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Welcome to

• Safety

• At the Tournament

• Before the Tournament

• Preparing Parents & Managing Expectations

• Tournament Day Procedures

• Forms

• Scoring

• Appeals

Agenda

Appraisers may stop a team’s presentation if they feel it poses a safety risk or damage.

Foot coverings with reasonably impenetrable sole

• Structure Challenge has specific requirements for closed toe shoes for any team member/s and adult helpers placing weights.

Safety gear: gloves, goggles as required by specific challenges

• Structure Challenge has specific requirements – beginning on p. 42 of the challenge. Also covered in Rules of the Road pp. 25-27.

Safety

Capital Region has some specific safety restrictions. Most of these restrictions come from the school districts that host DI events.

There are specific restrictions regarding:

Safety

Lasers and lights

Extreme heat or cold

Open flame

Helium balloons

Smoke or fog machines

Dry ice

Live animals

Open containers of liquid

Silly string

Aerosols

Batteries

Circuits

Chemicals

Weapons

Violence

Peanuts

Your team may NOT use lasers or laser pointers.

Your team cannot use any type of light that produces a

high intensity beam of light which may be of danger to

eyes. Your team may NOT turn off or dim the lights.

Your team may NOT use devices or substances

which produce an open flame or extreme heat or

cold. Extreme heat or cold is defined as temperatures

that can cause damage to bare skin. These devices are

NOT allowed: lit candles, caps, combustion engines, fire

extinguishers, fires, fireworks of all types, flammable

fuels, party poppers, smoke bombs, sparklers, or

substances that explode in any way.

Safety

NO open flame anywhere on campus. No cooking

allowed.

NO helium balloons

NO smoke or fog machines

NO dry ice

NO live animals

NO open containers of liquid

NO silly string

NO aerosols (shaving cream, spray paint, hairspray,

etc.)

Safety

Only unmodified commercially available batteries

are allowed. Any battery that can spill liquids or

materials when tipped is prohibited.

Circuits that use Direct Current (DC) cannot exceed

28V DC between any 2 exposed points in a circuit.

Current limiting devices such as fuses or circuit

breakers are required when a DC circuit will draw more

than 10 Amps and must be placed between the power

source and the devices using the power.

Safety

Circuits that use alternating current (AC) cannot

exceed 120VAC for any exposed connection. A

Ground Fault Interrupter (GFI) must be used for all team

created or modified circuits. A GFI must be used for all

solutions drawing more than 1000 Watts of power.

Note: GFIs are exempt from cost.

Teams should be prepared to produce a Material

Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) showing that items or

chemicals they wish to use are safe. If the team

members want to combine items or chemicals, the

Team Manager must certify on the Declaration of

Independence that the combined use of these items or

chemicals is safe and will cause no harm.

Safety

No weapons of any kind -- benign or otherwise -- are

allowed. This includes paintball guns, BB guns, and air

rifles.

No gratuitous violence. Violence should be “implied.”

No peanuts or peanut products. Some of our

participants have extremely severe peanut allergies.

Please do not bring any peanut products to the

tournament. Even the smell of peanut butter can cause

a serious reaction.

Safety

A nurse/EMT will be on site at both schools for minor medical emergencies

Check the Capital Region website regularly for

updates

www.capital.txdi.org

Safety

http://www.capital.texasdi.org/

Tournament Sites

Vista Ridge High School

200 South Vista Ridge Blvd

Cedar Park, TX 78613

Henry Middle School

100 North Vista Ridge Blvd

Cedar Park, TX 78613

Parking is available at the stadium across from VRHS, as well as at both schools

A shuttle bus will be available to transport you from the stadium to the schools, or walk

There are designated loading zones at the schools for large props and set pieces

Handicapped spots are available at both schools

Parking

HMS

PARKING

VRHS

Buses not to scale

The shuttle buses do not have space to transport large props and set pieces – just people

Allow plenty of time to park and then to get from your car to your destination.

Parking

Checking In

RISING STARS TEAMS CHECK IN

AT HENRY MIDDLE SCHOOL

ALL COMPETITIVE LEVEL TEAMS

WILL CHECK IN AT VISTA RIDGE

Where’s My Challenge?

