On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:17:24 +0000, Peter Clinch
wrote:

Broooz wrote:
"Allan Bennett" wrote in message
...

After letting my BCU membership lapse, I was told that my coaching
qualification was no longer valid, as I couldn't be up-to-date if I wasn't
a member.

That is a requirement of most organisations that you stay a member for them
to confirm you are up to date.

...but I could revalidate the award by paying the back-fees. Which,
amazingly, would bring me back-on-track with their current practice!

Do you think it's just /possibly/ something to do with a problem with
the ethical side of this that has caused him to let his membership lapse
in the first place?

I refused to pay, stating that I thought it was corrupt.

HArdly

So it's Perfectly All Right for an organisation to declare you Safe and
Completely Up To Speed purely because you've given them some money?
Surely it should require evaluation of the coaching skills (which could
quite reasonably involve a fee) to decide if the person was still
acceptable as a coach, rather than simply an evaluation of their bank
account?

Revalidation is rife with problems, at least in paddling we have
options that include further training, assessment and aknowledgement
of coaching record ( although each and all of them can be fudged by
those with a will).

We put in about 500 coaching hours each year, that is hours times
pupils, we can revalidate through our log book. However, so too can a
Coach who does 20 hours a year. I'm not saying we are perfect, but
that makes for a big variance in experience and I'm not sure how
revalidation on that basis alone can be valid.

HST, I'm not even sure that attending a coachin conference will make
that much difference anyway.

Ewan Scott