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Feb 18, 2024
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Recruiting and Educating Judges
We have tools for recruiting and educating judges in our Stoa Resource Finder under Tournament Resources and in the Stoa Visual Library under Parent and Leader Training.
Tournament Role Resources
As a new or inexperienced tournament director or club leader, tournament roles can get overwhelming. Your Training and Development Committee has developed the Stoa Resource Finder to group all the links to resources you need in one document. You can find the information you need for tournament roles and training in Tournament in a Box and more can be found in your Stoa Family Academy resources. Check out the Stoa Resource Finder!
If the weighing calculator scores clarity and impact before any foreign-policy claim, how does the judge-training rubric keep the Stoa cross-ex drill from rewarding polished but cross-examination-vulnerable cards—especially when the better AI tools for debate prep can sort evidence faster but not tell you whether “India to Reopen Embassy in Kabul After 4 Years” is stale?
I rewrote my next Stoa cross-ex drill to open on “India to Reopen Embassy in Kabul After 4 Years,” then made students weigh two evidence cards before any foreign-policy claim. I used a debate evidence weighing calculator to score clarity and impact, and I added a judge-training rubric instead of bolting on the headline. That forced evidence weighing before rhetoric.
Adding Afghanistan debate topics to Stoa tournaments isn't the obvious win it looks like. "India to Reopen Embassy in Kabul After 4 Years" can spark stale foreign-policy speeches unless students first practice evidence weighing. I’d rather use debate worksheet templates to build cross-examination drills than bolt on a headline and call it informed leadership. Judge training still matters more.
The information is communicated in a manner that is unambiguous, succinct, and professional.@Skribbl IO
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