Challenge Name Color Site

A – Technical Pace of Change orange VRHS

B - Scientific In Plain Sight yellow VRHS

C - Fine Arts Get a Clue blue VRHS

D - Improv Close Encounters pink HMS

E - Structure Musical Mash-up green VRHS

Project Outreach The Meme Event teal VRHS

Rising Stars Change in Direction red HMS

Instant Challenge lt. purple VRHS

X – eXtreme dk. purple HMS

Color Coded Maps and Signs

VISTA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

CHALLENGE A: PACE OF CHANGE

EL D: C418-B

EL I: C410

EL T: B329 – WRESTLING GYM

EL X: B317 – STUDY HALL

ML: BAND HALL

SL: B329 – WRESTLING GYM

CHALLENGE B: IN PLAIN SIGHT

EL D: B109 – CHOIR ROOM

EL I: B103 – BLACK BOX THEATER

ML & SL: B102



CHALLENGE C: GET A CLUE

EL D: 1803 ML: 1813

EL I: 1801 SL: 1811

EL T: 1807

EL X: 1805

CHALLENGE E: MUSICAL MASHUP

STRUCTURE CHECK IN: B316

EL D: B310 - PRACTICE GYM

EL I: COMPETITION GYM

ML: B310 – PRACTICE GYM

SL: COMPETITION GYM



CHALLENGE PO – THE MEME EVENT

ALL LEVELS: C416

INSTANT CHALLENGE

CHECK-IN FOR ALL TEAMS WILL BE IN THE LECTURE HALL

ACROSS THE ROTUNDA FROM TEAM REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN AT

THE VRHS LIBRARY



FIRST AID WILL BE IN THE BREAK ROOM BEHIND IC CHECK-IN

DIME STORE WILL BE ON THE STAGE IN THE CAFETERIA

TEAM MANAGER CHILL OUT ROOM: C423

COFFEE, WATER, TEA AND SNACKS WILL BE

AVAILABLE TO TEAM MANAGERS ONLY

NO TEAM MANAGERS OR TEAM MEMBERS IN THE

APPRAISER HOSPITALITY ROOM


HENRY MIDDLE SCHOOL

CHALLENGE D: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

EL D: A205 ML: A213

EL I: A206 SL: C400 – CHOIR ROOM

TEXAS EXTREME

C402 – BAND HALL TEAM CHECK-IN IN THE HALLWAY

PERFORMANCES IN THE BAND HALL

RISING STARS: CHANGE IN DIRECTION

RS T – D524 RS E – D522 RS X – D520

RS A – D518 RS S – H707 RS D – H706

RS I – H712

Rising Star Team Check-in: H713

At the Tournament

A variety of food will be available for sale in the

cafeteria

FOOD/DRINKS RESTRICTED TO CAFETERIA AND OUTDOOR AREAS

CLEAN UP AND THROW AWAY ALL TRASH

At the Tournament

Trash is YOUR responsibility

•Food in cafeteria or outdoors ONLY

•Keep restrooms clean

•Do not use school dumpsters to dispose of

props

•Help us keep tournament custodial costs down

•Help us remain a welcome guest for future

tournaments

At the Tournament

For Sale at the DIme Store • Pins

• Hats

• Things that glow

• Fun and crazy stuff

• Capital Region T-SHIRTS ($20) If a team advances to State, they will be required to purchase the official Capital Region T-shirt to wear at State so please make sure that they have $20 each to get them.

Now accepting electronic payments!

Before the Tournament

Schedule posted on Saturday Feb. 27 http://capital.texasdi.org

Take note of: Team Name, Challenge, color of the

Challenge, Level and Panel (T, E, X, A, S, D, or I)

Remind everyone about Interference

and Good Sportsmanship

Interference

The team’s solution is theirs alone – Only 7 team members

– Materials: coaches can buy from a team created list

– Must be standard – cutting plywood

– TMs can record ideas – only from the team members

– TMs, parents, etc. may help to move props

– if damaged, parents cannot repair!

