MEET THE OWNER: CLAUDINE
Claudine, owner and operator of Swim Fins Swim School, started her first swim school 25 years ago because she felt it was taking too long for children to learn to swim in traditional swimming programs. What started out as swimming lessons held in backyard pools is now Swim Fins Swim School, operating year-round at six locations in Richmond, White Rock, Langley, Cloverdale and Abbotsford and she is currently working on expanding into Coquitlam and the North Shore.
Claudine is passionate and clear about her purpose: since drowning is the 2nd leading cause of accidental death among children, she wants to offer everyone the opportunity to learn to swim quickly and reliably by using the Lifesaving Society’s Swim for Life program. Claudine used the knowledge gained from her UBC Human Kinetics and Education degrees in combination with 30 years of teaching swimming and school experience to develop a unique learn-to-swim program that works! As a result of the Swim Fins Program, which is only taught at her swim schools, her students learn to swim in a 1/4 of the time.* This innovative, one-of-a-kind program, yields strong swimmers in 1 year, which would otherwise take 3-4 years in traditional programs.
CLAUDINE'S QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor of Human Kinetics (Honours)
Bachelor of Education
Associate of Arts Degree
BC College of Teachers Certification
Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certification
Swim for Life Instructor Certification
Training Partner of the Lifesaving Society
Affiliated Member of the Lifesaving Society
Registered Fitness Leader and has BCRPA Certifications in Personal Training, Aquatic Fitness, Group Fitness and Weight Training
Member of the United States Swim School Association
3M National Coaching Certification in Swimming, Basketball, and Gymnastics
Standard First Aid and CPR Level C
First Aid and CPR Instructor Certification
Over 25 years combined teaching experience as a Physical Education teacher for three years at Southpointe Academy and a swimming lessons teacher and lifeguard for 25 years at Swim Fins Swim Schools and various other locations
Coaching experience in swimming, soccer, volleyball, and track and field
