CFES Group Fitness Instructor Course — Online and Local Practicum Mentored
May 6 @ 5:15 pm - July 8 @ 6:15 pm
CFES Group Fitness Instructor Course — Online and Local Practicum Mentored
This course teaches you the foundation knowledge and instructor skills to successfully complete CFES Group Fitness Instructor certification — enabling you to program and lead basic group fitness classes.
This online certification program includes scheduled live online teaching and coaching sessions as well as face-to-face community mentor-led practical group fitness class skills teaching sessions.
In The Course You Will Learn:
- To program plan for all class sections and fitness levels for group exercise classes.
- How to create a safe and caring atmosphere.
- Stabilization ball, step, free weights exercise ideas and techniques.
- Cueing and working with music.
- Use of space and group formations and choreography skills.
- How to teach low/high impact group exercise aerobics classes and use equipment.
- Communication skills and professional ethics.
Students will be given ample teaching opportunities within the course and practicums.
Prerequisite: CFES Fitness Knowledge Course or equivalency
Course Conductor: Sandra Froome, CFES Educator
Location: Online courseware and scheduled live zoom teaching sessions
Dates and Times
The course will include live Zoom teaching sessions every Tuesday, from May 6, 2025, to July 8, 2025 , running from 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm PST. 100% attendance to all zoom teaching sessions with your course conductor is required.
May 6, May 13, May 20, May 27
No class June 3rd to catch up,
June 10, June 17, June 24
No class July 1 to catch up
Last class July 8
The CFES Group Fitness Instructor Online Course has been developed to meet CFES group fitness instructor certification guidelines and includes ample teaching opportunities for the student within the locally mentored practicum in preparation for the certification exam and practical skills assessment.
Click the hyperlink to enrol: CFES Group Fitness Instructor online course registration web page
- Course manual and program work booklet/study guide shipped Canada Post XpressPost;
- Online scheduled live zoom classroom teaching and coaching sessions;
- Online e-learning courseware, including online chapter-by-chapter on-demand class videos, self-marking quizzes and learning activities;
- Online on demand demonstration exercise ideas videos for strength, endurance and flexibility;
- Tutor service, marking of end of course open book exam.
Course fees: $448.14*
CFES Group Fitness Instructor Online Course E-version Only includes:
- Online course manual and PDF student program work booklet/study guide;
- Online scheduled live zoom classroom teaching and coaching sessions;
- Online e-learning courseware, including online chapter-by-chapter on-demand class videos, self-marking quizzes and learning activities;
- Online e-learning courseware, including online chapter-by-chapter on-demand class videos, self-marking quizzes and learning activities;
- Tutor service, marking of end of course open book exam.
Course fee: $341.25*
Local Practicum Mentor Information
Please Note:
Group Fitness Instructor course students must find a leadership mentor in their community to take them through the practicum components of the CFES Group Fitness Instructor Course, proctor their certification exam and assist in the student’s video skills assessment to be submitted to their CFES Educator or Skills Assessment Evaluator (SAE).
The leadership mentor should be an approved certified Group Fitness Instructor with on-the-floor and supervisory experience themselves to guide the student through the practicum.
The practicum program a series of group fitness class labs and assignments the student does under mentor supervision during and after their instructor course. Completion procedures and documentation are in the CFES Group Fitness Instructor Course program work booklet/study guide and in the online courseware.
Once the student’s leadership mentor is confirmed the student would bring the mentor the course manual and program work booklet for both to review and complete together as the course conductor assigns various assignments. The leadership mentor and the student would work through the practicum labs and complete the documentation. The practicum documents are submitted to the course conductor on the courses’ scheduled submission dates.