Speech and Debate Judge Interest Form
IMPORTANT: This is NOT the required judging form for the CX Debate State Tournament! If you are fulfilling judging obligations for a school at CX State, or if you are a CONFIRMED UIL hired judge, click here to fill out the required state judging form. If you are interested in being a UIL hired judge but have not been contacted by the UIL office, please continue filling out this Judge Interest form so your credentials can be reviewed.
Spring 2012 Contest Dates (except CX Debate)
District 1: March 19-24 District 2: April 2-7 Regional: April 19-21 State: May 21-22
2012 Cross Examination Debate Contest Dates
District: January 2 - February 11 (There is no CX Regional meet.) State: March 12-17
Contact Information
Information you submit in this form will be publicly available on this web site. Individual contest directors will contact you personally if you are needed. Thanks for your willingness to help!
ABOUT YOU:
First Name: Last Name:
School: Occupation: HS Coach University Coach College Student Other
Mailing Address: Address 2:
City: State: Zip:
E-mail address:
Home Phone Number: ( )
Work Phone Number: ( ) Cell Phone Number: ( )
Fax Number: ( )
Are you currently coaching?
Yes No
5A 4A 3A 2A A Not Coaching
Name of High School (including city and state) that you attended.
When did you graduate from high school? 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 or before
Did you participate in speech competition in high school? Yes No
If you competed in Texas, what is the largest high school conference you participated in? Not in Texas 5A 4A 3A 2A A
Did you participate in speech competition in college? Yes No
Did you participate in policy debate (NDT) in college? Yes No
Did you participate in policy debate (CEDA) in college? Yes No
Did you participate in LD debate (NFA) in college? Yes No
Did you participate in Parli debate (NPDA) in college? Yes No
I am interested and will be available to judge (check all that apply):
Invitational Meets District Meets Regional Meets, April 20-21 CX State, March 12-17 Academic State Meet, May 21-22
I am qualified to judge the following events (check all that apply):
Prose/Poetry Interpretation Extemporaneous Speaking Cross-Examination Team Debate Lincoln Douglas Debate
Please list/explain your qualifications to judge the events(s) checked.
I've judged in the following number of tournaments this year.
How many rounds of the following events have you judged this school year?
Prose/Poetry Interpretation: Extemporaneous Speaking: Cross-Examination Debate: Lincoln-Douglas Debate:
What is your interpretation training/background?
Speech Theatre Combination
Which most impacts your judging approach to performance styles?
Speech Theatre
Policymaker Stock issues Tabula rasa Other (Please Explain)
Which best describes your priority in judging policy debate? (Check only one.)
Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issues Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Which best describes your philosophy concerning evidence in policy debate? (Check only one.)
Quantity of evidence is more important than quality of evidence Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence Quantity of evidence and quality of evidence are of equal importance
CX Judging: Please give us a brief explanation of your basic CX judging paradigm: LD Debate
Which best describes your approach to judging LD debate? (Check only one.)
Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issues Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance LD Judging: Please give us a short explanation of your basic LD judging philosophy:
Please answer the questions below, referring to the following map:
Additional Comments?
