The roles of Instructor, Referee, Assignor and Assessor

1. The roles of Instructor, Referee, Assignor and Assessor A Model for the holistic process of referee development

2. For the Good of the Game Referee Instructor Admin/SRC Assignor Assessor

3. For the Good of the Game Goal - Show how roles are integrated - Show how feedback mechanism should work - Show how relationships are symbiotic

4. For the Good of the Game

5. For the Good of the Game Instructor State Director of Instruction (SDI) Paul Mungra North Area Director Jack Deplitch South Area Director Cookie Ketchum Central Area Director Jake Milne West Area Director Chuck Wright Instructors 47 Instructors 15 Instructors 19 Instructors 7

6. For the Good of the Game Instructor Role of the Instructor • Provides area referees with new rule modifications and recerts, etc. • Makes themselves available for clinics consistent with local area needs • Focus instruction based on USSF emphasis; local feedback from • assessors, Area Directors of Instruction and Assessment - Instruction focuses on grassroots application - Why focus on elbows to the head when 98% of your referees are doing U8 games – Shut down the Hypothetical artist

7. For the Good of the Game Referee State Referee Administrator (SRA) George Vergara North Referees 1,959 South Referees 601 Central Referees 551 West Referees 195 ** Note 679 referees did not know what area they are in

8. For the Good of the Game Referee Role of the Referee • Provide service to teams applying knowledge of rules to games • Trains – is physically fit and studies current USSF memoranda • Makes themselves available • Meets recert or upgrade requirements; schedules • assessments goes to clinics, etc. • Action plan with Assessors and Assignors about objectives; • follow up

9. For the Good of the Game Assignor Referee Assignor Liaison Mark Turner North Assignors 39 South Assignors 23 Central Assignors 12 West Assignors 3

10. For the Good of the Game Assignor Role of the Assignor • Develops referees • Assigns appropriate referees to matches • Applies assessor feedback to develop individual referee • Based on area needs schedules recerts; upgrade clinics with • area Instructors • Encourages growth in officials; sometimes by letting go?

11. For the Good of the Game Assessor State Director of Assessment (SDA) Don Torrenti North Area Director Chuck Watts South Area Director Jeff Kelley Central Area Director Frank Carroll West Area Director Mike Renner Assessors 20 Assessors 11 Assessors 14 Assessors 2

12. For the Good of the Game Assessor Role of the Assessor • Evaluates performance of referee with current guidelines etc. • Keeps up to date with current USSF memoranda • Provides feedback to referees, assignors, and area instructors • Follow up with referee about action plan • Identifies rising stars to Assignors, SRA, LAC etc…

13. For the Good of the Game Admin/SRC Goal of the SRC • Develop a feedback mechanism for every Instructor, Referee, • Assignor, and Assessor • Referee – Feedback into system - Volunteers to come up with Pilot Program; Funding from SRC - Referee needs 3 good things and 3 areas for improvement

14. For the Good of the Game Recap • Feedback mechanisms for everyone in the system • In order to be successful there must be constant communication • We are all need each other in order to be sucessful

15. For the Good of the Game I am a slow walker but I never walk backwards A. Lincoln

16. For the Good of the Game Questions ?????? Comments ??????