Coach Update & Self Assessment
The Canoe England Coach Update scheme provides a service whereby Canoe England recognises your qualifications as valid and updated. The benefits of this scheme include:
- Evidence for deployers, or customers that you are qualified and updated
- Your name being included on our register of qualified and updated coaches
- You can vote at Regional or Local Coaching Organiser elections
- You can run BCU Tests and Awards, for example the Star Awards
The concept of coach update is based on the BCU Coaching Service actively providing opportunities for personal development and encouraging all coaches to keep up to date with developments in our sport and indeed in general Sports coaching. Further to this, with sport and sports coaching receiving an increasingly public profile with moral, ethical, and social commitments, it is important that we can account for and verify the status of all coaches within the scheme.
The Coach Update process is the same for all of our Coaches, whether you hold ‘new’ or ‘old’ awards. There are three things you need to have to meet the update requirements:
1. Have a valid first aid certificate recorded on your Canoe England membership record: All Coaches (except UKCC Level 1) need a first aid certificate recorded on their Canoe England membership record. This needs to be four hours training including CPR/EAV for Level 2 Coaches, and for Level 3 coaches and above eight hours including CPR/EAV is required. A list of acceptable first aid awards is published on www.bcu.org.uk Please make sure your record is complete, and send us a copy of your latest first aid award it you are not sure!
2. Hold Full Comprehensive Membership of Canoe England.
3. Be up-to-date with current best practice There are three ways in which you can evidence this (each being valid for a period of three years):
i. Attend a Coach Update Event (Click here to see our Calendar) These events are run throughout the regions aiming to provide quality learning support for coaches through the provision of appropriate learning systems, structures, resources, products and services. We are always looking for volunteers to help support these events, so if you feel you have something to contribute please contact the organisers as listed.
ii. Complete a Self-Assessment Form (Click here for more information) The self-assessment form provides you with an opportunity to evidence your coaching activity and any continual professional development that you may have completed during the three-year update cycle. (Click here for the Form).
iii. Achieve a BCU Coaching or Leadership Qualification The completion of a new Coaching or Leadership qualification extends Coaches update status by a further three years. Most BCU Coaching and Leadership awards that are 2 days or more count. (Click here for a list of Qualficiations that meet this requirement)
Not sure if we recognise your qualifications? If you are not sure if we recognise your qualifications as valid and up-to-date please contact Marie at the office and we can let you know. You can do this by email to marie.gouldby@bcu.org.uk or 0845 3709533.
Coaching Reinstatement
Where individual membership has lapsed, BCU/SCA/WCA/CANI Coaching Service qualifications can be restored on the following basis:
1. If the membership is allowed to lapse for a period of less than 3 years the coach can reactivate qualifications by paying the current year’s membership plus a £15.00 administration fee and completingthe coach update requirements pertaining at the time.
If the lapsed period exceeds 3 years, the coach must pay the current years membership fee, a £15.00 administration fee, plus a £20.00 fee to cover revalidation. This will be in the form of an action plan plus a workshop or working alongside a course provider. (As deemed by their National Coaching Officer)*. Costs for workshops will be extra.
2. If the member is a coach and holds assessor status, re-instatement of the Assessor status held would not be automatic. Re-instatement of assessor status as appropriate (possibly at a lower level) would be re-activated on application via an agreed action plan and possible charge.
A decision on an application for assessor re-instatement and any associated action plan would depend on the number of years of lapsed membership.
*(In order to complete this process the party concerned is advised to contact their Coaching Office to initiate the process).
Coaching qualifications are only valid whilst the member holds a current first aid award. For levels 1 and 2 coaches, this needs to be four hours training including CPR/EAV. For level 3 coaches and above eight hours including CPR/EAV. This information is held on the database. Please forward a copy of your first aid certificate with your re-instatement application.
Click here to download a Reinstatement Form