From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Wed Dec 2 09:22:48 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:48 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Tournament invitation hosted by UMass-Amherst Message-ID: <78437F3D697F4525BAB75B7AD84BC5EA@AD.FULLERTON.EDU> Name:The University of Massachusetts-Amherst Debate Tou Starts:2/12/2009 Ends:2/14/2009 Hosted by: UMass-Amherst Contact: Jillian Marty Address: John Hird, Office 314, Department of Political Science, Thompson Tower, 200 Hicks Way, UMass- Amherst, Amherst MA 01002 Phone: On-line entry allowed: True AFA Open tournament (open to non-AFA members): True Divisions Offered: Open with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Not specified JV with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Not specified Novice with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Not specified Other details are available at: http://www.debateresults.com This tournament may be offered in conjunction with an individual events tournament. If so, you will be notified by a separate email. From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Wed Dec 2 11:08:41 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:08:41 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Tournament invitation hosted by Michigan State Univ. Message-ID: <80EE0729895B4C1EB6D55C617AF29F3F@AD.FULLERTON.EDU> Name:Freshmen-Sophomore Nationals Starts:3/6/2010 Ends:3/8/2010 Hosted by: Michigan State Univ. Contact: Greta Stahl Address: 10 Linton Hall, East Lansing MI 48824 Phone: 517-281-1244 On-line entry allowed: True AFA Open tournament (open to non-AFA members): True Divisions Offered: Open with 7 prelims, expected to clear to: Octos Other details are available at: http://www.debateresults.com This tournament may be offered in conjunction with an individual events tournament. If so, you will be notified by a separate email. From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Wed Dec 2 12:52:05 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:52:05 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Tournament invitation hosted by UMass-Amherst Message-ID: <418F665C10024DFD9748F24BCED1C223@AD.FULLERTON.EDU> Name:The University of Massachusetts-Amherst Debate Tou Starts:2/12/2010 Ends:2/14/2010 Hosted by: UMass-Amherst Contact: Jillian Marty Address: John Hird, Office 314, Department of Political Science, Thompson Tower, 200 Hicks Way, UMass- Amherst, Amherst MA 01002 Phone: On-line entry allowed: True AFA Open tournament (open to non-AFA members): True Divisions Offered: Open with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Not specified JV with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Not specified Novice with 6 prelims, expected to clear to: Not specified Other details are available at: http://www.debateresults.com This tournament may be offered in conjunction with an individual events tournament. If so, you will be notified by a separate email. From jmgreen at ksu.edu Thu Dec 3 14:38:06 2009 From: jmgreen at ksu.edu (Justin Green) Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:38:06 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Job Announcement - Kansas State University Message-ID: <5a6e2a80912031238u1dcd3715j76d81b3797c9dd3e@mail.gmail.com> Position Title: Assistant Director of Debate/Instructor Kansas State University is offering an instructor/ADOD position in the Communication Studies Division for the 2010-11 school year, with the possibility of renewal. Duties will include: - teaching a variety of undergraduate service courses to primarily juniors and seniors, typically: Small Group Communication, Business and Professional Speaking, and/or Interpersonal Communication. In the past, this has been a 3+3 load. - serving as an assistant debate coach for the debate team. This will entail traveling with the team, judging, listening to practice speeches/debates, leading research efforts, and assisting in the administration of the program. The individual must be willing to work with all experience levels (Novice, JV, Open) and non-traditional students. Criteria for selection - Candidates must have their M.A. or J.D. completed before the Fall 2010 semester begins. An MA in Communications is preferred, but not required. - Collegiate CEDA/NDT participation as a coach and/or debater is very strongly encouraged. - Collegiate teaching experience is also preferred. If the candidate has taught, teaching evaluations are very strongly encouraged. - Kansas State University requires a background check. Compensation - Numerous benefits packages. - The salary is competitive. Submission of Materials Candidates must submit two letters of recommendation, a vita/resume and a letter of application to Justin Green, SCTD, Nichols 129, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 or at jmgreen at ksu.edu Screening of applicants will begin January 15th. Applicants are encouraged to send in letters of interest and vita/resumes as soon as possible. Fall 2009 Teacher Evaluations can be sent in separately. Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer. KSU actively seeks diversity among its employees. Applicants are also encouraged to send a brief email letting Justin Green know they will be applying even before there materials are ready. BEYOND THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The debate team receives substantial support directly from the President. We have a roster of 25 debaters to start next year across all three divisions and lose only 1 senior among our top Varsity teams. We are a diverse squad in appearance, background, argument choices, and speaking styles. We like our coaching staff to reflect this. If you like coach a certain set of arguments, we have debaters for you. We are a squad who seeks both to win and have fun debating. If you are not interested in either of the two, please don't apply. All of our coaches coach all of our teams, if you are opposed to working with JV debaters to make them better, KSU would not be a good fit for you. Success as a debater is a plus, but a demonstrated commitment to effective coaching is far more desirable. For those of you who don't know, Manhattan, KS is a phenomenal place to live. Housing is relatively cheap (~400-500 month for a 1 bedroom). Aggieville with many eating and drinking establishments offers entertainment across the street from the school. It is very possible to walk to the school, entertainment, and home. Anyone who desires to party with undergraduates on the team need not apply. