Canora Wheatland Lioness has announced another successful completion of the Saskatchewan Safety Council’s Babysitter Training Course.
Students enrolled in the course were expected to complete all required assignments, practicum experience activities and conclude the course by achieving the compulsory passing final examination mark, said Lioness Shawna Leson, course leader.
Leson facilitated the six-week course which ran from October 16 to November 20 and was assisted by community members educated in each field.
Lessons were instructed by Leson (Babysitter Basics), Kelly Strelioff (Child Care I and II), Sherise Fountain (Safety Smarts and handling emergencies), Neal Reine (first aid) and Chantel Kitchen (playing with children).
“The practicum included a minimum of four unpaid hours of babysitting for a local family and involved feedback kindly provided by the parents,” said Leson.
Lionesses Leson, Cynthia Gazdewich and Sharon Ciesielski administered the examination as provided by Saskatchewan Safety Council.
“The Canora Wheatland Lioness would like to acknowledge the support of the presenters and the parents in the community for continued support of this valued program, as well as the staff of Canora Composite School for providing the facility used to administer this course,” said Leson.
A total of thirteen students applied and were accepted into the program.
“While a couple of the participants have yet to meet all the requirements of the course, 11 have successfully completed the activities, received their certificates and are enthusiastically prepared to babysit,” said Leson.