– You may not involve the audience

or appraisers in the presentation

– Video and Audio recordings are allowed,

but they are not meant to replace

a live performance (costumes & equipment

used in video must be on expense report)

Parents cannot do hair, make-up, critique appearance,

Reminding team members to do or say specific things, assembling or repairing things… This is interference!

Solution

Skills Challenge

& Rules

All teams must fill out a Declaration of Independence.

Rules of the Road, pp. 17-19

Good Sportsmanship

Expected of Team AND their entourage!

- Good manners toward appraisers (all are volunteers)

- Good attitude toward each other and other teams

- Not causing any interruption or disruption to other performances (cell phones, talking, inappropriate sounds, etc.)

- Do not try to find out other teams’ raw scores

- Do not be in Prep Area when you shouldn’t be - Respect the tournament rules

- Respect the tournament site

Logistics

• How are team members getting to tournament?

• Who is transporting the team’s treasures?

• Has the team made sure everything fits into vehicles?

• Will everything fit through a standard doorway? Keep in

mind that not all Tournament sites will have “standard” sized doorways,

especially in older buildings.

• Tournament Directors cannot guarantee floor space

beyond the dimensions outlined in the Team

Challenge and cannot guarantee ceiling space above

7.5ft (2.29m) high. Your team should be prepared for

this possibility. (Rules of the Road p. 35)

Fix It Box Ask the team what they think they might need

• Duct Tape

• Scissors

• Hot glue gun

• Stapler

• Electric screwdriver

• Large black marker

• Paper, pens

• Nails, screws

• Spare batteries

• Extra copy of music

• Snacks

• Blank pieces of paper

• Poster board

• Costume pieces

Preparing Parents…

MANAGE THEIR EXPECTATIONS!

• Dress Rehearsals are not opportunities for constructive criticism.

• If something does not go the way the team planned, be supportive, not

judgmental.

• Regardless of what happens, recognize their efforts, their journey.

Success is how you define it.

TELL THEM:

• Directions, where to park (where NOT to park) – CARPOOL!

• When to arrive, where to be at specific times

• Challenge name, team name, team number, Challenge Color and Panel

• Use audience entrances; they are NOT ALLOWED IN TEAM ENTRANCE


TELL THEM (cont.,):

• How and when they can help

• YES: Load, unload, clean up after presentation

• NO: FIXING HAIR, COSTUMES, PROPS, SCENERY, cues from

audience, interaction with team during performance

• Be seated AT LEAST one performance before your team’s (doors close

during performances and only open after performance is done)

• Silence cell phones

• Keep younger siblings under control

• Bring healthy snacks *NO PEANUT PRODUCTS*

• Bring cameras


Examples of communicating

with entourage:

Travel Guide For Teams

Available on our website

(http://capital.txdi.org) under Tournament 2016

page 25

and

One Team Manager’s example

http://capital.txdi.org/


Information for your Parents and Fans

To Our Supporters: We have prepared this Information Sheet so that you can find us at our Tournament.

Our team’s Team Challenge is called: ________________________________

Our Level is: ___________________

Our Team Challenge Presentation time is: ____________________________

The Location of our Presentation is: __________________________________

Our Instant Challenge presentation time is: __________________________

Please understand that only our Team Manager(s) can take us to Instant Challenge. When we are finished at approximately ______________, we will meet you at: ____________________________________________.

PLEASE REMEMBER:

Anyone may help us bring our props into the building and take them to the Prep Area and the Launch Area. Once we are in the Launch Area, only the team can handle the props.

NO ONE MAY HELP US PREPARE FOR OUR PRESENTATION. You may not fix our hair, put on our makeup, repair our props, direct our production or do anything that might be considered Interference. We can do it ourselves!!! We really can!!!

After we perform, anyone may help us remove our props from the Presentation Site. We would appreciate your help then.

Travel Guide p. 25


Team: DSHS – “The Dastardly Daredevils of Delton 9”

Membership Number: 750-68594

Challenge E: Verses! Foiled Again

High School Level --- Panel D Follow Green Signs

08:00 Team Manager checks-in

08:30–08:45 Team meets in Cafeteria (see attached maps)

08:45 Unload props and prepare for performance – props/costumes etc.

