Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, June 4-9, 2012
NITOC is moving from the picturesque shores of the Pacific Ocean to the stunning setting of the Rocky Mountains. The 2012 NITOC will take place on the beautiful campus of Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, June 4-9. (June 4 for Stoa University - education, training and information classes and June 5-9 for competition.)
Focus on the Family has reserved several buildings, scores of rooms, a plush lawn and courtyard area, dining services, chapel area, and much more for the event. Colorado Springs welcomes families from across the country to enjoy the blue sky, cool evenings, and majestic mountains for the 2012 National Invitational Tournament of Champions.
Now, get working for those check marks. You don't want to miss this year's NITOC!
NITOC 2012 will host 11 Individual Events (Speech Events) grouped into three main disciplines.
NITOC 2012 will host two debate events:
Lincoln-Douglas Value Debate
Resolved: When in conflict, personal freedom ought to be valued above economic security.
Resolved: That the United States federal government should substantially reform its revenue generation policies.
Stoa NITOC Invitations and Seeding
The document attached at the bottom of this page contains further explanation about the Stoa National Invitational
Tournament of Champions. The document discusses the philosophical goals leading
to the creation of the tournament. Next, the dilemma of how to meet and balance
the representational needs of states with differing levels of participation is
discussed. The bicameral National and State Invitational models are
reviewed. The specifics of the point system for seeding using information from
the National Christian Homeschool Speech and Debate Rankings (aka Speechranks) website is explored.
For those who don't like to read or just want to know the
basics:
Stoa is using the open and public National Christian
Homeschool Speech and Debate Rankings website to determine invitations
to the National Invitational Tournament of Champions. Tournaments must meet
certain minimum criteria for rounds competed as specified on the Speechranks
website. Tournament results posted through the end of April will be used for invitational purposes. Expect invitations to be sent out in early May. Expect NITOC registration to open around the same time.
There are two invitational models:
National Invitation Model: Two Green Check Marks
- Two
Green Check Marks next to your name in a NITOC event means you will receive an
invitation to NITOC in that event.
- Green
Check Mark = Winning Record
- Speech
- A
top 40th percentile finish (top 40%) in a speech event at a tournament
- Debate
- A top 33rd percentile finish (approximately) in a debate event at a tournament
- In even-round prelim tournaments approximately one-third of students/teams will achieve a winning record (3-1, 4-2, or 5-3 or better)
- If a student/team does not advance to outrounds, they still have a winning record
- If the student/team advances and loses their first outround, they still have a winning record
- In odd-round prelim tournaments, the same formula cannot be used because one-half of students/teams will be 3-2, 4-3 or better
- To keep the math the same for all tournaments, students/teams with a 3-2 or 4-3 record would need to win at least one outround, making their record 4-2 or 5-3 (thus placing them in the top 33rd percentile). If they lose the following outround they would still have a winning record.
- Students/teams achieving a 4-1, 5-2 or better record in and odd-round prelim event would have a winning record because they would be in the top 33rd percentile of students/teams. Whether they advance to outrounds or not, and even if they lose their first outround, they will have a winning record.
State Invitation Model:
- The
top speaker from each state in each NITOC event will receive an invitation to
NITOC in that event
- The
top two debaters in Lincoln Douglas Value Debate and the top two teams in Team Policy Debate from each state will
receive an invitation to NITOC in that event
- There
are Stoa tiebreakers built in to the State Invitation model
Seeding Competitors at NITOC - Events at the Stoa
National Invitational Tournament of Champions will be seeded based on the
rankings on the Speechranks website. Seeding is based on a student’s three best
performances during the speech and debate season. This provides a motivation
toward continued excellence throughout the year, as that excellence is rewarded
at NITOC.
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