ONLINE Group Fitness Practicum - Always Available

The Online Group Fitness Practicum is where you put your Group Fitness education into practice and develop the skills and confidence needed to lead safe, effective and engaging group fitness classes. Through practical assignments, self-evaluation and instructor feedback, you'll develop your skills in class design, exercise instruction, cueing, communication, motivation and providing appropriate options for different participants.

The practicum is completed through a flexible, self-paced process that focuses on three areas:

• Class Instruction: Create and record the warm-up, cardiovascular, muscle conditioning and stretching/cool-down components of a group fitness class while applying appropriate cueing, technique, safety, music, energy and exercise modifications.
• Self-Evaluation & Instructor Feedback: Critique your own teaching and use feedback from your supervising instructor to identify strengths, improve your instructional skills and prepare for your final practical evaluation.
• Real Class Observation: Attend and observe a group fitness class to gain a better understanding of group fitness teaching skills in a real-world class environment.

The practicum concludes with the CFES Group Fitness Instructor Skills Assessment (GF ISA), where you submit a video teaching a complete real or mock group fitness class for practical evaluation by your instructor.

Zoom meetings are scheduled throughout the practicum to review your assignments, provide feedback, answer questions and help guide you through the entire process.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of Fitness Theory Course and Group Fitness Course

Location: Self-paced online learning and scheduled Zoom meetings

Date: Always Available