Back in the classroom for the first CPD module with Northumbria University today! These CPD modules combined with a couple of coursework based projects count towards a higher education certificate/award and depending upon your existing experience, a BSc Tennis Coaching Management degree.
The topics covered in the first two day session are financial management and business planning and evaluation. I appreciate both topics sound a little dull and to an extent the content of financial management is never going to be particularly sexy, but if you relate the theory to your own business or even your own personal finances it all starts to come to life and bear relevance.
Regardless of the size of the venue you work at or the programme you manage, it is a real bonus to have this basic business knowledge. I would have really benefited from having these sorts of CPD modules when I first started as a centre manager, given I hit the ground running and had to learn on the job; sometimes, in fact most times the hard way!
In terms of entry level, my experience as a coach, manager and development manager have been credited by the University, which fast tracks me straight through to Level 6 (a full degree requires 3 years of learning Level 4, 5 and 6). This final year of academic input through the MCC course and CPD modules provides me with the theory to back up my practical experience and knowledge; and if I successfully complete the projects, an honours degree.
It is great to be learning some theory to support what I have aleady experienced. It is also reassuring to find that a university values and awards credit for your real life experience.
'Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous' - Confucius
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