Florint’s Judges

Certification System

JudgCert was made possible by a

grant of the European Commission

Why JudgCert?

• Florint organises international competitions

since 1958

• Increased its influence on the quality of

execution (by national members)

– (Draft) Regulations

– TC (Technical Committee)

• Started education of Judges

– So far insufficient to guarantee quality

JudgCert’s aim’s

• To further the professionalism of judging in floral

design;

• To stimulate the development of knowledge and

competences relevant for judging in a

professional way;

• To create more transparency and comparability

of judging on various levels;

By means of an acknowledged system for the

accreditation of (inter)national Judges in floristry

(+ dedicated training);

Competence profile

• Competence is: the capability to perform a

certain task within a specific context;

• Competence is based on Knowledge,

Skills and Attitudes;

• JudgCert competence profile was

developed, based on input of a group of

renowned judges;

Project events

• July 2010: Application for a Partnership

„Judges Certification and Education“,

granted by the Leonardo da Vinci Fund;

• September 2010 till April 2011:

– 4 Taskforce meetings, preparing proposals;

– 2 Plenary meetings, working out the system;

• June 2011 till June 2012:

– 5 Pilot assessments in the partner countries

(UK, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, Germany)

• June 2012: conclusive & evaluation meeting in England;

• July / August 2012: finalising documents & writing the final

report for Leonardo da Vinci;

Competence profile

a competent assessor in colleges or

national exams resp. (inter)national

professional judge floral design is:

a practising florist who develops him/herself

continuously, possesses specific competences

related to judging and from this background is

able to analyse, value and commentate flower

arrangements in competition and educational

settings.

Competence profile

A professional judge / assessor is:

• A practising florist *

(* can also be a floristry teacher with the right background and

still sufficiently involved in floristry practice).

• With the right Attitudes*

* readiness (conscious / subconscious) to act or react in a

certain way” (definition: Jung)

• With the capability/ competences to:

– Analyse

– Value

– Commentate

Attitudes 1

• is reliable

• can concentrate

• can work under stressful situations

• can agree with the purpose of the competition

• is willing to put efforts in preparing himself for

a judgment

• can carefully read assignments

• can carefully take decisions

• is independent

Attitudes 2

• is able to show empathy for stress of

participants in competition / exam situations

• is open for innovations

• is critical

• is open minded in discussions and willing to

consider different opinions

• is able to stand for his judgment

• has integrity concerning confidential

information

• is loyal to other judges

Analysing competences

• acting

– can analyse the

assignment(s)

– can analyse the

arrangement(s)

• tools

– has enough reference on

the cultural field

– has enough reference on

the professional field

Valuing competences

• acting– can compare the

arrangement with the cultural and professional reference

– can decide

– is able to use different

floral design evaluation

systems (Florint 100

points system)

– Is able to interpret

assignments

– is able to judge according

to the requirements

• tools– has enough reference on the

cultural and professional field

– is aware of the different levels in floral design

– is aware of the process of deciding: logical / emotional

– understands the Florint 100 point (and/or other) evaluation systems

– has knowledge and full

understanding of the

competition regulations

Commenting competences

• acting– uses the official flowers

and plants nomenclature

– uses professional terminology and terms of composition in general

– expresses him/herself orally in a clear way

– writes down a comment in clear language if required

– listens carefully to :• chairman

• colleagues of the jury

• candidates

• tools– has enough knowledge of

the (official) nomenclature (also in Latin)

– has sufficient knowledge and command of professional terms

– has sufficient knowledge and command of the language

– has sufficient empathy and is able to listen carefully

National Assessment

A. The pre-fase (+/- half year):

1. Dedicated training-courses / shadow-judging

2. Filling in the applying portfolio;

B. The assessment:

1. Written analysis of 1 work

2. 2 Judging tests;

competition + education pieces

authentic context, as much as possible

3. Discussions within candidates group

Observed by the Assessment Committee

4. Candidates perform student’s interview

5. Candidates’ interview with the AC

Focus on not yet „proven“ competences

Valuing / commentating specific works

Applying Portfolio

• Backbone of the assessment system!

For candidate: document to collect relevant proof for

attitudes and competences;

For the AC: search and check-tool for evidence as well as

missing proof / points to look at;

• The structure of the applying portfolio has 3 main sections:

– Curriculum vitae of the candidate

– Statement of the candidate

– Competences possessed by the candidate

( this integrates attributes, analysing, valuing and commenting)

• Candidates often underestimate the time to fill in

the applying portfolio!! The filling in is not the

problem; the finding relevant evidence is!!!

Introduction meeting

Judging test

Candidates

discussion

Students’ interview

Interview with AC

AC assessment

Competences complete

ness

relevancy quality Yes Not

yet

The candidate possesses

the right attitudes for a

national certified judge in

floristry design

The candidate possesses

sufficient analysing tools

The candidate possesses

sufficient valuing tools

The candidate possesses

sufficient commenting

tools

Follow-up steps

• 2013: taskforce meeting for the development and

the set-up of an international assessment;

• First “pilot” in Brussels with an integrated national

/ international assessment.

• Continuation with the implementation in the 5

start-up countries.

• Transferring knowledge and skills regards the

national assessment to other countries, with

engagement of delegates of the actual partners

• Transferring the competences to execute such an

assessment to people in other countries

International Assessment

National Assessment

• Preferably in the English Language

Applying portfolio

Additional international parts

Assessing in authentic educational context

Document of proof to be added to applying portfolio

Judging in authentic competition context

Document of proof to be added to applying portfolio

Interview with Assessment Committee

• Preferably in connection to the competition judging part

• Focus on the international dimension & missing proof

• Unanimous decision by the Assessment Committee

The Brussels pilot

Intro meeting

The Brussels pilot

Intro meeting

The Brussels pilot

Judging test

The Brussels pilot

Students’ interview

The Brussels pilot

Candidates’ discussion

The Brussels pilot

Candidates’ interview

The Brussels pilot

Candidates’ interview

The Brussels pilot

The Graduates!

Roles and tasks

• Process (& candidates) coach(& team):

– Pre-fase coach: portfolio and all questions

– Assessment co-ordinator

– Facilities / lodging / catering etc.

• Official observer (auditor):

– Quality assessment and reporting to Florint

• Assessment committee members:

– 3 to 5: need to be certified AC-members

• AC candidate members:

– Assessed “on the job” by AC + auditor

• Guests and observers:

– For publicity and dissemination reasons

JudgCert status quo

• A detailed blueprint / format for an acknowledged system

for the assessment and certification of judges in floristry /

assessors in exams on (inter)national level.

• All necessary backing documents / instruments like

applying portfolio, checklists, analysing forms etc.

• 5 countries being busy to officially implement this system

in their country.

• Several countries shown their interest in implementing the

system

• a group of people having the capability / competences to

execute such an assessment, who are also able and willing

to assist and coach organisations in other countries with

the set-up and implementation of the system in their

country.

Status quo 5 countries

• Finland: 1st national assessment in 2013, 2nd one during

this weekend. Specific elements embedded in own

judges education.

• Germany: 1st national assessment March 2014; follow up

being in consideration.

• Norway: Specific elements embedded in own judges

education. 1st national assessment in preparation.

• UK: working on 1st national assessment as well as 2nd

international assessment in 2015.

• The Netherlands: 1st national assessment in preparation:

– January 20 / 21: training analysing

– April 8 / 9: training valuing

– April 22 / 23: training commentating

– July 8 tot 10: national assessment

Thanks!!

For listening!!