The Schools and Community Football Conference, 24 June 2013 at Burton Albion Football Club. Dan Parnell presents on CPD in Community Sport Coaches.

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The Schools and Community
Football Conference

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CPD for Community
Sport Coaches
Dan Parnell
e: D.Parnell@derby.ac.uk m: 07538500348

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What is CPD?
Continued professional development
My take:
“CPD consists of any educational activity which
helps to maintain or develop knowledge,
problem-solving, technical skills or professional
performance standards to delivery better quality”

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Why is CPD important?
• Employers require us to display & evidence:
- Our skills are relevant
- Our knowledge is up to date
- We have an understanding of what the topical
issues are(or what is happening) in our chosen
profession
- We are aware of future trends and issues
(threats and opportunities)

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Qualifications are the beginning
• Often just getting a qualification is only the
beginning. Post qualification learning is becoming
more significant across a range of professions.
• Updating knowledge on a continuing basis is
essential for successful delivery, credibility, career
progression – especially in a time where the „job
for life‟ has disappeared.

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Can you tell me what you do
for CPD?

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What counts as CPD for me?
•Qualifications...
•Conferences....
•Mentor...(formal and informal)
•Friends...
•Critical friends....
•My team... Away days & every day!

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CPD includes 'formal' activities, e.g. courses, conferences
and workshops, as well as self-directed activities such as
mentoring, shadowing, engagement in online forums and
directed reading (almost anything – “with caution”).
Importantly:
We need to be able to demonstrate (or evidence) that
we are improving relevant knowledge and skills in our
subject area (i.e., coaching, management) then it
counts!
So what does count as CPD?

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Traditionally football coaches –
FA Pyramid
• How have the changes improved on this?
UEFA ‘A’
License
Coaching Level 3
UEFA B
Coaching Level 2
Coaching Level 1

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This is laudable and shows the FAs commitment to
learning. However...
Are the costs realistic for grassroots coaches?
Are the CPD available relevant for the social issues
you attend to?

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An insight from Burton Albion CT
Matt Hancock, Manager with BACT

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• Where does the responsibility fall for CPD
....the coach OR the manager?
What is your take on the CPD
options available to your team
and what do your coaches do?

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Individual Benefits Organisational Benefits

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Individual Benefits
• Build confidence & credibility
• Excellent to evidence in
appraisals
• Achieve career goals
• Cope with change
• More productive
• Increased job satisfaction
• Can reflect and highlight gaps
in strengths in knowledge and
experience.
Organisational Benefits
• HR focus on orgs needs and
development
• Promotes staff development
• Increased morale, motivation,
which can be positive for the brand
and image of the org.
• Promotes self reflection for staff to
apply
• Helps maintain focus within
appraisals
• Reduce turnover
• Risk management – through
increased knowledge

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Focus on Results
• CPD must begin and focus around results and
outcomes in the real World.
• One size does not fit all, you must find your own
Journey.
• So a guide moving forward...

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The CPD Cycle
Reflection
Thinking about our
coaching (or our teams)
Planning
Deciding how and when
we are going to and what
we want to learn
Action
Doing the learning and
recording what we have done
Evaluation
Identifying the
benefits of our
learning

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The Way Forward
On the paper provided make a plan for
(a) What you want to achieve in the next 6 months
(b) What you want to help your team achieve in the
next 6 months
(c) Your email address
I will copy and send these to you THIS week and
again in DECEMBER.

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Dan Parnell
School of Science
University of Derby
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Thank you