Women in Coaching Mentorship Program: Expression of Interest

The Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan is partnering with the Coaches Association of Saskatchewan to provide our women coaches in the province with a Women in Coaching Mentorship program.  

Women coaches with extensive coaching experiences in the Saskatchewan sport system are encouraged to apply for this important and rewarding opportunity. Mentors are selected to best fit the needs of the coach-mentee and program.

 Program goals will include:

• Professional Development: Provide both a formal and informal program to enhance both the mentee and mentor’s skills and knowledge outside of the technical and tactical aspects that are specific to their sport.
• Networking Opportunities and Community Building: Foster a strong professional network of women coaches Saskatchewan.
• Role Modeling & Inspiration:  Enhancing the opportunities for mentee coaches to see and meaningfully engage with someone who has navigated the coach pathway, inspiring mentees to set out and achieve their own ambitious goals.
• Navigating Challenges: Provide a supportive environment where the unique challenges of being a woman coach can be openly discussed, and strategies for overcoming them can be developed.

Through a virtual learning model we are creating a Coach-driven, Expert-led, Peer-enriched and, Mentor-supported Structured Learning Community. The Coach Mentors role is critical to mentee coaches’ success.

As a Women in Coach Mentor, your role is to:

• Understand what a mentorship role entails.
• Develop and implement a mentorship plan with a mentee.
• Meet with your mentee according to the mentorship plan.
• Answer coach’s questions.
• Provide positive reinforcement for successes as well as failures.
• Be open to critically assessing and developing their skills as a coach.
• Attend the structured classroom sessions built into the program to provide the mentors with professional development. 

Each mentee coach should benefit from a minimum of 10 hours of mentorship through the duration of the one-year program with their mentor coach. Logistics and expectations for the meetings may differ from one mentor and coach relationship to the next. 

Mentor coaches benefits:

• $500 honorarium per coach-mentee; 
• 10 Professional Development points;
• Four Professional Development sessions on leadership and communication; and
• DISC Profile assessment

If you are interested in becoming a coach mentor, please fill out the Expression of Interest Form below.