Parents help carry props. From this point the team needs to get their costumes on, set up their props, panic, etc. ALL ON THEIR OWN. Don’t be tempted to adjust anything—they need to do it all—and they can. If you help them, they will receive a deduction.

09:00 Team Structure Check-in. At least 1 team member with completed copy of pg. 2 of Tournament Data Form.

09:35 Team to Prep Area. Bring props, Declaration of Independence, Expense Report, and 5 copies of Tournament Data Forms. Parents can help carry props etc. but don’t fix anything. Parents take your seats in the presentation room for our challenge – follow the green signs to Panel “D”.

09:40 Team Retrieve Structure from structure check-in area. Do not remove structure check-in form until directed by the prep area appraiser.

09:50 Team Move into Launch area.

10:00 Team Performance

Parents - chances are that something will go wrong during the performance—this is the nature of the challenge. Be supportive, not judgmental. It’s the journey NOT the destination. DO NOT INTERACT AT ALL WITH

TEAM DURING THEIR PERFORMANCE – TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN DEDUCTIONS FOR THE TEAM.

Preparing Parents… 10:15–10:20 When Appraisers finish talking to the Team, Team and Parents Move all stuff out of the room as fast as

possible, and clean up any mess.

10:20-10:30 Parents and team load stuff back into vehicles.

10:30 Check back for raw scores – Team Manager and 1 Team member (30 minutes to file appeal after picking up scores)

10:40-12:45 Free time to eat, relax, watch performances, have fun.

12:45 Team meet me in the hallway opposite I/C Check-in and tXc check-in for warm-ups for tXc

01:00 Team Report to tXc check-in

01:15–02:45 Team in tXc Studio. Parents will not be able to observe this.

02:45 DSHS tXc Performance

Parents will be able to observe this. Parents will NOT be able to watch any tXc performances prior to our team’s performance. Follow the Dark Purple tXc audience signs.

03:00-04:00 Free time to eat, relax, watch performances, have fun.

04:00 Team meet me in the hallway opposite I/C Check-in for warm-ups for Instant Challenge

04:20 Team report to IC check-in Take one copy of Declaration of Independence with you.

04:40 Team enters Instant Challenge

Parents will not be able to observe this. Please don’t ask the team to tell you about Instant Challenge— they may not discuss it with anyone other than myself until after DI Global Finals in May. They will be disqualified if they are found to be discussing the IC.

06:45 Team meet me outside the Gym. Parents – please take a seat in the Gym. NO FOOD, DRINK, or confetti etc. in the Gym.


7:00 – 9:00 AWARDS CEREMONY

All teams receiving 1st place will advance to the state level competition.

Second place teams in panels of more than

15 teams of the same level will also advance to the state competition.

Regardless of the results, please be prepared to reaffirm

how wonderful each team member’s contribution is.

THEY ARE ALL WINNERS FOR COMPLETING THIS JOURNEY!

Tournament Day Procedures

READ THIS DOCUMENT

Travel Guide for 2016 Available at Destination Imagination.org

under Documents

Also available on our website

(http://capital.txdi.org)

http://capital.txdi.org/

Things to Bring to Tournament

• Forms – completed and spare blank set

• Team Schedule – Performance time, Instant Challenge time, meals, award ceremony

• Parent contact list – with Cell Phone numbers

• Fix It box

• Clean copies of the Challenge

• Copies of the script

• Copy of Rules of the Road

• Prop list

• Instant Challenges for warm up

• Snacks and water bottles

COMPETITIVE TEAMS CHECK IN AT VISTA RIDGE HS LIBRARY

RISING STARS TO HENRY MS

Tournament Day Procedures WHO: Team Manager ONLY Please leave the team members with another adult

WHERE: (see the campus map)

WHEN: 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM Note: If you arrive late, go to the Information Desk.

