Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

The brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif du premier degré and the brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif du deuxième degré may be awarded to candidates who are or have been top-level sportsmen and sportswomen under the conditions set out in article D. 212-73, after having completed a continuous assessment course organised by a public educational establishment under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport.The sports option of the brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif must…

A special test designed to assess the candidate’s knowledge is organised during a forty-hour orientation and selection course. This course should enable the team of trainers to assess the trainee’s technical level and motivation, to take stock of his or her knowledge before starting training and to draw up an individualised training plan. Candidates who pass the special test receive a training booklet issued by the regional director of youth,…

At the end of the special test referred to in article A. 212-152, the jury may decide to lighten the candidate’s training by all or part of the training units.

The training for the first-level “brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif” includes: – a training unit in leadership and training (minimum duration: forty hours); – a training unit in organisation (minimum duration: forty hours); – a training unit in teaching lasting at least one hundred and ten hours: this unit includes a work placement lasting at least fifty hours; The training for the second-level “brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif” includes: – a training…

The purpose of the work placements referred to in article A. 212-154 is to place the trainee in a position of responsibility in a training and educational structure approved by the regional director for youth, sport and associations in accordance with article R. 212-79. It is carried out entirely in the presence of practising athletes, under the supervision of a training advisor appointed in accordance with the procedures defined in…

The final assessment for the first and second levels is organised at the end of the training course. It consists of an interview based on a practical case submitted to the candidate (marked out of 20; preparation: two hours; presentation: twenty minutes; interview: thirty minutes).

The jury, in accordance with article A. 212-144, draws up the list of those admitted to the brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif du premier degré et du deuxième degré, in the light of the results obtained during the final summative assessment and in the light of each candidate’s individual file. This file includes the training booklet. After deliberation by the jury, a candidate who has failed one or more training units…