Kent CPD Events
Continued learning opportunities
Kent FA CPD Programme - Season 2022/23
Please note that this calendar will be updated throughout the season as more events and dates are confirmed.
Are you a member of the Kent FA Coaches Club?
If so, then many of these courses are FREE!
If you are not a member, there is a small charge so check out the event details to find out more.
Monday 17th April 2023 (7:00-9:00pm)
Kent FA, Invicta House, Cobdown Park, London Road, Ditton, Near Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6DQ
FREE For All
DISABILITY AWARENESS
When: Monday 17th April 2023 at 7:00-9:00 PM
Where: Kent FA, Invicta House, Cobdown Park, London Road, Ditton, Near Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6DQ
Cost: FREE for All.
This workshop aims to understand how to manage behaviour, Identify specific impairments, explore the STEP principle and its use and demonstrate how to adapt your sessions through the delivery of a practical session, led by Jeff Davis.
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DEVELOPING ON THE PITCH FOR COACHES FROM UNDEREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
When: Saturday 20th May 2023 at 12:00-2:00 PM
Where: The Victory Academy, Magpie Hall Rd, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5JB
Cost: FREE for Kent FA Coaches Club Members (£5 non-members)
This workshop is designed to provide coaches, in particular from underrepresented communities with greater access to development and networking opportunities and to explore digging deeper into understanding of their players and the game they play, this event will be led by Danny Fenner.
Booking link to be provided closer to the event.
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SMALL-SIDED GAMES VARIATIONS AND CHALLENGES
When: Tuesday 6th June 2023 at 7:00-9:00 PM
Where: The Victory Academy, Magpie Hall Rd, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5JB
Cost: FREE for Kent FA Coaches Club Members (£5 non-members)
This event will break down what small-sided games are, the rationale behind them, the benefits and how the implementation of challenges and variations into small-sided games can enhance creativity, decision making and problem-solving in relation to the 4 corners, led by David Webb.
Booking link to be provided closer to the event.
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SUPPORTING PLAYERS THROUGH DIFFERENT GAME FORMATS
When: Monday 12th June 2023 at 7:00-9:00 PM
Where: Kent FA HQ, Invicta House, Cobdown Park, Aylesford, ME20 6DQ
Cost: FREE for Kent FA Coaches Club Members (£5 non-members)
This event will explore key considerations for the different formats of the game (including 5v5, 7v7, 9v9, 11v11), utilising your practice and match daytime effectively to help prepare for the next step and how to support your players across the 4 corners ahead of progressing to the next format, led by Daniel Fenner.
Booking link to be provided closer to the event.
HOW TO CREATE SESSION PLANS
When: Wednesday 12th April 2023 at 7:00-8:00 PM
Platform: Microsoft Teams
Cost: FREE
This workshop aims to better understand how reviewing helps to form a fundamental part of planning, setting learning outcomes and objectives, preparing structure to a session, exploring how the session looks and the plan, do, review process, led by David Webb.
SUPPORTING YOUR PLAYERS IN THE OFF SEASON
When: Thursday 25th May 2023 at 7:00-8:00 PM
Platform: Microsoft Teams
Cost: FREE
This workshop aims to explores why rest is an important component for players at the end of a season, individual activities which can be done at home, how to maintain social connections and relationships and understanding aims, objectives and outcomes for the new season, led by David Webb.
Upcoming events will be shown here.
MAKING THE GRASS WORK FOR YOU
When: Saturday 20th May 2023
Where: Microsoft Teams
Cost: Free
A face-to-face workshop looking at the reparation work for pitches needed to get prepared for season 2023/24, led by Daniel Bradley (GMA).
Upcoming events will be shown here.
The England Football Learning platform offers some fantastic online courses, that will provide coaches with accredited CPD hours to maintain qualifications without having to leave the house, including Creative Attacking Play and How Do You Approach Match Day?
Below are some instructions of how to access the 20 insightful, informative and thought provoking CPD courses and modules:
1. To access any CPD module or to search for a specific topic, head to FA Learning.
2. Once you have searched for a topic, click on the CPD module/course you want to complete.
3. This will take you to a login page where you will be asked to login with the email connected to your FAN and password.
4. Once signed in you will go to the CPD course/module landing page where you will be able to read more about the course/module and launch it by clicking enrol.
Courses (FA Education)
Courses are no longer coordinated and allocated via County FA’s and is now centrally managed through FA Education, below is an insight into the optional and required pathways for courses across a range of roles in football.
Coaching
There are several courses that are available for coaches to enhance their learning and knowledge in different areas of the game including, Football, Goalkeeper, Futsal and Disability courses.
EE Playmaker
FREE
Minimum age: 14
Duration: 4-5 hours (online)
Introduction to Coaching Football (I2CF)
£160.00
Minimum age: 16
Duration: 4 weeks (online)
UEFA C License
£500.00
Minimum age: 16
Duration: 16-20 weeks
UEFA B License
£960.00
Minimum age: 18
Duration: 9-12 months
UEFA A In Coaching Football
£3,645.00
Minimum age: 18
Duration: 12 months
Advanced Youth Award
TBC
Minimum age: 18
Duration: 10 face-2-face days / minimum 3 days in-situ support visits / online workshops and sessions
UEFA Pro License
£9,890.00
Minimum age: 18
Duration: 18 months
National Goalkeeping Course
TBC
Minimum Age: 16
Duration: 1 day
UEFA B Coaching Goalkeepers
£1,000
Minimum Age: 18
Duration: 12 months
UEFA A Coaching Goalkeepers
TBC
Minimum age: 18
Duration: 8 months
Introduction to Futsal
FREE
Minimum age: 16
Duration: 30-60 minutes (online)
National Futsal Course
£128.00
Minimum age: 16
Duration: 2 face-to-face days / 2 online assessments
UEFA Futsal B License Course
£740.00
Minimum age: 18
Duration: 7 months
Disability Football Introduction
FREE
Minimum age: 16
Duration: 30 minutes (online)