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OMHA COACH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

2004-2005 PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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Old beliefs will not lead you to new
ideas. Spencer Johnson M.D.
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Presentation Overview

• Introduction
• History
• Development
• Implementation
• Revised NCCP

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Introduction
With Leadership and Coaching, as with many other
things in life, we need to stop intellectualizing
and start actualizing. Ross Buchanan
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History and Structure

• History of Mentorship
• Definitions
• Program Goals and Purpose
• Organizational Chart
• Year in Review

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History of Mentorship

• The concept of mentoring has roots in Greek
  Mythology
• In Homers Odyssey, King Odysseus left his home
  to participate in the seize of Troy
• Odysseus appointed his good friend Mentor to
  educate and guide his son Telemachus
• Mentor nurtured, protected, taught and guided
  Telemachus

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History of Coaching

• 1880s First used in a modern sense of a
  sports coach trained athletes to win rowing
  event
• 1840s Coach used locally at Oxford Univ.
  private tutor who prepared students for exams
• 1500s Eng. a kind of carriage root verb
  to coach convey a valued person from where
  he/she was to where he/she wanted to be

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A mentor is

• A wise a trusted teacher, advisor, counselor,
  instructor, tutor, trainer.

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A mentoree is

• An individual who has the commitment, and
  initiative to expand and develop his/her
  expertise and/or goals by listening to, learning
  from, and walking alongside a trusted advisor and
  counselor.

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Mentoring

• A relationship between a guide (mentor) and a
  coach which enables the coach to become more
  successful in all aspects of his/her coaching
  abilities.

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Mentoring involves

• Stimulating and managing the individual growth
  necessary to develop and improve coaching
  performance.

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Benefits of mentoring

• Provides coaches with the required skills,
  knowledge and support to promote and sustain
  higher levels of performance within the coaching
  field.

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Organizational Chart
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Organizational Chart
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Year in Review

• To date we have trained over 70 Local Coach
  Mentors and currently have 56 active LCMs
• 9 Regional Coach Mentors working in the six
  regions of the OMHA and the WOAA
• 2003-2004 - Re-launched Program
• Delivery and Training of Local Coach Mentors
• Expand the scope of Coach Mentorship
• Revised NCCP
• Best Practices

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Mentoring is a deliberate pairing of a more
skilled or more experienced person with a less
skilled or less experienced one, with the
mutually agreed goal of having the less skilled
person grow and develop specific
competencies. Margo Murray
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Value of OMHA Coach Mentorship

• Support Local Hockey Associations
• Develop Quality Leaders
• Create Positive Education Approach
• Embrace Innovation

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Initiating Mentorship

• STEP 1 Supported Application
• STEP 2 A) Screening / Needs Analysis
• B) Training
• STEP 3 Action
• STEP 4 On-going Education

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Local Coach Mentor Responsibilities

• Work with Minor Hockey Association coaches.
• Follow policies and procedures identified in the
  OMHA Coach Mentorship Program.
• Promotes use of OMHA materials and programs.
• Provides reports and feedback to Regional Coach
  Mentor.

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The OMHA will

• Provide support through RCMs, Resources,
  Training, Evaluation, Communication and Promotion
  services.
• Provide access to a network of RCMs to assist
  Local Coach Mentors in development of program in
  their communities.

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The OMHA will

• Provide ongoing support to Local Association and
  Regional Coach Mentors.
• Be responsible for training/support resources for
  Local Association Mentors.
• Recognize and promote quality Mentorship Programs

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Facilitated Mentoring as an elegantly simple and
flexible structure and series of processes
designed to create effective mentorship
relationships guide the desired behavior change
of those involved and evaluate results for the
protégés, the mentors, and the organization. Mar
go Murray
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Facilitated Mentorship

• To be effective, facilitated mentoring requires a
  coordinator. The role of this person is to
  facilitate the steps and components of the
  mentoring program, including
• Implementation and Orientation
• Matching pairs
• Tracking Progress
• Monitoring and Counseling
• Program Evaluation

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Revised NCCP

• This new approach to coach education will provide
  the minor hockey association with the knowledge
  that there will be a greater emphasis on coach
  development. The long-term reward will be that
  associations will have the ability to say with
  more confidence "Our coaches can do
• One of the most important distinctions for this
  new education/training model is that it is an
  athlete-centered approach to training coaches.
  This means the needs of the coach are defined by
  the needs of the athletes.

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Why Change the Program?

• Meet the needs of the athletes
• Current material is outdated
• Need to be able to Quantify what coaches can
  do
• Need to have a component of continuing education
  for coaches
• Access new methods of delivery

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What Will Change Look Like?

• Streams vs. Vertical Integration
• Change in the Delivery of Program
• Measuring Competencies
• Better Coaches????

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Role of Mentoring

• Revised NCCP creates a niche for mentoring
• Coaches to drive program need to incorporate
  mentoring into structure of coach education

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For More Information

• Ontario Minor Hockey Association
• 25 Brodie Drive, Unit 3
• Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email www.omha.net