dcudmore Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 SRO and UMASS Lowell are co-sponsoring an ACA Coastal IDW/ICE. Cost will be based on the number of participants but expected to be $300 or less.Dates are: Saturday April 16, Sunday April 17, Friday April 22, Saturday April 23Contact David for more information.978-844-0965 ordavid@stillriveroutfitters.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 ?? guess I'm not up on what all the acronyms stand for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyork Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 SRO and UMASS Lowell are co-sponsoring an ACA Coastal IDW/ICE. Cost will be based on the number of participants but expected to be $300 or less. Dates are: Saturday April 16, Sunday April 17, Friday April 22, Saturday April 23 Contact David for more information. 978-844-0965 or david@stillriveroutfitters.comYes, I'm very disinterested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick stoehrer Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 ?? guess I'm not up on what all the acronyms stand for... from memory and some of this may have changed with revamp of ACA.... ACA = American Canoe Association - it's one of the national organizations (the other being BCUNA - the British Canoe Union North America) that provides education and instruction related to paddling / conservation / recreation in the US. IDW = Instructor Developmental Workshop - teaching you how to instruct paddling within the norms/parameters of the ACA ICE = Instructor Certification Exam - certifying that you can teach within the norms/parameters established by the ACA If you pass you're ICE, you can be certified as open water or advanced open water coach - the difference being the distance offshore and conditions under which you're allowed to run a course. after awhile, you may want to pursue it and become an IT = Instructor Trainer - the person running the ICE/IDW and that all holds true within specific aspects of paddling....canoeing, ww, sup, sea kayaking. so while you may be a coach on the sea, you aren't qualified to run any courses on a river unless you've taken that class, exhibited those skills and passed that cert. ...or something like all that anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Allen Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 Rick has it right 'cept on a detail. An ACA "coastal' sea kayak instructor can teach up to level 3 students in mild to moderate conditions. IIRC that's less than 15k wind, seas to 2 feet, currents to 2 knots and breaking waves to 2 feet. There's more details about the expectations here:http://www.americancanoe.org/atf/cf/{74254DC2-74B4-446F-92BE-547992272AB7}/L3.CK.Inst.Crit.2010.2.pdfPhil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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