Slalom Explore Award Provider

What the Role Entails

By becoming a Slalom Explore Award Provider, you will work with paddlers to help them develop the skills to become a slalom paddler. You will take them through the foundation skills and techniques required and help them gain in confidence on the white water.

The Slalom Explore Award is paddler-focused.

At Paddles Up Training we want you to help paddlers take charge of their learning by:

• Supporting your paddlers to become independent.
• Helping your paddlers to be clear ‘what’s next’ for them.

What does the development process look like?

As long as you meet the minimum requirements, you can become a Provider at any time by completing the following steps:

Complete the Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning

This fun eLearning guides you by subject, through the design of the awards, why we made those choices and will give you some useful hints and tips.

Development Phase

You do what you need, this might involve:

• Co-delivery of Slalom Explore Awards with other Providers.
• Reflecting on your own development.
• Discussing with your Mentor.

Once you feel ready to run the award independently, the final step will depend on your existing qualifications, in some cases you will be able to straight away! It’s a self managed process.

Open the Minimum Requirements tab for more info.

Alternatively, you may need a Final Recommendation.

This must be from a current Slalom Explore Award Provider.

Final Recommendation

You will work with an existing Provider of the Slalom Explore Award. When you are both happy you fully understand the Slalom Explore Award and the requirements of being a Provider, they will then send us their Final Recommendation. You will then be given the Provider role.

You can find out more in the Final Recommendation Guidance Document.

Want to know more?

You can read more about the Slalom Explore Award here.

Ready to begin?

Click here to access the Personal Performance Award Provider eLearning or use the finder tool to find an existing Provider to work with.

Minimum Requirements

To provide the Slalom Explore Award you must have completed the British Canoeing Awarding Body Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning

To automatically be able to provide the Slalom Explore Award, you must hold one of the following British Canoeing Awarding Body qualifications:

• Slalom Coach

If you have attended Slalom Coach Coach Training you can work through a personal development plan and when you feel ready approach a Slalom Explore Award Provider for your final recommendation.

Once your Personal Performance Awards Provider Recommendation is complete please return it to [email protected] .

Further Instructions

There is no application process for becoming a Slalom Explore Award Provider. You just need to complete the eLearning and then ask a current Provider for your final recommendation when you are ready.

If you would like to begin your journey, then the Personal Performance Awards Provider eLearning can be found here.