A Step By Step Guide To Running Your Course

Information gathering
Read the information about available awards and qualifications to see which is most appropriate for your candidates.

Purchase a Tutor Resource Pack (TRP)
Available by contacting the Head Office on 01908 689 180 or download a TRP Order Form. Read the Tutor Resource Pack and familiarise yourself with the requirements of the award or qualification before you go any further.

Discuss within your team/department what you want out of the course, how you will recruit candidates, how it might fit in with what you already offer and consider the budgetary implications for your centre.

Apply to become an Approved Assessment Centre (AAC) for the qualification/s you want to deliver and apply for your first course
Apply online or download an AAC Application Form and Course Application Form. If necessary, a support visit by a regional Sports Leaders UK staff member can be arranged. Find out more information on becoming an AAC and applying for your first course.

A member of the Sports Leaders UK External Verification Team will contact you to arrange a date and time for your accreditation visit
All applications for AAC status and first courses will be accredited by a member of the Sports Leaders UK staff. All staff who wish to be involved in the tutoring of a course must be present at this accreditation visit.

Do you need to attend Tutor Training?
Read the Tutor Training leaflet and/or information on our website to decide whether or not you need to attend Tutor Training. You can see a copy of the Tutor Training Decision Tree here. Visit the Tutor Training page for information and Tutor Training dates and venues.

Start your course
If you didn't state the number of Record of Achievements on your Course Application Form, then confirm numbers with the Head Office now. Once you receive your Record of Achievements you may start to run your course. (Don't worry if you have started your course and you are waiting to attend training. This is fine as long as you have been accredited.)

Return the Candidate Registration Forms
The Candidate Registration Form from the Record of Achievement must be completed and returned to Sports Leaders UK, for each candidate, within four weeks from the start date of your course. These forms register each candidate.

Deliver your course
Make sure that the Internal Verifier visits as appropriate, and that you are recording your assessment decisions on an Internal Assessment Record. Read more information regarding assessment and internal verification.

Finish your course
At the end of the course you will sign off all units on the Candidate Certification Form in the Record of Achievement for each candidate. Remember to also ensure that you have signed to confirm that each candidate has a valid and current First Aid certificate, a valid and current National Governing Body certificate, and that you have seen all three completed and signed Independent Assessor Forms. You must also have completed your Internal Assessment Record and make sure that the Internal Verifier has visited as appropriate.

Return the Candidate Certification Form for each candidate who has successfully completed the course. We will then send certificates and badges for these candidates.

Apply for your next course!