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Conducting a Workshop at Your Club

Updating workshops facilitated by clubs must be sanctioned by the State Association. Club sanctioned workshops fall into two categories and have the following restrictions.

‘OPEN’ Updating Workshops

  • The Club hosts Updating activities that are ‘open’ to all members of the gymnastics community.
  • These workshops are advertised on the GV website
  • This event must be endorsed and sanctioned by the State Association and the amount of points awarded will be determined by the approving State Association. 
  • Points gained from ‘OPEN’ Updating Workshops can be fully used towards your annual updating requirements.

‘CLOSED’ Updating Workshops

  • The Club hosts Updating activities that are for host Club members only eg; staff meetings 
  • Only 50% of your annual updating requirements can be gained from ‘CLOSED’ Updating Workshops.
 
Clubs wishing to gain sanctioning for updating activities must complete a ‘Club Workshop Sanction Form’ and forward it to the State Education Director.
Forms must be received a minimum of one month prior for open workshops and a minimum of two weeks prior for closed workshops.
The applying club will then be notified via email as to whether their workshop has been sanctioned for updating points, and if so, how many points have been allocated. 
 
Updating activities will not be sanctioned unless the following protocol is followed.
 

‘OPEN’

Available to all members of the gymnastics community

‘CLOSED’

Available to members of host club
  • Request forms must be received at the GV office a minimum four (4) weeks prior to the date of the workshop
  • Application must be submitted via the official Club Workshop Sanction Form
  • Clubs will receive notification from GV of sanction status.
  • No workshops will be sanctioned retrospectively.
  • Official evaluation forms and participation sign in sheets must be returned to GV within one week of the workshop
  • GV reserves the right to not sanction an Updating activity.
 To reduce this possibility Clubs should:
  1.  Nominate an appropriate topic and give an overview of the content to be covered
  2.  Ensure presenters are reputable within the industry
  3.  Nominate dates that do not coincide with GV like–minded activities.
GV will advertise the workshop on the GV website and will enter updating points onto the National database.
Updating points are allocated upon receipt of the sign in sheets
 
  • Request forms for Closed Workshops must be received at the GV office a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the date of the workshop
  • Application must be submitted via the ‘official’ form, ‘Club Workshop Sanction Form’.
  • Clubs will receive notification from GV of sanction status.
  • No workshops will be sanctioned retrospectively.
  • Official evaluation forms and sign in sheets must be returned to the GV within one week of the workshop or meeting
  • Any clubs wishing to have their Staff Meetings recognised for updating points must be submitt their meeting dates to the State Education Director before the end of February for the current year. This includes an agenda of your meetings (including when and what is to be discussed). Such meetings must include educational content to be eligible for updating points.
  • GV reserves the right to not sanction an Updating activity.
 
 To reduce this possibility Clubs should:
  1.  Nominate an appropriate topic and give an overview of the content to be covered
  2.  Ensure presenters are reputable within the industry
  3.  Nominate dates that do not coincide with GV like–minded activities.
GV will advertise the workshop on the GV website and will enter updating points onto the National database.
Updating points are allocated upon receipt of the sign in sheets
 


 

 
Updating activities will only receive sanction/Updating points if the knowledge/skills presented supports the competencies for the Accreditation level and type of the participants.
Will be sanctioned
Will not be sanctioned
Teaching methodology:
  • Motivation and Communication
  • Discipline procedures
  • Continuous activity/circuits
Skills:
  • National/State/Club Programs
  • Supplementary skills/drills
  • Spotting/Mechanical Aids
  • Landings
Physical Preparation:
  • Disguising Physical Preparation
  • Fun Physical Preparation
  • Stretching techniques
  • Resistance training
Sports Science:
  • Nutrition
  • Physiotherapy
  • Massage
  • Taping
  • Injury Prevention
  • Posture
  • Drug Education
Apparatus:
  • Fixtures
  • Transport
  • Supplementary
Officiating:
  • Team Management
  • Judging
  • Event Management
Legal:
  • OHS
  • Child Protection
  • Harassment
  • Safe practices (Venue/staff/participants)
Inclusion Education:
  • Modules from DEP
  • GV/GA Modules
Club Administration:
  • Recruitment and retention strategies
  • Planning
 
Mentoring:
  • Apprentice Coaching
Developments in Sport industry:
  • New Gymsports
  • Studies in sport
  • Mentoring
  • Understanding structure of gymnastics
  • Club Meetings that focus on discussions including:
  • How are you going
  • Gymnast transfers between classes
  • Problem parents (If the Updating activity was however to provide strategies for dealing with difficult parents or gymnasts, then this would be appropriate and sanctioned.)
  • Reporting accidents (If the Updating activity however is providing information on how to provide a safe environment and then the protocol to follow if an accident occurred then this would be appropriate and sanctioned)
  • Christmas break up etc
 

Club meetings that do not provide knowledge/skills that support the Accreditation level and type of the Coach:

A Club applying for a sanctioned Updating activity, lists skills/drills commensurate with a WAG accreditation, but nominates attendees who have Kindergym accreditation, will not receive the Updating points.
 
 
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