Coaching Reaccreditation

Coaching Reaccreditation Process

To renew your current coaching accreditation click here

The NCAS updating policy requires all accredited coaches to participate in a variety of education activities to maintain their accreditation status. The benefits of updating accreditation status include:

Keeping up-to-date with current coaching techniques and methods
Staying abreast of rule changes
Plays an important role in ensuring that the training and playing environments are safe for all participants
Reducing the likelihood of litigation

The following courses/modules updates must be completed for accreditation and reaccreditation:

Play by the Rules Harassment and Discrimination and Play by the Rules Child Protection completed every two years
Community Coaching Essential Skills Course completed every four years
Coaches Code of Conduct must be completed and signed

NOTE: If updating requirements are not completed within six years, you must repeat the accreditation course. Coaches who do not complete updating requirements by the due date must achieve 100 points and an additional 25 points for the year beyond expiry. For Performance coaches, additional points must be achieved in coaching principles and/or softball specific.

Coaching Accreditation Updating Requirements:

Coaches can update their accreditation by completing the next level of accreditation OR achieving a total of 100 points over four years
Foundation must achieve a total of 100 points over four years from any category
At the time of re-accreditation, previous level referencing will change to the current course alignment e.g. Level 3 – reaccredited at Managing Games
Performance (Level 4-6 coaches) must achieve a maximum of 25 points per year and a minimum of 20 points in each category, and complete the Coaching Updating Activity Sheet to validate their updating activities
When updating is complete, the coach must forward the Coaching Updating Activity Sheet, a signed Softball Australia Coaches Code of Conduct and the relevant registration fee to their state for approval
New updating requirements commence immediately re-registration is received

Coaching Updating Activities:

Course

Complete the next level of accreditation – 100 pts

Softball-specific (performance minimum of 20 pts over four years)

Attend softball seminars/clinics (umpire course, rules seminars etc) – 20 pts
Attend a face to face workshop in your state – 20 pts
Lecture at softball coaching courses – 20 pts
Submit an article to Softball Australia – 25 pts

Coaching principles (performance minimum of 20 pts over four years)

Complete specific modules of ASC Intermediate Coaching General Principles – 25 pts
Attend sport-related seminars – 20 pts
Complete one sport-related tertiary unit – 20 pts
Lecture at coaching principles seminar – 20 pts
Complete the Presenter and Facilitator course – 20 pts
Complete one module of the Sport Australia Intermediate Coaching General Principles – 25 pts*

*post-February 2017 – complete any module of the Sport Australia Intermediate Coaching General Principles other than those covered in your course – 25 pts