After putting October's Nebraska Bowler column to bed, I got to thinking that I may not have made the coaching certification issue as clear as I could have. Hindsight being 20/20 and all.
So, I think I'll take another stab at it here and see if it makes more sense.
There are two types of coaches involved in high school sports in Nebraska. Those who are professional educators working for the school and those who are not. So far so good, right?
Because the educators hold a Nebraska teaching certificate, they have all the necessary requirements to be considered for a coaching spot in their schools. Certainly, an AD is going to look at the candidates knowledge of the sport too, but the teaching certificate is the main thing.
The NHSBF supports that criteria, so if you are an educator in Nebraska, you would really only need to register with the USBC's RVP program to meet our requirements.
Coaches who are not holding a valid Nebraska teaching certificate are also eligible for hire as a high school coach. There are some professional education courses to take, in addition to the ASEP courses we're requiring. This will give you a Provisional Certificate, which will allow you to coach.
The NHSBF does not require this group of coaches to take the professional education courses, but we do require two ASEP courses, Coaching Principles and Sport First Aid. These two courses, plus some type of recognized coaching class, plus the USBC RVP registration, will meet our requirements.
Personally, I think professional educators would benefit from the ASEP Coaching Principles course. We're not pushing the issue, because the NSAA isn't requiring it either. Still, nothing says a person can't exceed the minimum requirements, right?
Hopefully, this makes the whole certification requirement issue a bit clearer.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading the Nebraska Bowler very much. I go thru each issue at least 4 times. In this last issue I was a bit surprise to not see an article on the youth bowlers who were placed on the all city teams. Is that because it had already been done by Star City Sports and it was old news by now ?
I'm not really sure. Duane Alstadt's phone number is listed inside the paper. It's usually in a small box at the top of one of the first inside pages.
ReplyDeleteHe would be glad to know you like reading the paper. He maybe able to shed some light on why there was no mention of the All-City youth teams.