Our Instructors create an engaging atmosphere for participants! To be a Safe Sitter® Instructor you must:

• Be at least 18 years old with a high school diploma or equivalent, and 2 years of experience in health care, child care (including parenting), or youth work.
• Be current in a CPR course that requires a minimum of a skills performance test in infant and child CPR, such as Heartsaver® CPR/AED from the American Heart Association
• Enjoy teaching young teens and being a role model.
• Commit to teaching at least one class per year.
• Have access to infant and child CPR manikins. If you do not have manikins, you may purchase them or borrow them from a community partner.
• Complete Safe Sitter® Instructor training.

Additional qualifications are required to teach choking rescue or CPR in a Safe Sitter® class.

• To teach the CPR portion of a class, you must either be current in a CPR Instructor course or use the Safe Sitter® CPR Video to teach that section of the class.
• Any certified CPR Instructor may teach the CPR portion of the class. You do not need to be a Safe Sitter® Instructor to this one section.

CPR Training is NOT included in Safe Sitter® Instructor Training. Visit the American Heart Association website to find a CPR class near you.

Safe Sitter® Instructors are qualified to teach all programs offered by Safe Sitter®. If you choose to offer an additional program at a later time, you do not need to complete additional training.

If you are a Site Coordinator with a Safe Sitter® Provider and wish to train additional Instructors, please visit the Instructor Tools tab in Instructor Resources.

Online Instructor Training can be completed in about 4 hours. The training includes a review of key concepts, teaching tips for each section, and videos of actual Instructors teaching students.

Each new Instructor will receive:

• Access to the Safe Sitter® online Instructor training course
• Instructor Resources login credentials
• Instructor Manual to use as a guide when teaching
• Safe Sitter® Instructor Tote

If you are a Site Coordinator with a Safe Sitter® Provider and wish to train additional Instructors, please visit the Instructor Tools tab in Instructor Resources.

An in-person workshop is available to organizations training five or more Instructors. The training includes a review of key concepts and teaching tips for each section. Each new Instructor will receive:

• Instructor Resources login credentials
• Instructor Manual to use as a guide when teaching
• Safe Sitter® Instructor Tote

If you are a Site Coordinator with a Safe Sitter® Provider and wish to train additional Instructors, please visit the Instructor Tools tab in the Instructor Resources.