This is actually my second time taking a work experience module at the university and I am filled with excitement for this one. My previous work experinece that I carried out didn’t go completley to plan and there were several issues along the way. Although this wasn’t the outcome I would have hoped for or expected it was equally as important for my own personal development and learning. This has left me keen to make the most of this experience and make it work to its upmost potential to futher my own development and provide an opportunity to those that I am working/coaching with.
So this week I have started to put into place my work experience placement with Active Stirling. This week I met with my placement supervisor Craig McIntyre at the Peak to get the ball rolling with regards to PVG applications and organizing other paperwork in order to carry out my placement. So far we haven’t put any concrete plans into place as to what my role will be but so far the brief discussions have all pointed towards setting up a cricket coaching camp/club in a local primary school.
Craig so far has been excellent in letting me know what needs done in order to make this a successful placement as well as offering other volunteering opportunities which can both be enjoyable but importantly enhance my sporting/working CV.
Cricket is something I am extremely passionate about and to hear that local primary schools in Scotland and Stirling are wanting cricket coaches into their schools to deliver sessions really excites me. It shows a growth and development in the sport in which I have participated in for many years and this work experience provides me a possible opportunity to be part of it.
It has been a quiet week mostly with regards to actually carrying out my placement, and is somewhat frustrating as I am eager to get into the schools and get this project going- however I understand that background checks are so important when working with children so for the time being I will be waiting with anticipation.
My aims for the next blog post will be to have a further understanding of exactly what I will be carrying out and hopefully to have all the paperwork sorted so that once this is all done I can hit the ground running when I am able to start
Hope this time round it goes well for you, you seem very keen to get going which is good! Good luck, Kim.
Hope your work experience goes well, as you sound eager to get stuck in, good luck. Dene
I’m glad to hear that you’ll be working on a project you’re passionate about. I hope you will soon be provided with a clear plan and that you will enjoy coaching the group-Sara