Provincial Coaching Experience (PCE)

Overview:

As cross-country skiing is a coach driven sport, this mission cannot be achieved without coaches who are experienced and competent in preparing athletes to race at all levels and in supporting them at competitions. The PCE program is designed to offer advancement opportunities for coaches looking to upgrade their skills and abilities and gain experience as coaches.    

The ideal progression of PCE trips, and the value of experience would be:

PCE
- Attend/assist regional camp or midget camp
- Specific role at a ODST regional dryland camp
- Apprentice position with OST camp/racing trip
- Assistant position with OST camp/racing trip
PCE -> HPCE
- Attend/assist NTDC dryland/on-snow camp
- Assist NTDC racing trip
HPCE
- Assist CCC HPCE domestic assignment (several times)
- Assist CCC HPCE or NTDC international assignment

PCE 2008-2009 Season:

For full details on the 08/09 PCE program, including eligibility requirements, application process, application deadlines and assignment requirements see the 'PCE full document' and 'PCE Application'

For coaches looking to use a PCE assignment as part of their practical experience requirements, the practical experince forms for CC, CCI-L2T and CCI-T2T are listed below.

The following is a summary of available opportunities during OST and ODST trips and camp;

The application deadline for all PCE assigments during 2008 is May 20th. PCE assignments ocurring during 2009 (Nationals, European Tour) have an application deadline of Jan 1st, 2009.

PCE Application