BCA Instructors Never Stop Learning

BCA Instructors Never Stop Learning (Colorado Springs, CO) Getting to the top is one thing; staying there is another. Regardless of your field of expertise, continuing education is a vital component of any successful career or business organization. To ensure the continued quality that pool players have always received from Billiard Congress of America (BCA) Instructors, the BCA Board of Directors has approved a Continuing Education Program requirement for all BCA Instructors. The program's objective is to help BCA Instructors develop more effective teaching methods and improve their communication skills. "BCA Instructors are among the best in the world, and the BCA is committed to maintaining the quality and reputation of the BCA Instructor Program," said BCA Executive Director Stephen Ducoff.BCA Instructors already have rigorous criteria to maintain and advance their status within the program. They must submit student feedback forms each year and study under BCA Master Instructors. But knowing how to teach the finer points of stroke, position and strategy, a great instructor must also have a mastery of communication skills and advanced teaching methods.
To retain their active status, all BCA Instructors must attend at least one Continuing Education Seminar every three years. The daylong program will feature the nation's best and brightest educators who will impart to BCA Instructors the skills necessary to truly connect with students in a way that creates lasting and dramatic improvements in play. A seminar will be held each year in conjunction with the International Billiard & Home Recreation Expo (formerly known as the BCA International Trade Expo). The dates for the first two seminars are April 1, 2004 and April 7, 2005. Both seminars will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The cost for the 2004 Continuing Education Seminar will be $100 per person and will include the following: One free hotel room at the BCA-designated hotel for the night of Wednesday, March 31, 2004 All-day Continuing Education Seminar on Thursday, April 1, 2004 one free ticket to the BCA Hall of Fame Induction Event on Thursday, April 1, 2004 one free badge for the International Billiard & Home Recreation Expo, April 1-3, 2004 "This is an impressive package that the BCA has put together," said BCA Instructor Committee Chairman Bob Radford. "Not only do our instructors receive the latest in teaching methods, they will also be guests at two of the most exciting events in the industry: the International Billiard & Home Recreation Expo and the BCA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. on the subject of learning, author Doris Lessing once said, 'That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.' Our instructors will find that the continuing education program allows them to understand billiards and instruction in a new way." Detailed registration information for this exciting new program will be mailed to all BCA Instructors by the end of 2003. This information will also be posted on the BCA website in the near future. Media Contact: Amy Long, Director of Marketing & Business Development719.264.8300 x104 amy-long@bca-pool.comVisit InsidePOOL for the latest news from the sport of billiards and pool.

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