Speech and Debate Judge Interest Form
IMPORTANT: This is NOT the required judging form for the CX Debate State Tournament! If you are fulfilling judging obligations for a school at CX State, or if you are a CONFIRMED UIL hired judge, click here to fill out the required judging form. If you are interested in being a UIL hired judge but have not been contacted by the UIL office, please continue filling out this Judge Interest form.
District UIL Contests (except C-X debate) will be held the weeks of March 23-28 and March 30-April 4.
Region will be held the weekend of April 24 and 25.
State will be the weekend of May 7-9.
Cross-Examination District competition can be held from January 2 to February 9. There will be no C-X debate at Region.
The C-X State Tournament will be held the week of March 16-21.
Information you submit in this form will be publicly available on this web site. Individual contest directors will contact you personally if you are needed. Thanks for your willingness to help.
ABOUT YOU:
First Name: Last Name:
School: Occupation: HS Coach University Coach Student Other
Mailing Address: Address 2:
City: State: Zip:
E-mail address:
Home Phone Number: ( )
Work Phone Number: ( ) Cell Phone Number: ( )
Fax Number: ( )
Are you currently coaching?
Yes No
If you are currently coaching, which conference are you coaching in this year? 5A 4A 3A 2A A Not Coaching
How Many Years Have You Coached?
Name of High School (including city and state) that you attended.
When did you graduate from high school? 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 or before
Did you participate in speech competition in high school?
If you competed in Texas, what is the largest high school conference you participated in? Not in Texas 5A 4A 3A 2A A
Did you participate in speech competition in college?
I am interested and will be available to judge (check all that apply):
Invitational Meets District Meets Regional Meets, April 24-1225 Cross-X State, March 16-21 State Meet, May 7-9
I am qualified to judge the following events (check all that apply):
Prose/Poetry Interpretation Extemporaneous Speaking Cross-Examination Team Debate Lincoln Douglas Debate CX Debate Questions Which best describes your approach to judging policy debate? (Check only one.)
Policymaker Stock issues Tabula rasa Other
Which best describes your priority in judging policy debate? (Check only one.)
Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issues Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance
Which best describes your philosophy concerning evidence in policy debate? (Check only one.)
Quantity of evidence is more important than quality of evidence Quality of evidence is more important than quantity of evidence Quantity of evidence and quality of evidence are of equal importance
CX Judging: Please give us a brief explanation of your basic CX judging paradigm:
LD Debate Questions
Which best describes your approach to judging LD debate? (Check only one.)
Communication skills are more important than resolution of substantive issues Resolution of substantive issues is more important than communication skills Communication skills and resolution of substantive issues are of equal importance LD Judging: Please give us a short explanation of your basic LD judging philosophy:
I've judged in the following number of tournaments this year. 0 1-3 4-6 7-10 11 or more
Please list/explain your preparation/qualifications to judge the events(s) checked.
Please answer the questions below, referring to the following map:
