the four Step Two-Knowledge Development sessions.

7. Demonstrate consistency in teaching presentation evaluation scoring by meeting the following parameters.

a. Score within plus or minus .4 of the control score on two out of three knowledge development teaching presentation evaluations.

b. Score within plus or minus .4 of the control score on two out of three confined water teaching presentation evaluations.

c. Score within plus or minus .5 of the control score on two out of three open water teaching presentation evaluations.

8. Audit a complete IDC by observing all 20 required IDC curriculum presentation sections.

SCHEDULE

Due to the number of pre-audit requirements, we generally schedule one long evening and a very full day (prior to the start of the IDC) in order to complete everything. Be sure to ask for a current schedule.

COURSE FEE

$450.00 (A $150.00 deposit is required to enroll in the course)
Additional Staffings: AI: $150 | OWSI: $200

 

It's our sincere pleasure to welcome you to this program. You will soon discover the unending gratification and rewards gained by investing your time and effort in the course. Our expectations are high, yet we can promise you that your hard work, great attitude and a strong desire to learn will help assure your success as a PADI IDC Staff Instructor.

Welcome to the course!

Scott Taylor
PADI Course Director