[debate-l] From our chief adjudicator at the IDEA Youth Forum 2007

[Ioana Cionea]

Please read below.

Hello Everyone:

As the first Chief Adjudicator at an IDEA  international tournament, I
would like to first say hello to all of you,  second, give you an idea
of what my job at the camp will be and third, ask  for your help and 
suggestions with putting together the material that I will  use to
train judges.

The position of the Chief Adjudicator was proposed  with several goals in mind:
1) that we needed to establish some sort of  consistency in judging 
philosophies and practices across different  participant countries in
order to insure a certain level of quality.

2)  that we needed to make clear what the judging rules and
expectations at the  camp would be.

3) that judges, just like debaters, needed to be trained in  order to
address a series of challenges and difficult questions

4) that  someone needed to address, investigate and solve any issues or
complaints  connected with judging during the tournaments. 

I will be in charge of  making sure that all four goals listed above
are achieved at this coming  camp. In order to do so, I will need your
help. There are several things that  I am working on right now, and
your individual experience and suggestions  would be priceless in putting this
together;

1) I am now putting together  a list of topics that need to be
addressed during the judges' lab. Judges  will have 8 separate labs to 
both debrief what happens during the  tournaments as well as discuss 
and address general concerns and questions  about judging. Any suggestions, send them my way. 
 
2) I am also putting together, along with several other people, a new  judging handbook. The topics to be included in the handbook are listed under the  discussion board connected to the Youth Forum. If there is anything else that  would like to add or if you'd like to sign up for writing a section of the  handbook, do let me know. 

3) I also want to use several exercises during the  judges' labs which
will involve role play and evaluation of actual rounds.  For this, I
could definitely use any written transcripts of debate rounds or  parts 
of debate rounds that you might have (this could even include a  really
nice flow-sheet that can be scanned), as well as descriptions,  or
questions regarding difficult rounds, decisions or other instances
that  you think are important to address. Using real instances or 
problems will be  particularly useful to address. Please send your suggestions to me via email or  post them on the discussion boards. 

Looking forward to hearing from all of  you! Your input will definitely
be appreciated. 

All the best,
Anca  Pusca
ancapusca at gmail.com 


 
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