Judge's Training
Judges Needed for Odyssey of the Mind…
Can You Help?
Judges are at the heart of a creative problem solving competitions. Competent, trained judges help provide a good experience for all, win or lose. Without this dedicated group of volunteers, there could be no Odyssey of the Mind!
What Is Involved:
Judges serve in two roles –- to evaluate the teams problem
solution and to encourage and applaud the team's creative problem
solving efforts –- regardless of whether or not they succeed
in every aspect of the solution.
Judges are needed for two areas of competition: Long Term
and Spontaneous.
In Long Term, judges work with a team of 3-6 people to assess the
problem solution that the teams have prepared. How creative is the
vehicles propulsion? Did they complete all aspects of the performance?
How much weight did the structure hold? You will need to make yourself
familiar with the rules/scoring of any ONE of the Long Term problems.
(see synopsis)
In Spontaneous, judges work with a team of two or three judges
to evaluate a team’'s response to either a verbal or hands-on
problem. (e.g. Name ways to hide an elephant. Using only the materials
given, how high a structure can you build?) Teams do not know what
the problem will be until it is explained by the judges. Spontaneous
judges don’'t have as many rules/procedures to learn as Long
Term judges, but they have to be prepared for ANYTHING that our
creative thinking teams might throw back at them!
The Time Commitment:
Judges are needed at the Provincial Tournament on April 21st , and
at the Qualifying Tournament on March 31st. Judges who are "officially"
representing a school must be able to judge at both tournaments,
but we welcome others who may only be available for one or the other
date.
Judges are also required to attend the full judges training session
on March 3. In addition, a few of the Long Term judges will
be asked to help set up their sites on the Friday evening prior
to the tournaments.
Training:
Full training will be March 3 from approximately 9am-3pm,
location TBA. (a school in Coquitlam)
Tournaments: Will be held this year at Burnaby North Secondary School.
How long you need to be at the tournament will vary according to how popular the problem you are judging is. Judges are asked to be on site an hour before the first team gets there and all problems will be finished by 4:00, though you are welcome to stay for the Awards Ceremonies at 4:15.
Qualifying Tournament: Sat. March 31st.
Provincial Tournament: Sat. April 21st.
Actual times for your assignment will be given out at training as it depends on what type of judging you are doing and how many teams are competing in your problem.
Synopsis - 2012 Long Term Problems:
If you want to judge a long term problem, you can see the problems
here.
Registration
Register
» online to volunteer as a judge.
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