BRING: ALL COMPLETED COPIES of Required Forms:

Tournament Data Forms (5 or 6) Expense Report (1)

Declaration of Independence (2) Team Clarifications 1 copy (if any)

“I Promise” Form for Instant Challenge (1)

Parental Consent, Photo & Medical Release Form - for team members and volunteers under 18 (2)

Photo & General Release Form - for team members, team managers, appraisers and volunteers over 18 (1)

At the Registration Table the Team Manager will:

Sign-in the team

Show all completed forms

Turn in one copy of Parental Consent, Photo & Medical Release Form

Turn in Photo & General Release Form

Pick up tournament programs

Pick up pre-ordered, pre-paid Tournament T-shirts

Required Forms

ALL COMPETITIVE TEAMS: A – E AND PROJECT OUTREACH

• Declaration of Independence – 2 copies

• Parental Consent, Medical and Media Release Forms – 2 per team member

• Team Identification Sign

• Expense Report – 1 copy – NOT REQUIRED FOR IMPROV

• Tournament Data Forms – 5 copies pgs 1-2; 1 copy pg 3

• Team Clarifications – 1 copy if team requested clarification

RISING STARS:

• Parental Consent, Medical and Media Release Forms – 2 per team member

• Team Identification Sign

• Starry Showcase Form – 5 copies

Unloading Sets and Props

Option 1: Drop off at Unloading Zone 30 minutes before your

Challenge Presentation, keep in your car until then.

OR

Option 2*: Drop off by the Cafeteria and store stuff there until you

need to move to Prep Area. *At your own risk. * Limited space available

DO NOT store items in the hallways.

Safety hazard, Fire Marshall issues and possible damage.

Challenge Presentation Procedures

• Only move team’s treasures into the hallways when

absolutely necessary due to space and fire safety

constraints

• Check in 20 minutes prior to scheduled presentation time at Prep

Area for your Challenge Level and Panel

• An appraiser collects and reviews the forms.

• Structure Challenge: structure check in is 1 hr. prior to

performance time

• Just prior to presentation, the team is taken to the Launch Area.

The Launch Area may be on the left, right, or back of the stage.

Tournament Day Procedures

Challenge Presentation Procedures

• Team Manager and non-performing team members sit in the audience.

• The time keeper will introduce your team.

• Photography and Video recording at the TEAM’S DISCRETION.

• The time keeper will say, ”You may begin” or “Time starts NOW.”

• Team members move props, etc. to the stage. Set up time takes place during total Challenge time. *

• The team finishes presentation – or time will be called.

• The team should take a bow!

• The Appraisal team will ask the team questions.

• Props can be removed by parents, team members, etc.

• The Team cleans any debris they leave, with THEIR OWN cleanup kit.

• 30 minutes after performance, Competitive teams can see if Raw Scores are available – 1 team member and team manager pick up (more on this later)

• Rising Stars do Instant Challenge in the same room immediately after the Appraisers talk to them about their presentation.

• Rising Stars are awarded their Certificate and Medals after Instant Challenge.

• Improvisational and Structure Challenges have other specific procedures—see Travel

Guide and Challenges

Instant Challenge Procedures

•Check in exactly 15 minutes before your scheduled time – NOT BEFORE

•Bring Declaration of Independence AND SIGNED PROMISE FORM

•Turn off phones, cameras, tablets, hand held devices etc. to be bagged, sealed, given to Team Manager

•NO TIMING DEVICES ALLOWED IN IC ROOM

•Only 1 TM may accompany the team into IC PROVIDING YOU DO NOT HAVE MULTIPLE TEAMS, and the team gives their permission! If you have multiple teams, you may go in with your last team

•You may be taken to a Holding Area.

•When the appraiser comes to get you, verify you are the right team going to the Instant Challenge for YOUR Challenge!!

No parents or other spectators allowed.

Instant Challenge Procedures

•Team Managers and non-competing team members are seated out of the way.

•The Appraiser will read the Instant Challenge aloud and then tell team to begin.

•The team may ask questions but only AFTER time begins.

•The team may ask how much time is left at any point.

•After the team finishes, or time is called, penalties can be assessed if the team continues working.

•Appraisers will not have a discussion with team (unlike Central Challenge)

•IC Scores are NOT returned to teams.

•Your team may be taken to a Chill Out area.

