7.0 Workshops | AKR ICO

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7.0 ICO Workshops

7.1 Purpose

Where appropriate, workshops will be conducted to enable skills development for Instructing, Coaching or Officiating.

7.2 Ownership

The National Council has overall ownership of the workshops.

7.3 Workshop Design

The responsibility for the design of the workshops will depend upon their purpose:

Instructor Skills Workshops

To supervise the application of skills in transmission of official curriculum of that art.
Designed by the relevant Art Board in consultation with Senior Instructors and Shogo.

Coaching Skills Workshops

To supervise the application of skills in coaching for performance improvement in that art.
Designed by the National Coaching Development Coordinator in consultation with Mentor Coaches.

Officiating Skills workshops:

To supervise the application of skills in assessing the performance against the official curriculum, standard, and rules of that art.
Designed by the Officiating Development Coordinator in consultation with Senior Officiators and

Workshops may be general in content or may address specific requirements (for example Officiating for Children’s competition).

The relationship of workshops to ICO certification requirements will depend upon the workshop requirement and may be modular or single delivery.

7.4 Delivery

Workshop should utilise methods that enable delivery as efficiently as possible. This may be in-person (either as part of a larger seminar or separately) or through online (either “live” or recorded content).

7.5 Content Reflection/Review

Facilitators should reflect on the content and outcomes of each workshop delivery and consider if further review and refinement is required.