Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

The training leading to the three-stage “brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif” by continuous assessment of knowledge, during a course under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport, is subject to the approval of the regional director of youth, sport and community life. The training is organised as part of the public training service coordinated by the Regional Director for Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector. It is carried out by a…

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector, in the light of professional experience or recognised qualifications attesting to the same skills, may validate this experience or waive all or part of the training and assessment.

After passing one or more selection tests, the training leading to the common part of the brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif à trois degrés in the form of continuous assessment of knowledge takes place. For the common part of the brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif du premier degré: – either during a training period of at least 160 hours spread over a maximum period of twelve weeks; – or during a training…

Candidates for specific training assessed by continuous assessment of knowledge who have passed the selection tests receive a training booklet issued by the regional director of youth, sport and community life. This training may be divided into one or more training units and takes place under the conditions laid down in the decrees issued in application of article D. 212-127. Specific training includes instruction on sport for the disabled. This…

The procedures for organising the selection tests are set by the head of the establishment or department concerned. Each stage of the training is assessed by the team of trainers. The decision regarding this assessment must be recorded in the training logbook.

The purpose of the work experience placement, which is included in the training for the specific part, is to place the trainee in a position of responsibility in an activity, teaching or training structure approved by the regional director for youth, sport and the voluntary sector in accordance with 3° of article R. 212-79 and under the conditions set out in article A. 212-136. It is carried out in its…

The training adviser is appointed by the Regional Director of Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector after consultation with the persons mentioned in article A. 212-136. He or she must hold at least a first-degree state certificate in sports education (brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif du premier degré) in the sports option concerned, or a qualification or diploma recognised as equivalent for first-degree courses. He must hold at least a second-degree…

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector approves the activity, teaching or training structures in which the work-based training course and the training units take place, after consultation with a committee made up of the following people: – a technical manager specialising in the sports option concerned; – a representative of the sports federation(s) concerned; – a representative of an organisation of sports instructors holding a state…

The jury, in accordance with article A. 212-113, and with a composition identical to that of the selection tests, draws up the list of those admitted to the three-degree State Certificate in Sports Education, in the light of the results obtained during the continuous assessment of knowledge and in the light of each candidate’s individual file. This file includes the training booklet.

After deliberation by the jury, the candidate who has failed one or more training units of the specific part may be authorised by the regional director of youth, sports and community life to follow this or these training unit(s) without having to repeat the entire training course, in the context of: – either another training session under the responsibility of the Ministry of Sports organised in the form of a…