Specification from 1st September 2021

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THIS IS A SAMPLE LEARNER EVIDENCE RECORD. THIS LER SHOULD NOT BE USED
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BY LEARNERS TO COMPLETE THEIR QUALIFICATION.

Learner Evidence Record

Level 1 Qualification in Sports
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Leadership (SL1)
Learner name

Centre name

Course number

Tutor name

SL1
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Dear Learner,

Welcome to the Level 1 Sports Leadership qualification. We are excited

to have you on this journey with us. This qualification will give you the

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opportunity to develop skills for your future whether that is in sport,
education or employment.

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This Learner Evidence Record (LER) is yours to keep. It will help you
record your learning and track the progress you make. It is an important
document as you will need to have it all completed to achieve the
qualification.

Your role as a Sports Leader is so important, as well as developing

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your own skills, this qualification will prepare you to lead fun, safe and
inclusive sport activities for others in your community and we hope you
enjoy it. We would love to hear how you get on with the qualification.
You can share your experiences with us via social media using the
#LearnerJourney.
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Good luck and best wishes,

The SLQ Sports Leaders Team

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About this qualification
Below is an overview of some key things you need to know about your qualification.

What do I have to lead?

We want to make the qualification as practical as possible, and we know some of the best learning happens when you
have a go! To achieve this qualification, you will be asked to demonstrate your leadership. This involves leading at
least 1 hour of activities. You can always do more if you chose to!

Where can I lead?

Your 1 hour demonstration of leadership needs to be within your community. This includes:

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• Your education environment, for example school, or an extra-curricular club
• Social setting
• Home environment
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Digitally, for example leading a session online
Your local community, for example a sport or youth club.

What can I lead on completion of this qualification?

Once qualified you will be able to assist in leading sport/physical activity sessions under direct supervision.

As a Level 1 Sports Leader, you will be supported and guided at all times by your Tutor/Assessor or person in charge
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of the organisation you are leading in. They will be required to advise you on risk assessment during your sessions
and the interventions you are required to put in place to meet safety guidance.

Where can I learn more?

If you want to learn more, you have access to four Learner Support Challenges. The learner support challenges
focus on a range of topics to further your knowledge and skills. They are identified through this LER as ‘Power Up’
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opportunities. Your Tutor/Assessor can provide you will access to these. They could be used as additional or home
learning if you so wish.

Keep an eye out for images like this one, which tell you when you can power up your skills with a Learner Support
Challenge. Tick them off when you have completed them.

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Your Learner Evidence Record
Your Learner Evidence Record (LER) gives you a template and guidance for everything you need
to do to complete this Sports Leaders qualification.

Your Tutor will guide you through the LER as you go through the course but here is an overview of what to expect.

Your LER – How it works:

Learn Evidence Assessment Develop

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Your Tutor will take Your Tutor will direct Your Tutor will assess The most important
you through a number you to tasks and your work in this LER action for you is to realise
of lessons and practical activities you need to and any observations what you have developed
activities where complete. Guidance of your practical tasks through the course and how
you will learn and
experience leadership
in a sport and physical
activity context.

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for all you need to
complete is in this LER.
This includes your 1
hour demonstration
of leadership.
you are required to
do. The assessment
decisions and
feedback will be
given in here too.
you go on to use it in the
future. All sections include
useful tools to reflect on
your experience and
plan how you can use
it to benefit you.
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Section 1 Gaining Life Skills Through Leadership
An introduction to the skills you will need to develop and the behaviours you will need to show to become a Sports
Leader.

Section 2 Evidence Your Learning, Experience and Assessment (MANDATORY)
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Worksheets, planning templates and your leadership log to complete. Your Tutor will use this to track your progress
and assess your achievements throughout the course.

Section 3 Making The Most Of Your Skills

A final reflection on what life skills you have developed and how you will use them in the future.

