The American Heart Association (AHA) is seeking passionate professionals to become instructors, training nearly 13 million people annually to save lives. Instructors deliver standardized curricula, provide coaching, and facilitate skills practice, with access to training resources and communication with a global network of 280,000 instructors. The process to become an AHA instructor includes having a current provider card, aligning with an authorized training center, completing core courses, and teaching under supervision.

1. Become an American
Heart Association Instructor
Knowledge. Enthusiasm. Heart. The benefits.
The American Heart Association is actively Join a Global Effort
recruiting professionals—who have a passion Every year AHA Instructors train nearly 13 million people
for helping save lives—to become Instructors. in the skills they need to save lives!
If you are motivated to teach and facilitate
learning, feel comfortable and are outgoing
in group settings, and find it easy to simplify ahainstructornetwork.org
concepts to make them understandable
The online AHA Instructor Network gives Instructors
for others, you may be a perfect candidate!
access to the most current ECC science, course
Successful Instructors can be healthcare updates, training resources and tools, and opportunities
professionals, first responders or community to communicate with 280,000 Instructors worldwide.
members. Many of the 280,000 Instructors
enjoy careers in nursing, EMS, education,
health and fitness, and corporate safety.
What do Instructors do? heart.org/eccclassconnector
Reach more students and boost class reservations by including
American Heart Association Instructors Instructor class dates and times in this free online database,
have an important job. They: searchable from the American Heart Association’s website.
• Deliver standardized curricula
• Lead groups
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• Work hand-in-hand with students
Are you ready to become an American Heart Association Instructor?
• Provide coaching and feedback
The process is simple. The rewards, immeasurable.
• Facilitate skills practice sessions
Just follow these five steps to become an AHA Instructor:
• Test students, and
1. Have a current PROVIDER card in the discipline (i.e., ACLS,
• Remediate BLS, PALS, Heartsaver) you wish to teach
2. Align with an authorized American Heart Association Training
For more information: Center that is accepting new instructors. Find a Training Center
near you at heart.org/eccclassconnector
For more information on becoming an 3. Complete the American Heart Association’s Core Instructor Course
American Heart Association Instructor,
visit heart.org/instructor. 4. Attend an AHA BLS, ACLS, PALS or Heartsaver Instructor Course
5. Be monitored teaching your first course
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