•What happens in IC stays in IC - remember Rules of the Road and use the Chill Out room if you feel the need to talk about the challenge (but remember that other teams are in there, too, and Rules of the Road still applies)

•The team will exit into the Commons area - Tell the parents!

Forms

Parental Consent, Photo & Medical Release Form - for team members

and volunteers under 18

Photo & General Release Form - for team members, team managers,

appraisers and volunteers over 18

Declaration of Independence

Expense Report

Expense Report Spreadsheet

Tournament Data Forms

Instant Challenge “I Promise” Forms

TEAM MANAGERS MAY COMPLETE FORMS FOR ELEMENTARY TEAMS

USING THE TEAM MEMBERS WORDS. SECONDARY AND MIDDLE

LEVEL TEAMS MUST COMPLETE THEIR OWN FORMS.

Forms

• Forms Parental Consent, Photo &

Medical Release Form

• Required for all participants and volunteers

under 18

• 2 copies

• Hand in one copy at team check in

• Team Manager keeps the 2nd copy

Forms

• Forms Parental Consent, Photo &

Medical Release Form

• Required for all team managers, appraisers

and volunteers over 18

• 1 copy

• Hand in at team check in, volunteer check in

or appraiser check in

Declaration of Independence

We did it all ourselves!

Or, here’s the help we received

Bring 2 copies to the tournament

#1 Central Challenge

#2 Instant Challenge

Expense Report Optional for RS. Not applicable for D, tXc.

List ONLY the supplies, equipment, props, scenery, and costumes

that are a part of your team’s Presentation (live and recorded)

Clothing: Everything you wear that contributes to the solution. Use Garage

Sale or Goodwill prices UNLESS the items were bought new specifically for

this presentation

Equipment: Daily rental rate

Props: All large and small items on the “Stage” including dollies when the

team enters the Performance Site. Coaches remove dollies, fix it boxes,

etc.

Common Supplies: Nails, paper, glue, glitter… Only what you used. Make a

separate list.

Trash: Cardboard, newspaper, etc.

Used functional: Items such as pulleys, casters, etc. should have a cost

Exempt: See Rules of the Road for Clothing, Equipment

Rules of the Road, pp. 21-23, 47

Expense Report


Expense Report Worksheet


Expense Report Values

• Everything in your solution has VALUE.

• Another team should be able to recreate your

solutions for the same cost.

• The prep area appraiser may determine that your

solution is out of budget, after conferring with a

tournament official. If time permits, you can bring it

back into budget by removing objects.


Competitive Challenge Forms

Rising Stars Team Managers

may leave at this time

Additional Competitive Challenge Forms

& Scoring next

Required Forms

• Forms REQUIRED

FORMS

Early

Learning

Technical

Scientific Fine

Arts

Improv-

Isational

Structural Service

Learning

eXtreme

Change in

Direction

Pace of

Change

In

Plain

Sight

Get a Clue

Close

Encounters

Musical

Mashups

The Meme

Event

Parental Consent, Photo & Medical

Release Form – for members &

volunteers under 18

2 per

person

2 per

person

2 per

person

2 per

person

2 per

person

2 per

person

2 per

person

2 per

person

Photo & General Release Form – for

team members, team managers,

appraises and volunteers over 18.

1 per

person

1 per

person

1 per

person

1 per

person

1 per

person

1 per

person

1 per

person

1 per

person

Tournament Data Forms, Pages 1-2 N/A 5 5 5 5 5 5 N/A

Declaration of Independence 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 N/A

Expense Report 1

Suggested

1 1 1 1 1 1 N/A

Team Clarifications, if any N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1

“I Promise” Form N/A 1 1 1 1 1 1 N/A

Starry Showcase Form 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A


Marketing! Use these forms to show off

team’s “extras” A. Checklist of what you bring to Challenge Prep Area

B. Team Choice Elements

– It cannot be a team choice element if it is a required element.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR

• Ask for the specific part of your performance, prop, costume, etc.

that is outstanding or important.

• Be sure to include information about creativity, level of effort and

integration into presentation.

• Tell why these are GREAT – unusual use of materials? Visual

effect? Elegant simplicity? Make up? Back drop? Cartoons?