What you will get out of the course

This course will take you on a journey to gain life skills that will improve your:
Ability to communicate with others
Self-esteem and confidence in your own ability
Ability to work with others as part of a team
Skills needed to manage your own work and personal development
Ability to identify problems and what to do to problem solve
Ability to adapt your skills to meet the needs of the environment

In achieving all these through this course you will be better prepared for your next steps in education and/or getting
a job. So, let’s get started…

What happens to your data - Go to www.sportsleaders.org/privacy to find out more.

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Section 1
Gaining Life Skills
Through Leadership
This course will take you on a journey to gain life skills. Through showing a set of behaviours,
you will develop 5 essential skills that will help you progress in other areas of interest to you.

The 5 life skills

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Communication Self-belief Teamwork Self- Problem solving
management

What this Your ability to Building confidence Enabling you to Taking Understanding
means to you

Behaviours
listen and share
information

Appropriate
shown on this communication
course Body language
Demonstration
Listening
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in your own ability work with others

Confidence
Enthusiasm
Positive attitude
Self-awareness
Encouraging
Flexibility
Honesty
Reliable
Respect
responsibility for
your actions and
doing things to the
best of your ability
Commitment
Organised
Responsible
Self-control
the problem and
finding solutions

Awareness
Contributor
Idea maker
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Understandable Trustworthy

Showing these behaviours on this course is great. The more impactful thing will be to be able to tell others about
what you have done and what it means for you and your future. Complete Task 1.3 to rate your skills at the start and
end of the course.
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The focus behaviours on this course are important to you because you can use them to:
1. Make your skills more effective
2. Make you stand out from the crowd
3. Become more employable

In Tasks 1.1 to 1.3 of your Learner Evidence Record you will Review and Action. After the course you will Reflect,
Transfer and Apply.

Before the Course: After the Course:

Review
Reflect Apply
Describe where
your skills are What skills have Where will you try
before this course you shown? your skills out?
Transfer e.g. job application
Action Where else
What are you can you use
going to do to your skills?
improve your skills?
Think about the
focus behaviours
you can show

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TUTORS complete the GREEN Sections

Evidence Your Learning,

Experience and Assessment (MANDATORY)
You are required to complete all Tasks within this section to complete the course. This covers both
the Evidence and Assessment stages of ‘Your LER – How it works’ guidance in the introduction.

It is important that the work within this section is your own and that your Tutor can assess all of your work and
practical activities.

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Here is what you and your Tutor need to complete:

Evidence – what tasks do you need to do? Assessment – what your Tutor will do

behaviours in other environments

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Task 1.1 – Leadership skills and behaviours

Task 1.2 – Using leadership skills and

Task 1.3 – Reflecting on the leadership skills

you have used
Task 2.1 – Plan, assist in leading and review
Practical Observation Form
For Task 1.1 and 2.1

Complete assessment boxes for Task 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3

sport/physical activities (2 separate plans Complete assessment box for Task 2.1
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required)

Task 2.2 – Leadership Log Sign off your Leadership Log

All done? All done?

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Learner Authenticity Statement

Only complete this statement once all of Section 2 is completed

By signing this, you and your Tutor are confirming that:

1. All work within this Learner Evidence Record is your own

2. The Tutor/Assessor has observed you demonstrating the tasks that have been assessed in the
practical observation form(s)
3. You have completed the 1 hour demonstration of leadership required to complete this course

Your signature Date

Report on learner
performance and
progression throughout
the course

Tutor/Assessor’s
Date
signature

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Practical Observation Form
To be completed by the Tutor/Assessor(s)

Assessment Criteria (AC)/Action Date Notes on observation and feedback to learner (MANDATORY)
required AC met

Task 1.1 – Leadership skills and behaviours

Demonstrate the development of at

least 2 of their leadership skills

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Task 2.1 – Plan, assist in leading and review sport/physical activities

Assist in leading at least 2 x 10 minutes

sport/physical activities

Use at least 2 different verbal

communication methods

Use at least 2 different non-verbal

communication methods

Demonstrate active listening on at least

1 occasion
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Use at least 2 motivational methods

