High School Credit - Coaching

Coach Level 1 UXSC (2 credits)
Requirements are:

  • Students must complete 30 hours of practical coaching experience.
  • Complete the NCCP Make Ethical Decisions training and online evaluation
  • NCCP Community Sport Coach Trained status
  • Additional 8 hours of multi-sport workshops/eModules (from the following list: Planning a Practice, Design a Sport Program, Teaching and Learning, Basic Mental Skills, Fundamental Movement Skills, Run, Jump, Throw, Wheel, Aboriginal Coach Modules, Coaching Athletes with a Disability, Making Headway, Nutrition, Safe Sport, Positive Sport Environment, Mental Health, and/or Coaching Initiation)

Coach Level 2 UXSC (2 credits)
Requirements are:

  • Students must complete 30 hours of practical coaching experience.
  • NCCP Fundamentals Coach Trained status
  • Complete the NCCP Make Ethical Decisions training and online evaluation

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Students must complete a minimum of 30 hours of monitored coaching experience.

Level 1 students must have their experience monitored and reviewed by a Fundamentals Coach Trained or higher. This coach must be trained in the sport in which a student is being evaluated.

Level 2 students must have their experience monitored by a Fundamentals Coach Certified or higher. This coach must be certified in the sport in which a student is being evaluated.

Practical coaching experience must be in the same sport as the trained or certified accreditations. Student coaches should keep a log of their coaching hours that includes:

  • Practical coaching hours
  • Teams or athletes coached
  • Competition level of participation (e.g., club, regional, provincial)

The evaluating coach must provide the student coach with a verification letter that includes:

  • Student name
  • Number of practical coaching hours
  • Team or athletes coached
  • Competition level of participation
  • Authorizing coach name and NCCP CC number
  • Date of completion

GETTING CREDIT
Student coaches seeking to earn credit must provide proof of completion for all required program components to viaSport at coaches@viasport.ca. ViaSport will send a verification letter to the student if they have fulfilled all the requirements. 

 Required documentation for Level 1 includes:

  • NCCP training and certifications (Locker transcript)
  • Practical coach experience verification letter

 Required documentation for Level 2 includes:

  • NCCP training and certifications (Locker transcript)
  • Practical coach experience verification letter

 

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