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- Instructor Fees: Annual Affiliation Fee for Affiliated Instructors - $50
Class Price:	$50.00

Thank you for your interest in aligning with Florida Training Academy, an authorized American Heart Association training site. We look forward to mentoring you and helping you to grow as an instructor. Your annual instructor fees help to cover the associated administrative costs.

After completing the Heartsaver & BLS Instructor Course, you will not be able to purchase certification cards if you are not aligned with an AHA Training Center (TC) or AHA Training Site (TS).

Instructor Candidate Prerequisites

Be identified as demonstrating instructor potential by showing:

1. A strong desire to teach
2. Excellent CPR Performance and Problem Solving Skills
3. Able to follow directions and follow through with tasks
4. Able to communicate effectively in front of a group
5. Current (unexpired) American Heart Association (AHA) Provider and Instructor Card for the discipline you wish to teach
6. Agree to teach a minimum of two courses per year
7. Provide a completed instructor candidate application (you may download one here) 

If you DO NOT already have a Training Center/Site, you may request affiliation with Florida Training Academy. At which point, Florida Training Academy will complete Sections Two and Three of the application. You will also need to pay the required Instructor Fee of $50 before you are able to order cards from Florida Training Academy.

Monitoring and Mentoring

Each instructor candidate is required to be monitored teaching a course upon completion of the Instructor course. The monitoring process is usually facilitated by your Training Center (TC) or Florida Training Academy (FTA). The TC or FTA will not issue an Instructor card until a satisfactory monitoring session has been completed. A second or third monitoring session might be required. However, this is not a punitive measure, but as part of our mentoring process to ensure all instructors are proficient and feel completely comfortable to teach ALL BLS courses offered by the AHA.

Affiliating With Florida Training Academy (Babcock South)

If you are requesting affiliation with Florida Training Academy, you will be asked to sign an agreement. This agreement contains the following provisions:

1. There is an annual fee of $50 (due annually) and payable at the beginning of the calendar year, or at your time of affiliation.
2. You will pay $9.50 per card for all of your BLS AHA cards (Basic Life Support).
3. You will pay $25.50 per EACH Heartsaver CPR, AED and/or CPR, AED & First Aid Card.
4. You will pay $25.50 per EACH Heartsaver First Aid card.
5. You will pay $15.50 per card for all of your red AHA cards (ACLS and PALS)
6. You will agree to teach a minimum of 2 classes per year.
7. You will agree to attend an annual Instructor Update. Advanced notice will be provided.
8. You will agree to abide by all American Heart Association and Training Center/Site policies and procedures.
9. You will agree to be monitored teaching a class at least once per year.
10. You will retain all class records for a minimum of three years.

If you would like to request affiliation with Florida Training Academy, please email Florida Training Academy at Admin@FLtraining.com or call us at (904) 551-0918.

Post Instructor Training Requirements & AHA Training Center or Training Site Alignment

1. Instructors are required to join the AHA Instructor Network. Please allow 3 – 5 business days after the completion of the AHA Instructor class for access to be granted.
2. ALL customer issues must be addressed with Eunice Mathis and Florida Training Academy FIRST and in a timely manner. All instructors who are aligned with Florida Training Academy are to notify our office FIRST and allow us time to resolve any issues. Please allow 24 – 48 business hours for a response regarding non-urgent matters.
3. For urgent matters, instructors will be provided with the personal cell phone of Eunice Mathis. Please note, that text messaging is the preferred way of communication with Eunice Mathis for immediate matters. Also, all urgent matters also require an adequately detailed email pertaining to the issue, contact information for the student, special circumstances, etc.
4. Instructors may not use the AHA logo (torch) on advertisements. In addition, the AHA disclaimer must be added to ALL advertisements. The AHA disclaimer states: The American Heart Association promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, PALS, and First Aid and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA and any fees charged for such a course does not represent income to the association.
5. Certification cards must be paid for in advance. Order cards early. Please allow 3-5 business days for the eCards to be added to your instructor inventory. It is your responsibility to order your eCards in a timely manner. We highly encourage you to keep cards in stock - and place an order at least 5 days before any planned classes.

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