Quality Control

With more than 1,500 lessons per week throughout the DLSA Private Program and 2,000 lessons per week throughout the DLSA Schools Program it take a sizable and dedicated team of professionals to maintain the DLSA standard of excellence.

All members of the DLSA Teaching and Coaching Team join the program with a minimum ‘national standard’ Austswim and /or Green Licence certification, but that’s only the beginning.

All Team members must successful pass Darren Lange’s personalised training program before they are allowed to conduct their own classes. This initial course encompasses 25 hours of practical observation time in the water, more than 6 hours of theoretical workshops as well an exam.

As part of Darren’s ‘Continuous Improvement’ philosophy, each team member is regularly assessed, graded and interviewed by the DLSA Senior Teach Team and/or Darren himself.

All members of Team DLSA attend regular workshops and training days provided by Darren to ensure we all continue to develop our teaching/coaching skills.

With more than 43 members of Team DLSA Darren has introduced the Senior Staff and Mentoring Systems to ensure that all teachers, coaches and administrators can ask questions and get answers they need quickly and efficiently, even if Darren is not available.

The DLSA Senior Team is a small groups of highly trained and very experienced team members who are dedicated to ensuring the DLSA maintains it’s level of excellence. The Senior Team regularly attend teaching/coaching conferences as well as metropolitan swim program to meet and discuss teaching/coaching issues with other professionals within our industry.

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