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Upcoming Education & Development Opportunities
1. Judge & Tech Panel Season Kick-Offs
Seems like the competition season just finished and here we go again. In preparation for the competition season, Skate Ontario is hosting online Season Kick-off sessions for Judges and Technical Officials. Whether you will be participating at Sectional or Provincial Series events, you are encourage to join the conversation.
Judge Season Kick-off July 11, 2023
- 7:00 pm – 7:20 pm Introduction and General Information
- 7:20 pm – 8:10 pm Singles and Pairs
- 8:10 pm - 9:00 pm Ice Dance
REGISTER HERE
Technical Official Season Kick-off July 13, 2023
- 7:00 pm – 7:20 pm Introduction and General Information
- 7:20 pm – 8:10 pm Singles and Pairs
- 8:10 pm – 9:00 pm Ice Dance
REGISTER HERE
2. Practice Judging with Streamed Events
Not judging right away. Take advantage of an opportunity to practice online before your first event! This season all Sectional Series events will be live streamed. This is a great opportunity for everyone to take some time and brush off the rust after a few months away from the rink. From the comfort of your own home you can practice online, see what’s coming for the season and strengthen your assessment skills. Links to the competition schedules, live streaming links and detailed results will be available at Skate Ontario Detailed Events.
3. Future Judging Clinics
There are two upcoming training opportunities that are being considered for the coming months. Before moving forward with our planning, we would like to have a better idea of the number of candidates that have a strong interest in attending.
Please click on the links below to complete an Expression of Interest for the:
Pair Judge Training Seminar – Hybrid Format - August & October 2023
Novice Dance Judge Clinic – Hybrid Format - September & October 2023
We will use any responses received by Friday July 7 to determine if there is enough interest to offer these clinics at this time.
Please note: Information on training opportunities for Senior Invitational Singles Judges, STAR 1-4 Event Assessors and Base Level Technical Officials will be included later in July.
4. Referee Forum – Part Two - Judge on Panel & Trial Judge Reports
Thank you to those who attended the June Referee Forum and provided valuable input for future programming. We anticipate another session for Referees, this time focused on writing reports, in August and another Forum to support Provincial Series events in September. Look for more information in the July Jet Communications.
In the meantime, if you would like to look at the recently updated guidelines and forms for Judging Reports - check out Skate Canada Resources: Judges Performance Assessment Guidelines and Judging Performance Assessment Rubric
NOTE: Details from the Referee Forum, June 13, 2023 will be available shortly. We apologize for the lateness in making the information available sooner.
Criteria for Sectional Series Assignment Selection
As we approach the July Sectional Series event, we want to remind Ontario Officials community how invitation lists for each Sectional Series event are determined.
We are in a very unique position in Ontario in that we received over 140 responses to our Availability survey and can only accommodate 50-55 officials at each Sectional Series event. We understand that not being assigned to Sectional Series events can be disappointing, but we want to assure you that each person who responded to the survey has been considered with detailed discussions in conjunction with the Promotions & Pathways Working Group. Our goal remains to assign as many of our officials as we can to one of the Sectional Series events as this activity is required in order to be considered for assignment at a Sectional Championship event in November and December.
We will continue to strive for high quality officiating with a balance of experience and developing officials at the remaining Sectional Series events this season. We will continue to consider officials availability, qualifications and location along with their goals for promotion. We greatly value all of our Officials and we want to assure you that we are doing the best we can to try and provide the opportunities to as many people as possible.
Further information can be found here on the Skate Ontario website.
Important Reminder
All Officials must complete the following in order to be in good standing to officiate in the 2023/2024 season:
- Update their Skate Canada membership registration with their home club.
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Complete Respect in Sport, Rowan’s Law & Code of Conduct for Officials online modules. Sterling Backcheck Screening is required for all officials. Screening must be completed through Skate Canada. Further information can be found on the Skate Canada member portal
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