American Red Cross Babysitters Instructors Training

The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter, will offer a Babysitter Instructor training class on November 7, 2009 at the Chapter House on 286 South Street in Hyannis.

The course runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The class is designed to train instructor candidates to teach the basic-level Babysitter’s Training course. This course prepares instructor candidates to use program materials, conduct training sessions and evaluate the progress of course participants. Cost of the course is $100. All participants will receive a reference handbook and a first aid kit. To enroll, call 508-775-1540.

Participants must be at least 16 years of age on or before the training session, possess a Fundamentals of Instructor Training Certificate issued within the last year or possess a current national Health and Safety Services Instructor Authorization Certificate, and successfully complete the instructor pre-course self-study and the pre-course session. This includes demonstrating competency in the pre-course skills.