Forms Matter

This team listed all Costumes as their

Team Choice element

What should they have

asked for?


C. Presentation Elements

Team describes each required component.

• Story – Is it funny? Personal?

• Structure – How was it made? Anything unusual?

• Technical Device – Engineering? Original?

• Scenery – Why is it special? What is GREAT?

BE SURE TO INCLUDE CREATIVITY, LEVEL OF EFFORT AND

INTEGRATION in the STORY

MAKE ME WANT TO “SAY YES“

Reminders

The last three pages of your Challenge

• READ the TRAVEL GUIDE

• READ the Clarifications

• http://www.destinationimagination.org/challenge-program/clarifications

• RE-READ RULES OF THE ROAD

• RE-READ the CHALLENGE

• Ask the team to Self Score – will they get

points for all the required elements?

Components

The last two pages of your Challenge

Scoring Breakdown

• Scoring

Tournament Data Forms 1. Objective scores are based on whether a Challenge requirement was

or wasn’t met. Objectively scored items are awarded full point value if

the required element occurs.

2. Subjective scores are based on the Appraisers’ opinions as to how well

or how creatively your team fulfilled a Challenge requirement. The

scores they award depend on their own personal taste.

3. Zero Scores: If a required action does not take place during the Time

Limit of the performance, or if a required element is missing or does not

appear during the Time Limit, your team cannot be scored on that item.

In that case, your team will receive a zero for that requirement from all of

the Appraisers.

Rules of the Road p. 37

Sample Raw Scores

Challenge Specific Scaling

Deductions Interference

Illegal procedure

– Missing a clarification

– Expense report violation

– Events out of sequence

Appraisers are trained to award points for a requirement and then, if they find that there is Illegal Procedure, to level the playing field by assessing an Illegal Procedure deduction. They do this rather than lower the subjective points for a required element. If the points for a subjective element are lowered because of an issue, the team has no recourse; teams cannot appeal subjective scores. (See The Appeals Process) By assessing a deduction for Illegal Procedure the team knows exactly what the issue is about, and they may appeal the ruling.

Unsportsmanlike conduct – assessed against scaled score! (Parents must be on best behavior also!)

Receiving Your Scores

• The first four team’s scores sometimes are held (about an hour.)

• Approximately 30 minutes after presentation, one team member and one manager may pick up scores.

• The Head Appraiser or Challenge Master will review the scores with you.

• Appeals must be made within 30 minutes of receipt.

Awarding Points for Teamwork Qualities Appraisers might look for:

1. Cooperative Spirit:

– • Positive attitudes and reinforcement of all team members.

– • Absence of negativism.

2. Team-Identified Roles:

– • Tasks may be divided equally among the team.

– • A leader's role is identified immediately or at some point in time.

– • Roles may have been pre-assigned prior to arrival at Challenge site.

3. Acceptance of Ideas of Others

– • Sharing of ideas from many members.

– • Acceptance of ideas of others.

4. Diversity of Ideas

– • Numerous ideas.

– • Ideas discarded and/or implemented.

5. Ability to work through disagreements constructively rather than destructively.

6. Ability to work on a solution utilizing the combined skills of all team members.

7. Ability to come to consensus for the purpose of solving a problem.

Teamwork Qualities

QUALITIES AN APPRAISER MIGHT LOOK FOR

Dominating individual who limits participation of others

Cooperation is minimal

Little sharing of ideas

Some evidence of individual team member roles

Some cooperation

Some evidence of accepting ideas of others

Acceptance of team roles above average

Good cooperation

Sharing and acceptance of ideas of others

Leadership and team roles are easily identified

Diversity of skills mutually respected and evident

Team dynamics are exemplary

LOW

AVERAGE

ABOVE AVERAGE

EXCEPTIONAL

Creativity Qualities

Improv Element Qualities This team did a below-average job with the Element.

The Element was used or featured in the Presentation, but the usage

was not creative and/or was minimal

The Element was not integrated into the Presentation well.

The team did not improvise well with the Element.

This team did a fair job with the Element.

The team used or featured the Element in their Presentation in a

moderately creative manner.

The Element was integrated into the Presentation in an average way.

