TEAM LEADER TRAINING

2015-2016

General Judging Pointso Recruit Team Members o Bring Team member list o Community Judges will be added to your teamo Paper with what to do when- on clip board for team leaderso Final Number of Projects by category o Please wear name tag at all times while judgingo Dress Appropriatelyo Careful with paperwork o Careful with conversationso Do not ask personal questionso Conflict of Interesto Okay if school/ name is on projecto Sign/comment/initial project Hang Tago For categories with large number of projects- Start from each end of tables o Participants get better with each interviewo Turn in paperwork to coordinator at front office in a timely manner,

especially forms with quick turn-around requirement

General Schedule

12:30 PM Mandatory Judge Meeting for all judgeso Organization for Judging

Move Projects Projects may be in the wrong category

Preliminary judging of boards and papers 7:00 PM Nominations due for Best Papers Display team can begin judging for the best

designed board

Thursday

Moving Projects Moving projects -Thursday only Only team leaders may make the decision to

move projects Talk to the receiving team leader Add to project move list at the office front desk Put out project move form

Attach to place project was originally located Designate someone if you can’t be there for the

project move time Front office needs to be told who the designee is

Thursday

Project Hang tags Make sure all judges sign

or initial Constructive comments

only Black out any negative

comments, regardless of who made them

Thursday

Display Display Team can Begin Judging for the best

designed board

Thursday

General Judging FormThursday

Math & Computer Science Judging FormElementary Form Junior/Senior Form

Thursday

Paper Nominationso From category teamo Nominate best 3-5 papers in

each category and divisiono Each division for the paper

team to evaluateo Friday morningo Write the project number and

title from boardo Projects may not have a paper

o If no paper is present, paper cannot be nominated

o Participants may bring paper for interview Friday. Ask for the paper.

o One award from each division

Due by 7:00 PM Thursday

General Schedule 8:00am Paper Team Begins 9:00am Oral Team Begins 9:00 am -12:00 Junior Senior Division Interviews

Place Award Decisions Nominations for Oral Awards

9:00 am -10:45am Elementary Interviews For Biomed, Earth Science, Zoology, Botany, Environmental Science, &

Physics. Place Award Decisions Nominations for Oral Awards Nominations for Most Enthusiastic Speakers

11-12:45 Elementary Interviews For Behavioral & Social Science, Chemistry, Consumer, Environmental Math & Comp Place Award Decisions Nominations for Oral Awards Nominations for Most Enthusiastic Speakers

1:00-2:45 Junior, Senior Team Leader Return for Big Awards 2-2:45 Elementary Team Leaders Return for Big Awards

All awards due by 3:30pm

Friday

Oral Award Nominations• As a team, each category nominates the

best 3-5 speakers in each category • Next, Oral Awards team will evaluate and

make a decision • After interviewing is complete for the

category, nominations should be turned in to the front office

• Oral award team chooses one project from each division

Due Friday before ISEF interviews

Oral Award Form

Due Friday 3:30

Most Enthusiastic Speaker Nominated by category team After interviewing is complete for the

category, nominations should be turned in to the front office

Oral Awards team will then evaluate Elementary Only

Two awards Purpose- Radio interview

Due Friday

Novice Newton Awardso Encouragement awards- for projects

with good creative projects, not everything is together for a place award.

o Elementary Level onlyo No more than 2 from each categoryo Category Team Decision

Due Friday at 1:30 PM

Middle School Principals Award• Applies only to Junior Division Encouragement award-

for good creative projects not quite a place award

• 2 from each category?• Category Team Decision

Friday 12:30 PM Deadline

Pioneers of Science Encouragement award-

for good creative projects not quite a place award

Elementary Level only 2 from each category? Category Team Decision

Due Friday at 1:30 PM

Grand Awards

Possibilities-1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable mention(s).Need to write project number and title Sign and date the form

Junior / SeniorDo not need to fill all spots (Quality) Need paperwork in by 12:30 Friday

ElementaryUsually try to fill all spots,Need paperwork in by 1:30 Friday

Friday

Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Award (ISEF) Applies to Senior Division only 2 student & 1 Alternate to go to ISEF Must be 1st place project

or 1st and 2nd from the same category Team Leaders’ Decision

Due by 3:30 PM Friday

Student Observer to Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF)

Team Leaders’ Decision This award should come from the Junior

Division, but could come from the Senior Division if student is a freshman or sophomore

Student should have a project that has won a grand award

Due by 3:30 PM Friday

Colorado State Science & Engineering Fair Award (CSEF)

20 Positions Must be from Junior/Senior Divisions

only Normally from 1st and Second Places in

category awards Do not send a 2nd Place over a 1st Place

in the same category Team Leaders’ Decision

Due by 3:30 PM Friday

Most Original Project Awards 1 Senior Division 1 Junior Division 1 Elementary Division Must be from a project that has won a category

award Creativity Team Leaders’ Decision

Due by 3:30 PM Friday

Best Overall Project

1 Senior Division 1 Junior Division 1 Elementary Division Must come from 1st place Projects Team Leaders’ Decision

Due by 3:30 PM Friday

Notes (judging forms)—add to presentation <Paper with what to do when- on clip

board for team leaders> Final Number of Projects By category Both before for the team leader meeting

and after