Maintaining Your Coaching Certification

All RRCA Certified Coaches in Good Standing are listed on the Find a Coach list.  This list pulls data from your individual profile in our membership system.  Your mailing address must be validated to ensure your listing pulls correctly for your City & State. We encourage all coaches to include their photo, a brief bio, services offered, and social media accounts in your profile.

To remain in Good Standing as an RRCA Level I Certified Coach following the initial certification process, a coach must maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications and join the RRCA as an individual coach. At this time there are no “re-qualification” or CEU requirements. 

If a coach does not update their CPR and First Aid expiration dates and upload their new documents to their RRCA profile in advance of the expiration dates, their status as a coach will change to Not in Good Standing, their name will be removed from the public Find a Coach list, and they will lose access to the Certified Coaches Portal. Coaches will be reinstated by updating their First Aid and CPR expiration dates and document uploads on their profile.

To update your profile with your new CPR and First Aid certifications and coaching services information:

1. Start at Membership System Login.
2. Login with your email and password. If you have forgotten your password, utilize the links below to reset your password.*
3. Click the My Profile button to enter the system.
4. Click the small circle in the upper right corner and click My Profile.
5. Click the blue pencil in the upper right to make the fields editable. Review your information and make any needed updates. We encourage you to add a profile photo/logo, information about your coaching services, etc. This will be included on your public listing.
6. Add/update and validate your Directory Address. Our website uses your city and state to populate the Find a Coach list. While you must provide a full street address, only your city and state will be visible to the public. Completing this step will activate the Update button at the bottom of your profile.
7. Update BOTH of your CPR and First Aid expiration dates, then and upload your new certification documents for BOTH pdf fields even if they are the same document.
8. Click Update at the bottom of your profile to save your edits.

When updating your CPR and First Aid information:

1. You must enter your new expiration dates for BOTH CPR and First Aid fields.
2. Upload your certification documents for BOTH CPR and First Aid. This information will transfer automatically to your Coaching Certification record(s) to maintain or restore your Good Standing status.

Please allow up to an hour for your updates to be reflected on our website. The systems have to validate and pull information before making updates live.  Do not email staff unless it has been 24-hours and your status has not been update to Good Standing.

Annual Coach Membership Dues $25:

• Helps fund ongoing administrative needs for the Coaching Certification Program including technical support for Certified Coaches, oversight of the RRCA Certified Coaches online networking group, Find a Coach marketing and promotion, and more.
• Helps us invest in continued improvements and enhancements of the program for both new and existing coaches.
• Ensures RRCA Certified Coaches in Good Standing have an ongoing relationship with the organization following initial certification, and grants individual coaches the ongoing use of the RRCA Certified Coach logo and name for promotional purposes.

Your certification must be in Good Standing in order to purchase the Individual Coach membership through your profile. Confirm that the CPR and First Aid information on your profile is current, then:

1. Start at Membership System Login.
2. Login with your email and password. If you have forgotten your password, utilize the links below to reset your password.*
3. Click the My Profile button to enter the system.
4. Click the small circle in the upper right corner and click Join RRCA as an Individual. (If you have previously purchased an individual coach membership, you will click the small bell-shaped icon in the upper right corner and click “Renew.”)
5. Select the Individual Coach membership type and click “Next.”  If you do not see this option, your CPR/FA is expired and MUST be updated to return to Good Standing before proceeding.
6. Acknowledge the Safe Sport, group run, and insurance guidelines and click “Next.”
7. As needed, add the Certified Coach Liability Insurance policy on the following screen if desired. (Click “Next”) Detailed information about the policy is outlined in the Certified Coaches Portal, which is accessible to all RRCA certified coaches in Good Standing.
8. Review the fee(s) and click “Add to Cart.”
9. Click “Checkout.”
10. Enter your payment information or select your saved payment method.  Your billing address MUS match your credit card information or the processing will fail. Click “Checkout.” You will receive a payment confirmation in your email.