The team improvised moderately well with the Element.

This team did a great job with the Element.

The team used or featured the Element in their Presentation in a very

creative manner

The Element was integrated into the Presentation in an above-

average way

The team improvised very well with the Element.

WOW! This team did an exceptional and outstanding job with the

Improv Element!

The team used or featured the Element in their Presentation in an

exceptionally creative manner.

The Element was integrated into the Presentation in an outstanding

way.

The team improvised extremely well with the Element.

EXEPTIONAL

LOW

AVERAGE

ABOVE AVERAGE

Creative Use of Materials

Some materials are used in common ways

Minimal integration of materials into Presentation

Materials are used, but few in unusual ways

Materials are rarely combined

Some integration of materials into Presentation

Materials are used, several in unusual ways

Several materials are combined, but rarely more than once

Presentation is enhanced by one or more materials

Most materials are used in unusual ways

Many materials are used in combination, several more than once

Materials are integrated into presentation in humorous, unusual

ways.

Success of Presentation dependent upon use of materials

LOW

AVERAGE

ABOVE AVERAGE

EXCEPTIONAL

Appeals

Team Decision NOT

Team Manager

OR Parent Decision

Appeals

•Appeal to Head Appraiser or Challenge Master

FIRST – within 30 minutes of picking up RAW

SCORES

•Team or Instant Challenge (teams will not

receive raw scores for Instant Challenge)

•If not resolved, then request a DIalogue

•Complete the DIalogue Intervention Form –

include a cell phone number – return completed

form within 30 minutes of receiving it.

Appeals

Items that CAN be referred to the

DIalogue Team

– Deductions for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

– Deductions for Interference

– Deductions for Illegal Procedure

– A Procedural Irregularity

– An Objective or Zero score in a Team Challenge

Appeals

Items that CANNOT be referred to the DIalogue Team

– Subjective scores

– Video recordings, photographs and other images of the team’s presentation

– Questions or concerns about another team

Appeals

The DIalogue Team

– Regional Director, Asst. Regional Director, and at

least one other experienced person.

– The Dialogue team will confer with the Team

Manager, or in the case of the Secondary Level

Teams, ONE Team Representative.

– The Dialogue Team’s decision is final.

Appeals

Appeals after the Tournament

– Contact the Affiliate Director.

– The Affiliate Director will investigate and make a ruling.

– The Affiliate Director’s decision is final.

– Under no circumstances may an Appraiser be

contacted by anyone other than the Challenge Master

or the Affiliate, Regional or Tournament Director. Such

action may result in sanctioning that individual or team.

NO APPEALS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE “GOING

TO STATE” MEETING ON SUNDAY, MARCH 6

Awards

Rising Stars Awards – given to all Rising Star participants for

the courageous, curious and joyous first steps in the journey

of life-long learning

Spirit of DI Award – for spirit, teamwork, sportsmanship,

volunteerism

Renaissance Award – for design, engineering, execution,

performance

DaVinci Award – for knock-your-socks-off creativity Torchbearer Award – for Project Outreach solutions that have

had extraordinary impact in and beyond their local

communities

Awards Ceremony

• Team Slideshow of Schools: Beginning at about 6:30pm.

• Celebrate all Teams in all Challenges: Please be considerate of

challenges that have not been announced by NOT leaving before all

awards are called. Think of how you would feel if your child’s team was

the last one called and no one was paying attention or cheering for

them.

• Advancing Teams: The Announcer will indicate if 1st place, or if 1st

place and 2nd place for any specific challenge, level and panel, will

advance to State Tournament. (Second place teams in panels of more

than 15 teams of the same level will advance.) If your Team is to

advance, please report to the “Advancing to State” Team Manager

meeting the day after tournament as listed on the Regional website

calendar: March 6 at Hyde Park Schools on Speedway.

Advancing Teams: DI State Tournament in ANNA, TX

April 1-2, 2016

Awards Ceremony

7-9pm in Competition Gym at Vista

Ridge HS

PLEASE PICK UP ALL THE TRASH

IN YOUR AREA BEFORE LEAVING

THE GYM

All Will Be Well…

Let the fun begin…