Being a coach is one of the greatest things you can do to contribute to sport
in your community, city and province. Below is a list of relevant information
that may assist you in starting or continuing your coaching plans.
Coaching Links
Check your Coaching Certification Level:
http://coach.ca/check-nccp-certification-s13876
Grants Available
There are many grants available
from the Saskatchewan and Canadian Coaches Association.The grants can be found on these
sites. You need to ensure that your certification matches their description and
then submit prior to their deadlines.
Coaching Goals
The SCA can help you get to your coaching goals. Don't let money or lack of
a coaching group be your barrier. We can assist you financially in your pursuit
of coaching levels an we can help you find other coaches and coached groups
to work with to fulfill your practical. All you have to do is ask! Submit all
requests in writing.
The attached diagram shows the training pathway for Let's Ride! and Ready to
Race!
Coaching Courses - Contact the SCA to
find out when the next scheduled course is.
The SCA offers Let's Ride! and Ready to Race! NCCP courses. The following
diagram shows the training pathway for Let's Ride! and Ready to Race, a broad
statement is these courses replace the old NCCP Level 1 and 2 courses.
The Canadian Cycling Association is currently developing courses to replace
the old Level 3 Technical course. Competition Development (now in
development), which will replace Level 3 Technical, will be called
"Performance Cycling" while the Competition High Performance program,
which will eventually replace Level 4/5, will be called "Excellence
Cycling". Coaches certified in these levels will be called
"Performance Coach" and "Excellence Coach", respectively.
Finally, the to-be-developed Community Ongoing program is to be called Cycling
for Life! and coaches will be called "Participation Coach".
About Evaluation for Certification for Introduction
to Competition
All coaches, to be certified in NCCP competition-stream contexts (e.g. Introduction
to Competition) are required to successfully complete an evaluation process.
Evaluation in Ready to Race Introduction to Competition has three parts:
(a) Successful completion of the Make Ethical Decisions (MED) on-line evaluation
at the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) website: http://www.coach.ca/elearning-s13846
(b) Completion of a Portfolio of written work based on the content of the Ready
to Race Introduction to Competition learning workshops, which is then reviewed
by an Evaluator.
(c) Completion of a final evaluation. This may be done at a competition, or
by completing an on-line evaluation developed by CCA.
Process for On-line Evaluation
The following is the process to register:
1. The coach applies for evaluation by completing on-line registration at the
CCA web site, including paying the evaluation fee.
http://digitalcoachingsystems.ca/digitalmentoring/course-registration-forms/296-cca-registration-form.html
2. CCA will send the coach a password to permit access to the evaluation web
site. This will give the coach access to an on-line Portfolio template as well
as the on-line exam questions.
3. The CCA will appoint an approved Evaluator and provide his/her contact information
to the coach. The coach sends his/her completed Portfolio in electronic form
to the designated Evaluator. The Evaluator may either rate the Portfolio complete
and return it with comments (successful result) or rate it incomplete and return
it for revisions. In this case the coach has 30 days to make the changes and
have the Evaluator rate the Portfolio “complete”.
4. When the Portfolio work is rated “complete” by the Evaluator, and when the
coach has achieved a successful MED result, he/she may proceed to final on-line
evaluation. In the final on-line evaluation, the coach completes a skills analysis
exam and a coach behavior 2 exam. Both involve the coach viewing video or pictures
and answering a series of multiplechoice questions.
5. If the coach scores less than 60% on the on-line exam, he/she will be informed
of an unsuccessful result by the Evaluator, who will recommend specific areas
for improvement (action plan). The coach will be required to re-register and
attempt evaluation again. If the coach successfully completes the on-line evaluation
with score between 60% and 80%, the Evaluator will hold a debriefing with the
coach and develop an action plan. The debriefing may be done by conference call
or using a to-be-developed on-line debriefing survey. If the coach scores over
80% the Evaluator simply gives the coach a memo of successful completion. 6.
The Evaluator now marks the successful coach as “passed” and completes a Course
Register Form (CRF) for the evaluation and sends this electronically to the
NCCP database and copies it to the CCA office and the PSO office in the province
the coach resides in.
7. Upon certification, all Ready to Race! Introduction to Competition coaches
have five years to complete prescribed professional development tasks and activities
to maintain certification.
What is the Fee?
The evaluation fee is $150 for each evaluation. This covers the work of the
Evaluator in assessing the Portfolio and in conducting the on-line evaluation
and debriefing, as well as administrative costs. (Note: The SCA will cover the
cost of the fee for Sask Cycling members.)
Evaluators are expected to complete Portfolio assessment and provide comments
on a template document within 10 business days (2 weeks) of receiving it from
the coach. Evaluators will review the on-line exam results, and generate a letter
of unsuccessful result, or successful result with an action plan if required,
and complete and submit the CRF within 10 business days (2 weeks) if no action
plan is required, or 15 business days (3 weeks) if an action plan is required
