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PROGRAM TERMINOLOGY
PacificSport School Achieving Gold Program (PaSS-AG)
- PASS-AG Winning Characteristics – establish the Winning Characteristics Rubric as a tool for increasing student athlete achievement in all identified Pacific Sport Schools by 2006.
- PaSS-AG Student Athlete Access and PaSS to Podium – ensure all school age carded Bronze, Silver and Gold athletes have access to Pacific Sport Schools by 2007.
PacificSport School Communication Plan (PaSS-C)
- PASS-C PacificSport School Council - create an advisory council to bring together leaders from sport and education on an ongoing basis through electronic and personal contact. PaSS-C will provide leadership and advice on issues pertaining to Pacific Sport Schools.
- PASS-C Research, Information and Communication - Resource the development and management of all electronic and print material for existing and new sport schools. Coordinate networking between centres including communication, research, data collection sharing.
PacificSport School Partnership Program (PaSS-PP)
- PaSS-PP Pilots – establish and monitor a minimum of two PacificSport School Pilot Programs during the 2005-06 school year in partnership with PacificSport and National Sport Federations or Provincial Sport Organizations.
- PaSS-PP Sport Specific Plans– develop 19 unique Pacific Sport School Plans with the OTP CSC recommended and targeted sports for BC and applicable Schools/School Districts by June 2006.
PacificSport School
A K-12 school that offers a school or board approved education program designed to enable learners to develop individual potential in both academics and their preferred sport using a highly integrated, systematic approach. In a sport school the focus is on student athlete achievement.
The education program allows for sport specific training and competition during traditional school hours beyond the traditional sport courses and extra-curricular activities. Part or all of which may occur in partnership with outside sport organizations. The education program allows for academic support and flexibility specific to student athlete needs and sport schedules beyond traditional support or flexibility provided for extra-curricular student-athletes or individual developmental athletes.
PacificSport School Program
An educational program designed for a specific group of student athletes (sport specific or multi-sport) and meets the sport school definition. Multiple PacificSport School Programs may exist within one sport school.
Tier 1 School – also known as National Sport Schools, are identified by NSOs and PSOs and are the sport programs are publicly funded. These schools are aimed at high performance National or Provincial level athletes and have dedicated educational facilities for the student-athletes
Tier 2 School – are similar to Tier 1 schools in that they are publicly funded and are aimed at high performance National or Provincial level athletes. Tier 2 schools do not have dedicated educational facilities for student-athletes, during regular academic courses they study alongside the “regular”-stream students
Tier 3 School – has sport performance admission requirements that must be met before a student-athlete is accepted. These schools do not have dedicated educational facilities for the student-athletes, and the cost of the program comes out of the athlete’s pocket (it is privately funded).
Tier 4 School – is privately funded (i.e. from the athlete or scholarships/bursaries) and is focused on Provincial or Regional level athletes. There are no performance criteria required for admission and the majority of these schools are based on development athletes, ensuring that the basics of each sport are covered.
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