External Sports Credits

Education - External Sports Credits

External Sports Credits

Program Description

The External Sport Credentials Program (ESCP presents opportunities for student-participants to obtain graduation credits through reaching a standard in Ministry of Education approved external courses in the categories of athlete, coach and official. This program is administered and monitored by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development – Sport Branch

Application Process

Complete the online application form on the BC Hockey website
BC Hockey verifies coach, official or player eligibility
BC Hockey emails an approval letter to the school contact submitted on the applicants online application form

Player Eligibility Guidelines

The following is meant as a guide and does not include all eligibility information

Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12
U16 HP Zone Teams (BC CUP) – Male	U16 HP Provincial Camp - Male	Aboriginal Team BC
U17 HP Zone Teams (BC CUP) – Male	U16 Team BC Western Branch Challenge - Male	Team Pacific – Male
U16 HP Zone Teams – Female	U17 HP Provincial/Regional Camp – Male	U18 Team BC – Female
U18 Zone Teams – Female	U18 Provincial Camp – Female	National Pool/Team – Female
Midget AAA Program – Female	Junior A Program – Male	National Pool/Team - Male
Major Midget Program – Male	Major Junior Program - Male	World Jr. A Challenge Team Member - Male
Junior B Program – Male

Once a student has received credit for a particular level within the athlete, official or coach categories, he or she cannot receive additional credits for duplicate participation.

Officials Eligibility Guidelines

Grade 11	Grade 12
Level 2 and 50 hrs of practical experience	Level 3 and 100 hrs of practical experience
Students must supply verification of practical experience and contact information of their local Referee in Chief or District Referee Committee Member in the online application form

Coach Eligibility Guidelines

Grade 11	Grade 12
NCCP Community Sport Initiation OR NCCP Introduction to Competition – Part A “trained”; NCCP Making Ethical Decisions “evaluated”; and 30 hours of coaching experience monitored and reviewed by an Introduction to Competition “certified” coach or NCCP Level 2 “certified” coach in the sport you are being evaluated in.	Provide instruction in the NCCP multi-sport modules and the sport technical component of the sport Evaluate the student coaches in their knowledge of developing practice sessions and demonstration of sport specific instruction; and Practical coaching experience (minimum 100 hours of instruction). The student must submit a verification letter of practical coaching experience. An Introduction to Competition “trained” coach or NCCP Level 2 “certified” coach from the same sport must provide the verification letter of practical coaching hours
Students must supply verification of practical experience and contact information of their association head coach in the online application form

Coach 11 - 2 credits

Documentation

Student coaches seeking to earn credit under the Coach 11 category must ensure they have completed all the required components and send their proof of completion (copy of NCCP certifications, practical coach experience verification letter and Make-Ethical Decisions “evaluated”) to the Sport Branch. The Sport Branch representative will review the submitted documentation and issue a verification letter directly to the student if the student has fulfilled all the requirements.

Make Ethical Decisions “evaluated” – once a student coach receives a NCCP # from the Coaches Association of Canada (CAC), they can request a username and password from the CAC that will allow them to then complete the ‘Evaluation’ portion of Make Ethical Decisions module. This ‘Evaluation’ is accessed through the CAC website: www.coach.ca. Your documentation for completion of this module will appear on your coaches transcript which you can access and print from the CAC website (www.coach.ca).

Coach 12 - 4 credits

Student coaches seeking to earn credit under the Coach 12 category must have participated in a pre-approved provincial sport organization coach education program. Student coaches should contact their provincial sport organization to enquire if they have a pre-approved program that has met the Coach 12 requirements.

Documentation

The provincial sport organizations will monitor, evaluate and verify the student coach has completed all the Coach 12 components and submit their proof of completion to the Sport Branch who will then issue a verification letter directly to the student coach.

National Coaching Certification Program

The Coaches Association of BC (CABC) and provincial sport organizations, offers the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) on a province-wide basis. This is a national program for coach education. Certificates indicating “Trained” or “Certified” status are provided upon successful completion of the multi-sport generic or sport-specific modules, or when requirements of “Certification” have been met. For more information on the National Coaching Certification Program and specific certification requirements, please visit the Coaches Association of Canada website at http://www.coach.ca or the Coaching Association of British Columbia’s website at www.coaches.bc.ca.

Practical Experience

The student coach should keep a log of their practical coaching hours which includes the following information: practical coaching hours, team or athlete’s coached and level of participation. Practical coaching experience needs to be monitored and reviewed by an Introduction to Competition “trained” coach or NCCP Level 2 “certified” coach in the sport you are being evaluated in. The evaluating coach is to provide the student coach with a verification letter which must include; name of the student, number of practical coaching hours, team or athletes coached, level of participation, name of authorizing coach including NCCP CC number (if applicable), and date of completion. The practical coaching experience must be in the same sport as the trained or certified accreditation.

BC Hockey Application for External Sports Credits