Show effective organisation on at least

1 occasion

Adapt in line with the participants

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needs on at least 1 occasion

Final comments and feedback for learner

Feedback to learner

Further areas/opportunities
for development

Tutor/Assessor signature Date

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Leadership skills and behaviours

There are 5 skills that can be thought of as the key skills that you’ll need as a Sports Leader. Each key skill will have certain behaviours that make it happen
successfully. In the table below you must outline why these key skills and associated behaviours are important for a Sports Leader.
Key skill Outline why this key skill is needed as a Sports Leader Associated Pick 2 behaviours and outline why they are needed as a
behaviours Sports Leader

- Appropriate 1)
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- Listening
Communication - Body language
- Demonstration 2)

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1)
- Confidence
Self-belief
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- Self awareness
- Enthusiasm
2)

- Reliable 1)
- Respect
- Honesty
Teamwork
- Flexibility 2)
- Encouraging
- Trustworthy
1)
- Commitment
- Self control
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Self-management
- Organised 2)
- Responsible

1)

Problem solving
- Idea maker
- Awareness
- Contributor 2)
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Skills: A skill is something that you can Behaviours: What you need to show to make your
do e.g. communicating with others skills more effective, e.g. being confident

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Task 1.2
Using leadership skills and behaviours in other environments

In the table below you must outline how the key skills and identified behaviours might be useful in other areas of your life, away from your
sports leadership.

Key skills and behaviours Outline the positive impact these may have on other areas of life
Communication – being understood by others and
listening to what they have to say
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Self-belief – being confident and having a positive attitude

Teamwork – being reliable and respectful to other people

Self-management – showing commitment and being well

organised

Problem solving – having ideas and sharing them with

others
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In the table below you must outline the main responsibilities, and say how the key skills and behaviours will be needed to fulfil the
identified roles.

Role Responsibilities Key skills Behaviours

Referee/Umpire
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Safety Officer

Scorer/Timekeeper

Manager
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Coach

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Reflecting on the leadership skills you have used
In order to improve anything, it is important to think about where you are now, where you would like to be and how you plan to get
there. Use the table below to rate your current key skills as a Sports Leader, then consider how these skills might be improved. You
can reflect back at the end of your course to see how successful this development plan was and how much improvement there has
been in your key skills.

Key skills Score at start What will you do on the course that will help you Score at end of How successful was your development plan?
of course* improve these key skills? course*
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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

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Communication

Self-belief
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Teamwork

Self-management

Problem solving
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* 1=Low and 4=High

Mandatory for the Tutor/Assessor (T/A) to Defer Date Pass Comments by the T/A supporting the assessment decisions against all
complete

Task 1.1
(if required) Date
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Tasks. If an assessment decision is deferred, the T/A must detail additional
requirements set and achieved by the learner.

Task 1.2
Task 1.3
Signature Date

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Task 2.1
Plan, assist in leading and review
sport/physical activities

Session Plans - to be completed by the learner

You are required to complete plans for at least 2 x 10 minute sport/physical activities. These plans must include both a
‘warm up’ and ‘main activity’. You will only be required to lead 1 activity from each plan - so a warm up or a main activity.

Session Plan 1
Date of session Time and duration Participants (who, number, age/ability, etc.)

Focus/aim of session Topic/sport/activity

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Key safety guidance for this session Who is responsible for managing the safety guidance?
(i.e. your supervisor)

Facilities/working space/environment
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Purpose of Name and description of activity Adaptation
activity Use written descriptions and/or diagrams Suggest 1 change to make each activity more/
less challenging
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Introduction and
warm up

Main session

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Purpose of Name and description of activity Adaptation
activity Use written descriptions and/or diagrams Suggest 1 change to make each activity more/
less challenging

Cool down and

close

Other things to

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What went well?

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How did you review the activity?
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What needs more work? What will you change for next time?

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Plan, assist in leading and review sport/physical activities

Session Plan Template

Session Plan 2
Date of session Time and duration Participants (who, number, age/ability, etc.)

