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The Public Education Directorate is pleased to announce a refreshed and modernized version of A Paddler’s Guide to Safety. This long-awaited course, along with its up-to-date graphics and detailed and comprehensive instructor notes, dramatically enhances the ability of instructors to provide safety classes to the ever-growing paddling community throughout the nation. Members of the Educational Directorate, the Recreational Boating Safety Outreach Directorate, and the American Canoe Association carefully vetted the material in this updated presentation. All the experts have commented on the thoroughness of this revitalized course. The improvements made to both its course content and its visual appeal render this an almost entirely new course. With the growing number of paddlers on the waterways, please download this refreshed presentation to help educate a safe paddling community.

While any instructor can teach this course, it is critical that instructors use the very specific and detailed instructor notes included in the PowerPoint. Preference is that instructors be comfortable with this material and use the carefully worded instructor notes to assist in expanding the bullet points on the slide for a quality presentation. It will also be helpful to use teaching aids to demonstrate the equipment in class. Just like all other educational seminars and courses, if a subject matter expert is available to help teach the lesson, please utilize them whenever possible, as this helps the credibility of the instruction.