believe that ongoing development through practice and interaction with a variety of stimuli best supports coaches , we must reconfigure our learning offer to reward and recognise those behaviours .
The journey to a learning landscape
The recently published Coach Learning Framework from UK Coaching ( 2021 ) clearly shows an example of a learning landscape .
There is no pre-defined pathway . Instead , coaches are signposted via the nine areas ( e . g . ‘ Relationships ’ and ‘ Understanding self ’) and are free to navigate their own path as they choose , with access to a variety of experiences ( e . g . webinars ), resources ( e . g . top tips sheets ), and environments ( e . g . social communities ). In a similar
way , at the FA , we recognise the need to communicate our coach development framework as a ‘ landscape ’ before we specify qualifications and a stepby-step pathway . We will , of course , retain qualifications as part of the coach development offer . However , we aim to position these qualifications within a clear and well signposted learning landscape . In doing so , we hope that the coach experiences a more connected and varied offer – not one that directs them down a singular and linear path – but rather , one that they themselves can navigate with ease while all learning and progress is acknowledged and recognised . In his 2019 book , How Learning Happens , Nick Shackleton-Jones outlines his 5Di learning design model . The model outlines a six-stage process ; Define , Discover , Design , Develop , Deploy and Iterate . It has been fundamental to the approach we have
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