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have further questions. Sarah Snider, Joe Koehle and Natalie Pennington can probably also provide additional perspectives. Justin Green, on behalf of the Kansas State Debate Squad, Division of Communication Studies, and Kansas State University From blain at unt.edu Fri Dec 4 15:47:59 2009 From: blain at unt.edu (Lain, Brian) Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:47:59 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Job Posting- Dallas UDA Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. Please distribute. Executive Director Job Description Overview The Dallas Urban Debate Alliance will hire a new Executive Director to assume office in the summer of 2010. The Dallas Urban Debate Alliance (Dallas UDA) is part of the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL). The Alliance is seeking an individual with an appreciation for the educational value of competitive debating, a strong organizational skills set, experience as a competitor or coach in policy debate, an ability to effectively advocate for the Alliance in a large urban school bureaucracy, and a good sense of humor. The Dallas UDA has grown significantly in the first few years of its existence and Alliance teams have competed successfully in the Chase Urban Debate National Championship and in local and regional tournaments outside of the UDL. The Alliance's current director is leaving the post after three successful years in order to attend law school. The Alliance is governed by an Advisory Board comprised of former high school and college debaters, attorneys, business executives, and educators, all of whom are deeply committed to the success of the league. Qualifications: * B.A. degree or higher. * Strong interpersonal skills, negotiation skills, and ability to work collaboratively. * Excellent written and oral communications skills. * Experience in urban education - non-profit, administrative, or classroom - is a plus. * Experience in current high school or college policy debate is a strong plus. * Maturity, judgment, and communication necessary to effectively work with, train, and support urban educators. * Willingness to work evenings/weekends - total working hours will be 40-50, but hours will not always be "9 to 5." * High degree of determination, innovation, initiative, and persistence. * Skills necessary to run debate tournaments, trainings, and site visits to high schools. * Administrative and organizational skills necessary to attend to the business needs of an educational nonprofit organization. * A demonstrated record of performing high-caliber work independent of daily supervision. * Willingness and ability to be trained in the NAUDL model for urban debate leagues and capacity for adapting said model to local needs, under the direction of the Dallas Advisory Board. * Ownership of a vehicle or willingness to ride public transportation to high schools and other sites. Job Description: The Dallas Urban Debate League Executive Director will be the principal programmatic and administrative agent of the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, acting under the direction of the Dallas Advisory Board. The primary responsibilities of the Executive Director are to (a) train and support the Dallas UDA coaches, (b) maintain and increase participation levels at member schools, (c) seed new programs at high schools not yet participating in the Dallas UDA, (d) administer all Dallas UDA events professionally and efficiently, (e) track program inputs and outputs, (f) assist the Advisory Board in preparing for meetings and meeting all business needs of the organization, and (g) execute the Dallas UDA Advisory Board's policies, goals, and directives in running the Dallas UDA on a day to day basis. The Dallas UDL Executive Director will: * Serve as the chief administrator of the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance. The Executive Director will be primarily responsible for effecting two core programmatic objectives: significantly increasing student participation in the league each year, and significantly strengthening the relationship between the Dallas Independent School District and the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance. * Serve as liaison between the Dallas Advisory Board and all of the following: (i) Dallas UDA coaches, (ii) NAUDL in Chicago, (iii) DISD personnel (including high school principals), (iv) key donors (including prospective donors), and (v) outside vendors and contractors who provide needed services to the Dallas UDA, such as public accountants, PR consultants, caterers, and printers. * Plan, coordinate, staff and implement coach, student, and judge training workshops. * Promote and effect high attendance at trainings, and track participation of students and Alliance coaches. * Regularly visit individual schools, providing necessary training and support to both students and coaches. * Provide on-going training, assistance, and support to UDA Coaches through phone, email, and in-person meetings. * Establish operational procedures for UDA Tournaments: Announcements, Registration, Tab Room, Judge Table, Awards Ceremony, etc. * Schedule, promote, arrange, and direct six Dallas UDA tournaments annually. * Chaperone Dallas UDA qualifiers to the Chase Urban Debate National Championship, typically held in April of each year, in Chicago. * Regularly report to and work cooperatively with the Dallas Independent School District (DISD); meet by phone or in-person with appropriate DISD Administrators, as needed. * Negotiate the