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RCA Learn To Row Coach Workshop

RCA Learn To Row Coach Para Module

RCA Coach Weekend 1 & 2 Workshops

Don’t see a workshop date that works for you?

If you would like to participate in one of the workshops above, but don’t see a session in the Rowing BC event calendar that works for you, please submit your expression of interest HERE.

Minimum Coaching Standards

Rowing BC has long been a leader in coach education and development, creating a regular framework of coach education workshops and facilitating various professional development sessions. Minimum coaching standards continue the evolution of our coaching framework, and will ensure alignment of the sport of rowing with sport sector standards set out by the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) in its National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP).

Coaching education programs are an essential part of ensuring all participants receive a safe, enjoyable and quality sport experience, no matter what their goals and abilities are.  Accordingly Rowing BC is implementing a 4-year plan starting in 2019 to ensure that, at the following regattas, coaches have appropriate standards of education:

  • The Rowing BC Junior Championships;
  • The RCA National Rowing Championships and Canada Cup;
  • The BC Summer Games; and
  • The Canada Summer Games.

Review the Minimum Coaching Standards HERE.

Note that as of March 2020 all coaches are required to complete a Criminal Record Check/Vulnerable Sector Screen . This requirement needs to be renewed every 3 years. Clubs will be required to ensure this has been completed for all active coaches. Additional information about Criminal Record Checks and other Safe Sport initiatives is available here.

For more information please contact Rowing BC Manager of Education, Innovation, and Inclusion, Lisa Tschannen.

Rowing BC champions the Responsible Coaching Movement, as well as Commit to Kids, and recommends that all member organizations implement strategies outlined by these organizations.

Prerequisites for Coach Education Workshops

There are now prerequisites for coaches taking RCA Learn to Row Coach and/or RCA Coach workshops. RCA has introduced the Every Coach Certified initiative,  (a Safe Sport initiative) which includes prerequisite modules for NCCP workshops. These modules (if not previously taken) must be completed prior to coaches attending an RCA Learn to Row Coach or RCA Coach Workshop.

These modules are: Coach Initiation in Sport, Rowing Essentials and Making Ethical Decisions

To complete these modules, coaches must log in or make a new account in the CAC Locker. Once logged in, there is an e-learning button near the top of the page. This will lead to the e-learning section. Select the Multi-Sport option to find Making Ethical Decisions and Coach Initiation in Sport. Select the Rowing option to find Rowing Essentials.

Coaches who have previous NCCP training may not need all modules. Click here to confirm which modules you need to complete.

All coaches are also required to agree to abide by the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Code of Ethics available here.

If you have any questions on the Every Coach Certified initiative, please contact Rowing BC Coaching Coordinator, Lisa Tschannen.

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