NSC Sailing School - Head Instructor Questionnaire

1. What position(s) are you interested in at the Nepean Sailing Club?
   
   
2. What is your current CYA instructor level? When did you obtain this level, and will you be acquiring another level in the spring?
   
   
3. State the background of your experience teaching sailing, including the number of years you have taught, the levels you have taught, the age range of the students you have taught and what types of boats were used?
   
   
4. List your roles and responsibilities from your past teaching experience including any outside of teaching (boat maintenance, site maintenance, etc.).
   
   
5. Outside of teaching sailing, do you have any other teaching experience, experience dealing with children in a supervision or leadership role, or other experience that would lend itself to teaching sailing? Please state all the details.
   
   
6. What is the extent of your sailing/racing experience, starting from your learn-to-sail levels?
   
   
1. How long have you been sailing?
2. What types of boats have you sailed?
3. How much sailing have you done outside of your learn-to-sail levels?
4. Do you race? How much, at what level and in what types of boats? List any regatta results of significance.
5. How much sailing/racing do you plan to do this summer?
   
   

7. How do you see sailing in your future?
   
   
8. The Head Instructor is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administration of the Sailing School, such as handling registration, medical forms, etc., etc. What skills, experience or educational background do you have that will lend it to these responsibilities?
   
   

9. The Head Instructor will deal with persons registering for courses or making inquiries, parents of students, NSC staff other than from the Sailing School, and NSC members. During these times you are representing the Sailing School and the Nepean Sailing Club. What qualities and experience do you have to ensure you do so in a professional manner?
   
   
10. As Head Instructor, how would you deal with instructor discipline problems, such as arriving late or not being prepared to teach? What policy would you put in place with regard to student discipline problems? Finally how would you foster a team environment amongst the instructors?
    
    
11. How would you prevent instructor burnout? Should and instructor become burnt-out, how would you handle it?
    
    
12. How would you deal with a personal conflict between instructors that is having a negative effect on the Sailing School or on either of the individuals teaching?
    
    
13. How would you promote and develop youth racing at all levels; instill a love for the sport in the students; and encourage the progression to higher learn-to-sail levels?
    
    
14. What is experience and knowledge in boat repair? What are you capable of doing and how would you rate your skills?
    
    
15. How would maintain a high level of boat maintenance and make sure boats in all classes are promptly and properly fixed? How would you minimize equipment failure?
    
    

16. How would the Sailing School of the Nepean Sailing Club benefit by having you as an employee?
    
    
17. Do you have any questions or anything else you would like to add?