annual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the DISD - in close coordination with the Dallas Advisory Board. * Implement (and improve) the organization's public relations strategy. Publicize our successes, with the goal of permanently "planting" the Dallas UDA into the Dallas community, so that all individuals whose cooperation we need in order to succeed - e.g., DISD administrators, donors, coaches, principals, students, and their parents - feel rewarded for supporting us. * Coordinate, improve, and regularly update the Dallas UDA web page. * Represent the Dallas UDA Advisory Board at community, school system, development, business, and civic meetings and events. * Plan and coordinate the annual Dallas UDA Awards Dinner, typically held in conjunction with the annual Dallas City Championship tournament. * Keep the records necessary to track, monitor, and assess the programming inputs - i.e., student participants, teacher involvement, contact/training hours, debate programming - and outputs - i.e., graduation rates, college matriculation, grade-point average, standardized test scores, attendance, specific performance assessments, etc. * Report regularly to, meet with, and take direction from the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance Advisory Board. * Maintain all financial records of the Dallas UDL, make regular financial reports to the Board. * Handle compliance with third party officials, so that nonprofit status and any needed certifications are kept up. Additional Information Compensation will be commensurate with experience. Candidates must currently live in, or be willing to relocate to, the Dallas area. Candidates who pass an initial screening process will be interviewed in person by the Dallas UDA Advisory Board, with support from the NAUDL. It is the policy of the Dallas UDA Advisory Board to provide employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender (sex) as required by law. Submit one copy of your CV and a cover letter by January 19, 2010 to both: Craig Budner Chair Dallas UDA Advisory Board 1717 Main Street, Suite 2800 Dallas, TX 75201 Craig.Budner at klgates.com Scott Deatherage Executive Director NAUDL 332 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60604 scott at urbandebate.org Please be sure to send your application materials to both of these individuals. Applica?tions may be emailed or mailed, but not faxed. Please do not phone regarding this position. Questions may be sent to Craig.Budner at klgates.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.ndtceda.com/pipermail/ceda-l/attachments/20091204/9ba2d320/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Dallas Job Posting.doc Type: application/msword Size: 29696 bytes Desc: Dallas Job Posting.doc Url : http://www.ndtceda.com/pipermail/ceda-l/attachments/20091204/9ba2d320/attachment-0001.doc From jd.rollins at mail.utexas.edu Mon Dec 21 10:19:22 2009 From: jd.rollins at mail.utexas.edu (Joel Rollins) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:19:22 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] UT tournament Hotel Message-ID: <22BE5909-CFAD-45C9-ABCF-518F4BA41FA6@mail.utexas.edu> We are three weeks away from the cut-off but are nearing the end of our block. I encourage you to make reservations soon. joel From blain at unt.edu Thu Dec 31 12:53:22 2009 From: blain at unt.edu (Lain, Brian) Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:53:22 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] UNT 2010- Prefs Initialized, please finalize participant information. Message-ID: Colleagues, I hope you are having a happy holiday. Please take a moment and make sure all of your information is final. A total count for food preferences would be helpful as we make final preparations, especially vegetarian and vegan food preferences. Judging preferences are turned on for the site. Should you have any problems, please contact me directly at blain at unt.edu. As a side note, everything is in place and we are looking forward to hosting you, we will have more information coming shortly. We have a reception, planned and there is a special reception on the night of the Seventh to be able to watch the BCA games at the hotel bar and restaurant. Best, -Brian Lain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.ndtceda.com/pipermail/ceda-l/attachments/20091231/55302867/attachment.htm From jbruschke at fullerton.edu Wed Dec 30 15:33:38 2009 From: jbruschke at fullerton.edu (jbruschke at fullerton.edu) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:33:38 -0000 Subject: [CEDA-L] Council of Tournament Directors Meeting -- Final details and call to participate Message-ID: <147D9BCDDD0E46029226AF8D6A9C5171@AD.FULLERTON.EDU> inaugural meeting at 1:30pm on Jan. 6 in room 201 of the tournament hotel at the Berkeley tournaments. The Council was commissioned by the Best Practices Working Group at the 2009 Developmental Conference hosted by Wake Forest. Briefly, the purpose of the Council is to draft and update a document that identifies the best tournament practices, including pairing and rules issues (how to count a bye, how to handle illness, whether to break brackets, etc.). The idea is to identify areas of community consensus concerning tournament practice for issues that are not governed by CEDA and NDT rules (and there are many). The 2 agenda items at the meeting will be to adopt a governance document and commission working groups to tackle individual issues. All materials are posted at www.ndtdebate.com; select the "Council of Tournament Directors" content area on the right. Draft governance documents and possible working group areas are there, as well as the commissioning report from the Wake conference. If you cannot attend but are interested, please review the documents and send me comments via email. I will maintain email contact for the duration of the meeting and post updates to the ndtdebate.com website; my intention is to give all email comments a verbal hearing at the meeting. If you have questions, call me at 714-924-5203 or email at jbruschke at fullerton.edu Thanks! Jon