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National Coaching Institute - Atlantic

The Director's Perspective

 It is an exciting time to be involved in the NCI.  Sport in Canada is in the midst of a period of significant transition, with many major initiatives for enhancement of the Canadian sport system underway.  Most importantly for the NCIs, coach recognition, professionalization and education is considered to be a central pillar for achieving those changes.  The NCIs, in expanding partnerships with universities and the national sport organizations, will remain a prominent piece of the advanced coaching education and professional development plan. 

In the mid 1990s, the NCCP was over 25 years old and famous worldwide as a model coach education program.  However, it needed renewal and most importantly, it needed to realign with the LTAD.  The revamping process is now well underway - beginning with more extensive, updated basic programs for coaches of younger, developing athletes of all ages and culminating in cutting edge, personalized, advanced educational programs for our coaches of high performance athletes. 

Fomerly, the NCI's role was to provide advanced educational opportunities only for high performance coaches.  This was the level 4 and 5 of the "old" NCCP, which featured 20 "tasks."  In our new NCCP model, certified coaches with competitive athletes at any stage of development may seek age-appropriate advanced education through the NCI.  These educational opportunities include a wide range of services - from short seminars, workshops and presentations, to advanced programs of study - including course work and apprenticeship work with a master coach - leading to a diploma and recognition as an expert coach.

In addition to updating, standardizing and expanding the curriculum, we are developing a more student-friendly, electronic delivery system to help us deal effectively with the summer and winter schedules of coaches and travel distances from the widely distributed parts of Atlantic Canada.

Application

To apply for the NCI-Atlantic, please download the application form, complete and return to Daphne Pellerin.  Please ensure that all required documents are included with the application (see the checklist on page 2 of application).