The Spirit of America Foundation announces that, in addition to meeting all of the ‘Knowledge-based’ standards in their curriculum that we also do align with and is all inclusive of all of the National On Water Skills Based Standards of Education (NOWS) approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
We are proud to announce that the Spirit of America curriculum has been verified to include ALL of the National On-Water Skills-based Education standards in all three disciplines of Sail, Human Power and Power. We are one of the few, if not the only organization, to provide all National knowledge and on water, skills based standards of education, equipment awareness and drowning prevention.
For more information about the standards for on water education curriculum visit: www.usnows.org
The SOA Curriculum is all inclusive of ALL standards and exceeds the NOWS National Instructional Approach Standard.
About The NOWS Program
Improving the safety and enjoyment of recreational boating
through the largest ever collaboration initiative
in on-water skills-based instruction.
NOWS are for instructors who teach boating skills to beginners.
Beginner students: Novices or people relatively new at operating a recreational boat.
Boating skills: Behaviors needed to safely operate a recreational boat at the entry level.
On-the-water: Experiential learning on the boat guided real time by instructors.
By displaying the NOWS Logo, we are indicating that we have completed a NOWS Self-Assessment of our entry-level course(s) and produced a Supplier Declaration of Conformity