High School Certification?

[Seeker30]

what does AACCA teach you?
i was an assistant this year and helped with choreo.
i plan on getting certified this season plus i turn 21 :)
so im just curious it would be more beneficial for me to take the courses on USASF tumbling level 1-4?
cause i read on AACCA that its a 3hour course 90 questions? and im certified . .
also be cpr and first aid certified for NFHS.

 

[Seeker30]

never mind just levels 1 & 2 cause i dont have a gym to sign me off.

 

[Seeker30]

either my post are invisible or no one likes me.

 

[FierceinTeal]

Haha I see your post, I just never know the answer :( Sorry

 

[Heather Mc]

The AACCA certification is required by many programs' insurance companies, it's a lot about safety stuff. I did mine online through NHSF, not complicated at all. If the USASF levels courses get you AACCA certification, go with that, but you may well need to do both.

 

[Seeker30]

Haha I see your post, I just never know the answer :( Sorry

:( its okay, it was a form of 'bump' to try to get help. thanks fierceinteal :)

The AACCA certification is required by many programs' insurance companies, it's a lot about safety stuff. I did mine online through NHSF, not complicated at all. If the USASF levels courses get you AACCA certification, go with that, but you may well need to do both.

No USASF wont get me the certification for aacca.

so as NFHS memeber you got your aacca certification right?
does aacca help at all? or does it just go over the safety rules for ALL of high school.
i was thinking its more beneficial to get usasf cert. so i can properly learn how to teach tumbling.

 

[longhorncoach]

I'm not at school so I don't have the certificate in front of me, but I'm pretty positive the online course through NFHS results in AACCA certification. From what I remember, the course focuses on several areas of safety: common injuries, dehydration, etc. There is a whole section about tumbling progression with lots of videos and illustrations, but remember it is online so it's not like hands-on spotting experience. There is also an extensive section about stunt progression, again with illustrations and videos. I printed out many of the documents and pictures and keep them in a binder.

There are some times when you can go to the in-person (as in, not online) NFHS certification. For example, Varsity brands does a coaches conference where I live (Florida) every year and you can go to the seminar for certification there. I'd imagine that if you went that route, you would learn more about proper spotting of tumbling.

AND kudos to you for wanting to be certified. So many coaches have no idea. I coach at a middle school where they frankly don't care what I do, but I chose to get certified for safety reasons and purely to be a better coach.

 

[Seeker30]

I'm not at school so I don't have the certificate in front of me, but I'm pretty positive the online course through NFHS results in AACCA certification. From what I remember, the course focuses on several areas of safety: common injuries, dehydration, etc. There is a whole section about tumbling progression with lots of videos and illustrations, but remember it is online so it's not like hands-on spotting experience. There is also an extensive section about stunt progression, again with illustrations and videos. I printed out many of the documents and pictures and keep them in a binder.

There are some times when you can go to the in-person (as in, not online) NFHS certification. For example, Varsity brands does a coaches conference where I live (Florida) every year and you can go to the seminar for certification there. I'd imagine that if you went that route, you would learn more about proper spotting of tumbling.

AND kudos to you for wanting to be certified. So many coaches have no idea. I coach at a middle school where they frankly don't care what I do, but I chose to get certified for safety reasons and purely to be a better coach.

oh okay! the closest one is Texas for me but i would be excited to go. this helped alot. thank you :D
and yes its so important to get certified.

 

[longhorncoach]

I'm at school now where my certificate is. It says I have successfully completed "AACCA Spirit Safety Certification." It has both the NFHS and AACCA logos, as well as signatures of the both NFHS and AACCA executive directors. So, it does look like the online course covers both bases.

 

[SparkleSpankies]

Honestly, it is really there to teach awareness. You should get AACCA for insurance purposes. Anything else is educational and feel free!

 

[AScheer]

what does AACCA teach you?
i was an assistant this year and helped with choreo.
i plan on getting certified this season plus i turn 21 :)
so im just curious it would be more beneficial for me to take the courses on USASF tumbling level 1-4?
cause i read on AACCA that its a 3hour course 90 questions? and im certified . .
also be cpr and first aid certified for NFHS.

I know I did two separate tests for NFHS and for AACCA. Doing one didn't cover both, or maybe I did double the work and didn't need to? I did NFHS at a camp and AACCA online. AACCA covered a lot of legal information where NFHS was strictly cheer and progressions. I feel like both are beneficial certifications to have, but for allstars you need USASF. USASF actually is hands on learning.

 

[Seeker30]

I know I did two separate tests for NFHS and for AACCA. Doing one didn't cover both, or maybe I did double the work and didn't need to? I did NFHS at a camp and AACCA online. AACCA covered a lot of legal information where NFHS was strictly cheer and progressions. I feel like both are beneficial certifications to have, but for allstars you need USASF. USASF actually is hands on learning.

yeah im a high school coach. well going to be i was an assistant choreographer this year.
but i want to do Aacca nfhs and USASF for more knowledge.

 

[SarahS]

I know I did two separate tests for NFHS and for AACCA. Doing one didn't cover both, or maybe I did double the work and didn't need to? I did NFHS at a camp and AACCA online. AACCA covered a lot of legal information where NFHS was strictly cheer and progressions. I feel like both are beneficial certifications to have, but for allstars you need USASF. USASF actually is hands on learning.

The AACCA certification can be done online, and it is administered through NFHS. I'm guessing the NFHS course you took at camp was "Fundamentals of Coaching Cheer and Dance" (which is also available online, administered through NFHS - I could be totally wrong about that, though - it's been known to happen ;) ). NCSSE also does an okay job of teaching stunting and tumbling progressions through its courses (I believe stunting and tumbling are courses III and IV - I and II are more administrative in nature.)

Seeker30 - here's the link to both the AACCA safety course and the Fundamentals of Coaching Cheer and Dance course:
NFHS Learning Center


As far as USASF certification goes... if you figure out how to do it, please let me know. I've been going the email rounds trying to figure out how I can take certification tests while not associated with any USASF gym. I'm almost to the point where I just pay the dang fees to become a USASF gym on my own so that I can take the dang tests, lol.