1. Speech & Debate Parent Meeting
Jillian
Welcome!

2. Who We Are
President: Jillian Jackson Speech Coaches: Alec Moutafov and Mac Steckler Debate Coaches: Jenna Yuan and Xander Clarke Secretary/Treasurer: Bobby Aiyer Public Relations: Joseph Osborn

3. What is S&D + Agenda A tournament based-club
Everything from the Syrian Refugee Crisis to the Star Wars Revival could be your child’s topic this year!
Agenda: Why Parents Matter to Speech and Debate
Carpools
Judging
Typical Speech Ballot
Typical Debate Ballot
FAQs on Judging
Tournaments Schedule
Jillian

4. Why Parents Matter to Speech & Debate
Your kids are great, but we need YOU to help make speech and debate happen!
Tonight, we’ll be talking about two ways how:
Carpools
Judging
Joseph

5. 1 2 3 4 Carpools We carpool to tournaments, except BC + Redmond.
All families should contribute to carpools 2
New this year: tournament registration AND carpool sign-up will be online 3
Drivers must register to be a driver with the Eastlake office at least two weeks in advance. 4
Bobby

6. Judging
Each school is expected to supply judges to all competing events
We LOVE!!! parent involvement in judging
Might be an uptick from last year
If we don’t have enough judges, we have to drop competitors
Entries whose parents have judged more will be given preferential treatment
Extenuating circumstances do apply if you can’t judge or drive, so feel free to get in touch with us soon so that we can work something out (e.g. snacks)
Bobby

7. Judging Basics
Parents will receive an giving them directions to a SignUp Genius for both carpools and for judging sign-ups
Can either sign-up for Debate on Friday or both Speech and Debate for half of Friday/Saturday
Can request to judge a specific event, but we cannot guarantee
Typically, first-time judges only have to judge Novice (or beginner) competitors
Bobby

8. Typical Speech Ballot – 1 of 2
Don’t worry about the Speaker Code.
General directions for the event.
Alec
Rank scale of 1-4 (best to worst)

9. Typical Speech Ballot – 2 of 2
Rank and speaker points (these are different)
Typical Speech Ballot – 2 of 2
Please write something here!
Alec
You can also write on the back if you run out of space.

10. Typical Debate Ballot – 1 of 2
Team 1
Team 2
Xander
Winner!

11. Typical Debate Ballot – 2 of 2
Please write more than
Good Job!
Xander
Why did the team win? Why did the other team lose?

12. Judging FAQs
1. Can I judge members of Eastlake’s S&D team? Unfortunately, no! As a safeguard against bias, the NSDA doesn’t allow that. 2. For Speech: There are both speaker points and rankings in round. Are those the same? Nope. Speaker points are 1-20 (20 being the best), whereas rankings in round are 1-6 (1 being the best). People can get the same amount of speaker points but a different ranking. 3. My kid keeps talking about policy. Can I judge that? Policy requires special judging certification, so no. 3. I’m worried I’ll mess it up! How do I avoid doing that? Just write thoughtful, kind comments. Make sure your criticism is constructive and give praise too. We as speakers and debaters appreciate your time and use your feedback to grow!
Jenna

13. Thank you for attending!