High School Credits

School Graduation External Credits for Playing Netball

External Sport Credentials are elective credits and cannot be used to substitute for required courses such as Physical Education 10. Students can obtain External Course credit for netball in the following categories:
1. Athlete 10 and Athlete 12
2. Officials 10
3. Coach 11

Athlete 10 – 4 credits
An athlete must have been selected to:

  • a regional/zone select netball team that competes at an Under 18 provincial championship.
  • a regional/zone select netball team that competes at the BC Winter Games

Athlete 12 – 4 credits
An athlete must have been selected to:

  • The BC Under 18 team competing in the national championships
  • The BC Under 23 team competing in the national championships
  • The National Under 21 team

Officials 10 – 2 credits
A student must have completed:

  • a written and/or oral examination.
  • a practical evaluation/assessment,
  • umpired for 25 hours at the high school or junior league level

To obtain credits when a student has completed Athlete or Officials credits, a student should do the following:

  • contact BCNA at youthnetballbc@gmail.com to request a verification letter for past performance
  • submit the letter of verification of participation for External Sport Credentials to the high school counselor.
  • students who earn External Sport Credentials prior to entering Grade 10 will need to file this documentation and present it once they have entered Grade 10 and are earning graduation credits.

Coach 11 – 2 credits
A student must have completed:

  • NCCP Introduction to Competition, Part A “trained”
  • NCCP Making Ethical Decisions “evaluated”
  • Coaching experience (30 hours) monitored and reviewed by a certified coach (either an Introduction to Competition “certified” or NCCP Level 2 “certified” coach) in the sport a student is being evaluated in.

To obtain credits under the Coach 11 category, the student should do the following:

  • gather NCCP certifications (including Making Ethical Decisions “evaluated” module)
  • contact BCNA at youthnetballbc@gmail.com to request a verification letter for practical coaching experience
  • submit above documentation to Sport Branch, Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development (Click the hyperlink on the BC Recognized Coach Programs website)