Focus/aim of session Topic/sport/activity

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Key safety guidance for this session Who is responsible for managing the safety guidance?
(i.e. your supervisor)

Facilities/working space/environment
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Purpose of Name and description of activity Adaptation
activity Use written descriptions and/or diagrams Suggest 1 change to make each activity more/
less challenging
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Introduction and
warm up

Main session

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Purpose of Name and description of activity Adaptation
activity Use written descriptions and/or diagrams Suggest 1 change to make each activity more/
less challenging

Cool down and

close

Other things to
remember/be

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What went well?

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How did you review the activity?
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What needs more work? What will you change for next time?
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Mandatory for the Tutor/ Defer Date Pass Comments by the T/A supporting the assessment
Assessor (T/A) to complete (If required) Date decisions against all Tasks. If an assessment decision is
deferred, the T/A must detail additional requirements
set and achieved by the learner.

Task 2.1

Signature Date

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Task 2.2 sport/physical activity. Copy this page if you need more space.

Plan, assist in leading and review sport/

physical activities

Learner name Centre Course number

Date Location/ Description of leadership experience Length of Witness – only required if Tutor/Assessor is not able to
Organisation (Provide details of what activities you led, the participants session(s) witness the demonstration of leadership
involved and your role/s in this)
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Witness name and role Witness signature

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Tutor/Assessor signature
Date
To confirm the 1 hour demonstration has been completed by the learner

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Making The Most Of Your Skills
Complete once you have completed all of Section 2

The 5 life skills

Communication Self-belief Teamwork Self- Problem solving

management

What this Your ability to Building confidence Enabling you to Taking Understanding

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means to you listen and share in your own ability work with others responsibility for the problem and
information your actions and finding solutions
doing things to the
best of your ability
Behaviours Appropriate
shown on this communication
course Body language
Demonstration
Listening
Understandable
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Confidence
Enthusiasm
Positive attitude
Self-awareness
Encouraging
Flexibility
Honesty
Reliable
Respect
Trustworthy
Commitment
Organised
Responsible
Self-control
Awareness
Contributor
Idea maker

During this course, you will have shown many of the behaviours and gained a set of life skills that will make you
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more effective in what you do. It is now important that you shout about your achievements and be ready to use them
in future applications and interviews for jobs, education and university. You can use the statements from Section 3 to
tell people about the 5 life skills you have developed.
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Before the Course: After the Course:

✔
Review Apply
Reflect
Describe where Where will you try
What skills have
your skills are your skills out?
you shown?
before this course e.g. job application
Transfer
Action
Where else
What are you

✔
can you use
going to do to
your skills?
improve your skills?
Think about the
focus behaviours
you can show

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skills and where you can apply them

Your experience Reflect Transfer Apply

Describe your achievements on What skills have you developed What does this experience How has this impacted your Where will you try your
this course. This should be in through this experience? mean to you? community (e.g. your school/ skills out?
relation to the goals you set in e.g. Communication, Self-belief, college) or the groups you have e.g. job application
your development plan in Task 1.3 Teamwork, Self-management or worked with?
Problem solving.
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What next?
You will shortly receive a qualification certificate from Sports Leaders if you have passed all the assessment for this
course and you have completed the 1 hour demonstration of leadership.

If you have gone the extra mile in your course and really demonstrated commitment and dedication to your role as a
Sports Leader, your Tutor may give you an additional recognition certificate.

I’m now a qualified Sports Leader…

So what?
Through this course you have developed your:

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Communication Self-belief Teamwork
Skills Skills Skills
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your abilities
Worked effectively as
part of a team
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Self-management Problem Solving Helping To Keep
Skills Skills People Safe
Do things to the Understand the Ability to adapt to the
best of your ability problem and help environment
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find solutions

Which means you have become:

More active in your More confident in your

More employable
community abilities
More focussed on your own Someone who stands out from
More valuable to others
development the crowd

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