Professional Development & Maintaining Certification

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To determine your coaching status, log into the Canadian Association of Coaches web page known as "The Locker" - coach.ca (The Locker is highlighted in red at the top).

This is your "official" coaching transcript for coach levels and tracking Professional Development Points.

Maintaining Certification

All Competitive Introduction CERTIFIED coaches must maintain their certification status.

Coaches cannot compile Professional Development points before they are CERTIFIED.

Your transcript would show that your "CERTIFIED" status has not been renewed. 

How many PD points do I need?

Competitive Introduction - Level 2 - Twenty (20) Points for Five (5) years.

Point System

NCCP training or evaluation events are worth 5 points

Non-NCCP events are worth 1 point for each hour they last, up to a maximum of 3 points

"Active Coaching" will give you 1 point per year (From the Certification date).

Through "Self-Directed Learning" you can earn a maximum of 3 points per five-year PD cycle.

You cannot carry forward any points into the next cycle.

Events and Workshops

Annual Conferences like the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Sportif 

Coaching Presentations delivered life or by webinar like: Lacrosse Playbook https://www.youtube.com/@theplaybook-lacrossecoachi4401

Lacrosse Canada - The Playbook Sessions Coaching Series

• Week 1 - click here
• Week 2 - click here
• Week 3 - click here
• Week 4 - click here             

Skill Development Workshops or Modules

Technical Safety Courses

Coaching Symposiums

Multi-Sport Training

• Aboriginal Coach Modules
• Asthma Management in Sports (free e-learning on The Locker - 1 PD Point)
• Basic Mental Skills (done through ViaSport online or in class - click here)
• Emergency Action Plan (free e-learning on The Locker - 1 PD Point)
• Fundamental Movement Skills
• Making Ethical Decisions 
• Managing Conflict (done through ViaSport online or in class - click here)
• Mental Health in Sport (free e-learning on The Locker - 1 PD Point)
• Planning a Practice (done through ViaSport online or in class - click here)
• Prevention and Recovery (done through ViaSport online or in class - click here)
• Respect in Sport - click here
• Safe Sport Training (free e-learning on The Locker - 1 PD Point)
• Sport Nutrition ($20 e-learning on The Locker - 5 PD Points)
• Support Through Sport Series (free e-learning on The Locker - 1 PD Point per section)
• Understanding the Rule of Two (free e-learning on The Locker - 1 PD Point)

 The Locker -https://thelocker.coach.ca/account/login?mode=login