Coach, Instructor & Officials Developer Programmes
Coach Developer
Developer Training and Support
A Coach/Instructor Developer educates and supports coaches throughout their coaching career. A Referee/Officials Developer educates and supports those Officials (including referees)working to ensure rules are adhered to both in training & competition. The suite of programmes offered by Sport Ireland Coaching in conjunction with the NGBs ensures they have the knowledge, skills and expertise they need for their respective roles.
The Coach Developer suite of Programmes provides a structure where support is the main theme. This Overview of Coach and Coach Developer Support shows who trains and supports whom within this structure, which elements are multi-sport and which are sport specific. Our experience and anecdotal evidence, shows that training Coach Developers and Coach Developer Assessors in a multi-sport setting, before they go back into their NGB to apply their skills, has longer lasting and wider knowledge base benefits than single sport only.
There are currently three fully qualified members of the Trainer team (Two full time staff, one external) and one administrator.
COVID19 has affected a number of the planned Coach Developer related programmes, but at present (September 2021), CDC37 is taking place, with many elements already having been delivered online with face to face weekends starting again this month. All interested parties will be kept informed of any/all changes. All other programmes that were suspended during the pandemic are expected to slowly return in the coming months. CDC38 is due to start in March 2022.
The programmes that run on an annual or multi annual basis are listed below
Level 2 Coach Developer
Training people in the skills required to train and support coaches up to and including Level 2 Coaching (knowledge and expertise)
Coach Developer Assessor
Training experienced Coach Developers to support and where appropriate, to assess, Coach Developers within their own NGBs
CPD Opportunites
CPD opportunities for : Trainers of Coach Developers (TCD)
Coach Developer Assessors (CDA)
Coach Developers (CD)
‘Catch-up’ Weekends
For those who missed elements of any of the programmes due to unforeseen circumstances
The full suite of Coach Developer programmes is listed below.
Trainer of Coach Developers
Training those who will work in a multi-sport capacity or in large NGBs, training and supporting Coach Developers
Coach Developer Assessor
Training experienced Coach Developers to support and where appropriate, to assess, Coach Developers within their own NGBs
High Performance Coach Developer Assessor
Training for experienced Coach Developers working in a High Performance sector – this is aimed at those willing to work in a multi-sport as well as single sport environment, supporting High Performance coaches
Level 3/Advanced (Performance) Coach Developer
Training people in the skills required to train and support the highest level of coaches within an NGB
(Level 2 Coach Developer is a pre-requisite qualification for this programme)
Level 3 Instructor Developer
Training people working in the non-competitive Adventure Sports Sector to deliver up to and including Level 3 Instructor training programmes
Click here for the course outline.
Level 2 Coach Developer
Training people in the skills required to train and support coaches up to and including Level 2 Coaching (knowledge and expertise)
Level 2 Coach Developer ‘top up’
Additional training for those who trained as a Level 1 Coach Developer but whose NGB now has higher level qualifications that need their Coach developers to have a higher skill level
Level 1 Coach Developer
Training people in the skills required to train and support coaches up to and including Level 1 Coaching (knowledge and expertise) when there is no Level 2 coaching programme within the NGB
Others
‘Catch-up’ weekends for those who missed elements of any of the programmes
CPD opportunities for:
- Trainers of Coach Developers (TCD)
- Coach Developer Assessors (CDA)
- Coach Developers (CD)
Programme Design workshops
Mentoring workshops
Bespoke programmes and workshops on request
Enquires relating to any of the above programmes should be directed to Hayley Harrison (HHarrison@sportireland.ie) as Head Trainer, or Ann McMahon (AMcMahon@sportireland.ie) for administrative queries.