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You are receiving this
email because you were a volunteer in the National On-Water Standards (NOWS)
Program funded in part by United States Coast Guard grants. As you may recall, over the
past six years, there has been an initiative underway to develop information
and tools that can help raise the level of enjoyment and safety that
recreational boaters experience on our nation’s waterways. We are pleased to share
with you ANOTHER major milestone in the NOWS Program, the completion of a free
comprehensive “How to” guide for developing or enhancing courses and programs focused on beginner-level sailing skills.
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The same team of
recreational boating experts that produced the American National Standard (ANS)
for On-Water, skills-based sailboat instruction has developed a SAIL Technical Support Document (TSD). The free 160-page document contains the
most complete set of information and tools available to assist education
providers, including:
- Information about the national skills standard for sailboat operation, why it was developed, and why education providers should use it in their sailing instructional courses and programs
- Tips and recommendations from recreational boating experts across the country for how to use the national standard to design, develop and implement courses, curricula, syllabi, and lesson plans that deliver high-quality On-Water, skills-based sailboat instruction
- Guidelines for using performance assessment rubrics to design specific behaviors into programs that result in skilled entry-level sailboat operation, and
- Resources that will help design instruction that integrates recreational boating skills and knowledge.
This guide has been designed
to help education providers ensure that their skills-based instructional
courses are not only of the highest quality, but also meet the ANS for
entry-level sailboat instruction.
All recreational boating
safety education providers, large and small, national or local, are encouraged
to use the materials contained within the SAIL TSD to develop or enhance their
On-Water instruction. All recreational boaters are encouraged to share this
news with family members, friends, and colleagues. By taking an active
role in raising the overall quality and availability of skills-based training
and instruction for entry-level recreational sailboat operation,
all can help create a culture of safety in recreational boating that reduces
accidents and saves lives on our nation’s waterways.
Thank you one again for
your involvement in the project and helping to make our waterways safer for our
nation’s boaters.
Kind Regards,
K. Brian Dorval
National On-Water Standards Facilitator
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NOWS Materials Worth Checking Out
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Technical Support Documents
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If you didn't already know, other Technical Support Documents (TSDs) are available for Powerboat operation and Human-propelled craft operation.
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Skills-Based On-Water Standards
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Three of the four On-Water Standards planned have been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). To download copies of national standards, use the links below.
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National Standard Evaluator Program
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| Looking for subject matter experts to develop On-Water Instruction? Check out our National
Standard Evaluators Program. We've created a database of evaluators that are ready, willing and able to use their unique
understanding of and experience with NOWS to
review programs, identify potential gaps, and make recommendations for
developing the full profile of skills contained in the National On-Water
Standards. |
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