Candidates for the specific part of the second-degree state diploma in sports education must pass a general test, a pedagogical test and a technical test.
A general test (coefficient 3) comprising:
– a written test covering all aspects of high-level practice in the sports option concerned (marked out of 20; duration: three hours; coefficient 2);
– an oral test covering the organisation and national and international regulations of the sports option concerned (marked out of 20; preparation: thirty minutes; presentation: thirty minutes; coefficient 1).
An educational test (coefficient 4) comprising:
– the presentation and running of one or more improvement and/or training sessions (coefficient 3).
These sessions concern the sports option in question and are aimed at instructors and/or participants. Candidates have a maximum of one hour’s preparation time, allowing them to make a written presentation of each session. He/she will be judged on the text presenting the technical and teaching content as well as on the conduct of the sessions;
– an interview with the jury (duration: thirty minutes; coefficient 1).
This is based on the preparation and presentation of a report on the organisation and design of a regional management training course or cycle of courses. This report is an account of a course that the candidate actually ran or was involved in during the three years preceding the examination. Audiovisual means may be used.
A technical test (coefficient 2): This test involves performing one or more technical difficulties relating to the chosen sporting option.
For certain specialities, special provisions contained in the decrees taken in application of article D. 212-72 may require that the test be taken in accordance with the rules for the acquisition of a ranking or grade relating to a level of practice attested by the delegated sports federation concerned by the sports option mentioned in article D. 212-70.
However, the candidate may be exempted from the technical test if he or she provides a certificate, signed by the national technical director, attesting that he or she has already completed these difficulties under the conditions set out in the order issued in application of article D. 212-72 relating to the organisation and conditions for the preparation and award of the brevet d’Etat d’éducateur sportif. In this case, the candidate is awarded a mark in accordance with the scale published in the decree defining the programme for the specific part of the sports option concerned.
If this is the same test as the one taken in the first-degree State Sports Educator Certificate examination, the candidate may retain the benefit of the performance taken into account in the first-degree State Sports Educator Certificate examination.