2011-2012 Tournament Appraiser Training

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If you love kids and enjoy watching them perform, volunteer to be a Destination ImagiNation® Tournament Official!!  Because they have worked so hard to solve the Challenges, your teams deserve to be appraised fairly and well.  It takes many volunteers to provide the best appraising and Tournament possible.  So we're requiring each Destination ImagiNation® membership holder (if you have an Individual Team membership or a 5-Pak membership) to provide at least one Appraiser for the Jeffco Tournament.  If you have more than three teams, you are required to provide one Appraiser and one Tournament-day volunteer, or two Appraisers.  Appraisers must commit to a half-day training and to appraise at the Jeffco Tournament.  Appraising is fun!  Where else can you spend the day with great people watching the greatest kids in the world astound you with their solutions!

Volunteers 18 and older are a very important part of the DI program and are needed in order to create a fair, competitive and fun experience for every Destination ImagiNation team. Even the smallest Destination ImagiNation tournament needs over 100 officials to create a fair competitive field for the teams.

Colorado Destination ImagiNation Appraisers/Tournament Officials must attend one half-day training session per academic year to be certified. No experience is necessary – as a matter of fact, we are always looking for fun, caring “rookie” Appraisers to work with our experienced volunteer corps. Because the Destination ImagiNation Long-Term Challenges are always changing, all experienced Appraisers must be trained annually. Instant Challenge Appraisers need to attend trainings every other year to stay on top of current materials.


DATES FOR APPRAISER TRAININGS:  2012 DATES WILL BE POSTED WHEN AVAILABLE

 

January 29, 2011 (Saturday) – Alameda HS, 1255 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood, CO

Time:     8:00AM -12:00 PM 

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 February 19, 2011 (Saturday)– Cherry Creek HS 9300 E. Union, Englewood, CO 

Time:      8:00AM -12:00 PM 

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AGENDA 2011

8:00 – 9:15              Intro to Destination Imagination  (New appraisers)

9:30 – 10:30            Challenge demonstration and review of Appraiser positions and roles (All appraisers)

10:30 – Noon          Challenge Breakout Sessions

Technical Challenge A: unidentified moving object

Scientific Challenge B: spinning a tale

Fine Arts Challenge C; triple take road show

Improv Challenge D: mythology mission

Structure Challenge E: versus! foiled again!

Service Learning Challenge: Project Outreach: dynamic networks

Instant Challenge