Great Program Practices Presentation submission

'Great Program Practice' are 15 minute lecture presentations designed to share ideas, challenges, and solution strategies for educating coaches, providing coaching education and enhancing coach development with peer organizations (education based, not-for-profit and for-profit).  Program submissions in this category should be designed to share and explore great practices from the program perspective. Organizations and programs are encouraged to share their current models of practice for coaching education or coach development.

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Research to Practice Presentation submission

'Research to Practice' are 15 minute lecture  presentations that bring together cutting edge research and real world application.  Program submissions in this category should be based on original applied research or research based reviews of great practices and should focus on providing concrete, real world take home applications for coach educators and coach developers as well as providing future research directions. 

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Workshop submission

A 'workshop' presents an in-depth 60 minute exploration of a theme and should provide opportunities to share professional practice strategies through demonstrations and hands-on experiences for participants. Workshop abstracts must include: a statement of the specific learning objectives, teaching methods, specific techniques, and a description of materials that will be shared with workshop participants. Programs can be research and/or application based.

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​Master Class submission

A 'master class' is a 90 -120 minute program that is an in depth exploration of an applied or research based topic in coaching, coach education and/or coach development.  Master classes should have a clear target audience (e.g. academic coach educators, non-profit sport organization leaders) and 2-3 specific objectives (e.g., developing coaching minor coursework, retention of volunteer female coaches).  Master classes are not lecture based and should be designed to stimulate discussion among a group of peers to explore shared challenges, develop research needs, discuss new concepts, etc.  Master class participation will be by pre-registration only and class sizes will be capped at a maximum of 20 participants to allow for quality interaction.  Priority will be given to master class submissions that can demonstrate clear outcome goals.

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Student Project/ Proposal Poster submission

Student project/ proposal posters should be student led submissions that are in the conceptual phase, a work in progress or a completed study in the area of coaching education and coach development.  Students are encouraged to submit projects, theses, or dissertations.  Collaborating academic advisors should be included as authors on student submissions.  Poster authors will prepare hanging posters and will be expected to present their work during the dedicated poster session  during the Summit.  The interactive poster session will allow for opportunities for students to engage with peers, academics, and professionals in the field for feedback and discussion.  The poster format should be A0 (1189mm x 841mm / 33.1 x 46.8 inches) and will hang horizontal.

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Interactive Poster submission

'Interactive posters' present research findings, applied materials, techniques and/or proposed conceptual frameworks in the areas of coaching education and coach development.  Accepted posters will be on display during a dedicated time during the Summit program and the interactive time is designed to spark discussion and support networking.  Poster authors will prepare hanging posters and will be expected to present their work during the dedicated poster session during the Summit.  The poster format should be A0 (1189mm x 841mm / 33.1 x 46.8 inches) and will hang horizontal.