07.01.26 – 07.05.26
Level 4: Whitewater Kayaking Instructor Certification Workshop (IDW/ICE)
Poolesville, MD, USA
This Level 3-4 Kayak Instructor Certification Workshop will be facilitated by L4 River Kayak Instructor Trainer Educator Jordan Taylor and L4 Instructor Trainer Candidate Sam Stone.
We will work in on the Middle and Lower Youghigheny River at Ohiopyle PA
The ACA recommends you complete a skill assessment for Level 3-4 to participate in this course. A phone call or email recommendation from an ACA Instructor can suffice.
Course fee: $750 (deposit required to hold spot)
Additional costs (not included):
ACA Membership $40,
SEIC Dues $30, both are annual.
Lodging, Food, Snacks
Jordan is an L4 Instructor Trainer Educator in the River Kayak and River Canoe Programs.
They are an Advanced Leader Trainer Educator
They also hold an L5 Kayak IT and an L5 Canoe Instructor certifications
In Safety & Rescue Jordan serves the ACA as an Instructor Trainer at L4 and an Instructor at L5. They serve as a voting member on the ACA Safety & Rescue Committee, and are on the Astral Designs Rescue Pro Team.
Jordan is a Sierra Rescue International Wilderness Medicine Instructor
Jordan has thirty years of experience instructing whitewater and has served many organizations in an instructor development role: Davidson College Outdoor Program (NC) The Calleva River School (DC), National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Rocky Mountain Outdoor Center (CO), Zoar Outdoor (MA), Madawaska Canoe Center (Ontario) and others. Taylor is passionate about educational spaces designed with lots of different kinds of people in mind.
Sam Stone has been paddling since discovering the joys of sea kayaking as a youth on the coast of Maine. Since those formative years, Sam pursued instructor certifications in numerous paddlesports disciplines while simultaneously honing his understanding of educational pedagogies through a masters of education and now teaches at the university level. Prior to transitioning to a formal education setting, he worked as a full time paddlesports instructor across the country, most recently at Calleva’s River School. Sam is presently an L5 whitewater kayak instructor, L4 sea kayak instructor, L4 swiftwater instructor, and L4 packraft instructor.
To register contact Jordan jordantaylorriver@gmail.com
For more about Jordan visit paddlesportinstitute.com
Contact Information Jordan Taylor
jordantaylorriver@gmail.com
