Year Program
The Community Boating Instructor Training Program aspires to develop the next generation of young leaders for our communities. At the heart of our program is curriculum designed to build concrete leadership skills that will empower our instructors to become our future senior staff and successful, productive adults.
Future leaders
Why Leadership
Leaders for our community
Teamwork
Advanced Seamanship
Networking
Critical Thinking
Marine Trade Skills
Accountabiltiy
Communication
Responsibility
Organization
Decision Making
Time Management
Ocean Stewardship
According to NACE’s Job Outlook 2016 survey, employers are looking for:
- 80.1% Leadership
- 78.9% Ability to work in a team
- 70.2% Communication (written)
- 68.9% Communication (verbal)
- 70.2% Problem-Solving Skills
- 68.9% Strong Work Ethic
- 65.8% Initiative
Sailing and Leadership Development
Every time a student steps into a boat, pulls the tiller, or trims a sail they are experiencing hands on, powerful lessons. The complexity of sailing creates a challenging, yet alluring drive to succeed and understand the forces at work in the sport. Using sailing as a medium, our leadership program provides youth with hands-on integrated learning opportunities that inspire interest in fields of study like physics, marine biology, robotics, technology and more. Sailing encourages individuals to work together as harmonious teams and gives students a liberating way to exercise and overcome challenges together. This impact is even greater when we add the mentoring and teaching aspect to sailing.
Critical Thinking
Teamwork
Sailing requires individuals to work together as harmonious teams and gives them the opportunity to overcome challenges together.
Communication
Decision Making
Youth Leadership Defined
Youth leadership is part of the youth development process and supports the young person in developing: (a) the ability to analyze his or her own strengths and weaknesses, set personal and vocational goals, and have the self-esteem, confidence, motivation, and abilities to carry them out (including the ability to establish support networks in order to fully participate in community life and effect positive social change); and (b) the ability to guide or direct others on a course of action, influence the opinions and behaviors of others, and serve as a role model (Wehmeyer, Agran, & Hughes, 1998).
More than Sailing
#f7f7f7 CBC teaches positive life values. This includes physical health, environmental stewardship, teamwork, collaboration, and leadership skills. This workforce development project is strategically important to CBC because our homegrown instructors are our greatest assets. The JI program has expanded beyond just training instructors for our Summer Youth Sailing program to include employment opportunities throughout the year with CBC’s STEAM education programs and Ocean Stewardship programs. Additionally, the JIs are learning to repair our fleet of boats, our docks, and help with work in our administrative office.
After school, during school breaks, occasionally for pay, but mostly for social reasons, teenagers from area high schools are coming to CBC. It has become not just a job but a way of life.
Carlo
Junior Instructor | Year 4
Carlyn
Junior Instructor | Year 3
I joined the CBC Junior Instructor Program because I want to give back to the community that has helped me become who I am. I also believe this will help me develop into a stronger leader. CBC has been a huge confidence boost in the past four years for me and I really enjoy the feeling of sailing. Sailing makes me feel more free and like I can overcome obstacles. I love to sharing this feeling with other people. I hope being a CBC Junior Instructor will help me with my career choice too in the future.
Tanner
Instructor Apprentice | Year 4
The JI Program is a 4-year leadership training program for 14-18 year-old students. This program bridges the gap between student and teacher by instilling leadership qualities and the confidence that is required to teach a class both on and off the water.
By working closely with CBC’s senior staff, JIs have an opportunity to learn the basics of being a sailing instructor from a mentor as well as the specific requirements and routines of CBC’s programs. At the same time, they are developing their abilities to teach, lead, and inspire the next generation of CBC kids.
Year 1 Junior Instructor
Junior Instructor in their first year spend about 60% of their time in direct training. The primary goals are to refine their sailing skills and become experts at CBC programs.
Primary Mentor Team
Director of Training
JI Head Instructor
Instructor Apprentices
Major Year Goals
Begin Environmental Stewardship
Refine Sailing Skills
Year 2 Junior Instructor
Junior Instructor in their second year spend about 40% of their time in direct training. The primary goals are to develop skills related to leadership and in boat instruction.
Primary Mentor Team
Director of Training
JI Head Instructor
Instructor Apprentices
Major Year Goals
Develop Personal Goals
Prepare for US Sailing Level 1 Certification
A JI typical summer
First year Junior Instructors volunteer 20+ hours a week and mentor alongside full-time senior instructors, helping with operations and basic instruction during the morning. The JIs have their own class in the afternoon, and participate in the advanced dinghy class twice a week. The JIs then are able to participate in one of CBC’s sailing classes in the afternoon.
Year 3 Instructor Apprentice
Instructor Apprentices in their third year spend about 80% of their time teaching.
Primary Mentor Team
Director of Training
Head Instructors
Major Year Goals
Soft Skills Development
Identify Personal Strengths and Weakness
Year 4 Instructor Apprentice
Instructor Apprentices in their fourth year spend the majority of their time helping to facilitate and run a summer program class. Working alongside Head Instructors, the IAs will be responsible for helping to create and run the daily lesson plans.
Primary Mentor Team
Director of Training
CBC Staff Mentor
Head Instructors
Major Year Goals
Soft Skills Development
Identify Leadership Style
AN IA typical summer
We are looking for motivated individuals, who have a passion for sailing, their community, and teaching.
- Applicants must be 14-16 years of age
We are looking for motivated individuals, who have a passion for sailing, their community, and teaching.
- Applicants must be 16+ years of age
- Applicants must have US Sailing Level 1 Training or Prepared to take the course before the summer session begins