CAS Coach Developer Pathways


Learning Facilitator Pathway (updated January 2022)

Evaluator Pathway (updated January 2022)

Online Learning Facilitator Pathway (updated January 2022)

 

Who coaches the coaches? NCCP Coach Developers do!

 

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According to the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE), Coach Developers “are not simply experienced coaches or transmitters of coaching knowledge – they are trained to develop, support, and challenge coaches to go on honing and improving their knowledge and skills in order to provide positive and effective sport experiences for all participants.” In short, Coach Developers need to be experts in learning, as well as experts in coaching.

NCCP Coach Developers include Master Learning Facilitators, Advanced Learning Facilitators, Learning Facilitators, Master Evaluators, Advanced Evaluators, and Coach Evaluators.

The typical pathway for someone who wants to be a Coach Developer involves the following steps:

Training: Coach Developer candidates must complete rigorous training, and this training is now being made consistent across Canada. The following training is required by all Coach Developers:

Core Training: Provides Coach Developers with the skills to perform their role. For a calendar of upcoming training opportunities, please click here.

Content-specific Training (sport or multi-sport): This includes microfacilitation which gives Coach Developers an opportunity to practice delivery with their peers.

Co-delivery: This is a chance for the new Coach Developer to practice with real coaches alongside an experienced Coach Developer. Once a Coach Developer has all of the above training pieces they are considered "TRAINED".

Evaluation: Evaluation confirms that the Coach Developer is capable of certain abilities which are deemed important in the training of coaches. Once a Coach Developer has been evaluated they are considered: "CERTIFIED".

 

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