General & Event-Specific Judging Instructions

Thank you for volunteering as a judge!

You will be checking in at the tournament at 8:00 a.m. in the Judges Lounge.

Please read through the instructions below and let any of the GGSA event directors or your coach know if you have any questions.

GGSA Judging Resources (http://www.ggsa.org/judge-resources.html)

Tabroom.com:
All GGSA judges will need to have an account through Tabroom in order to judge at tournaments. When creating your Tabroom account, please make sure to include your cell number. Most tournament notifications will be sent as text messages. Once you have created your Tabroom account, make sure you strike any child you have competing at tournaments. You do this by accessing your home page on Tabroom which is done by clicking on your email address in the top right corner of the Tabroom website. You can then choose Standing Conflicts on the sidebar on the right, search for your child and choose them as a personal conflict. You could also choose to create a Judge Paradigm to let contestants know about you and what is important to you when ranking them in rounds. The paradigm link is located next to the standing conflict link on your Tabroom homepage.

​Implicit Judge Bias Information: take a moment to get familiar with implicit bias.
Cultural Compenency Training Handout: take a moment to get familiar with cultural competency.
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Congress and Debate Judging Instructions

Congress Judging Instructions

Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum and Policy Debate Judging Instructions
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Parli Debate Judging Instructions
-There will be a Parli judges' online training on Wednesday 1/17 from 7:30-8:30 p.m.. Come join us! All are welcome--event newbies or those needing a refresher! Here is the G-meet link: https://meet.google.com/pjy-zxfd-qse. Contact co-Parli director Vy Linh Nguyen at vnguyen@headroyce.org if you have questions beforehand.

Instructions on How to Complete an Online Debate Ballot Using Tabroom.
Instructions on How to Complete an Online Congress Ballot Using Tabroom.

Speech Judging Instructions
Individual Events Judging Instructions
CHSSA Individual Events Training Video
Tabroom.com Tutorials Using Online Ballots in Speech and Debate

Rules to Note:

*No oral disclosures--just submit your decision and a written RFD.

*Generative artificial intelligence should not be cited as a source; while something like ChatGPT may be used to guide students to articles, ideas, and sources, the original source of any quoted or paraphrased evidence must be available if requested. Students are prohibited from quoting or paraphrasing text directly from generative AI sources like ChatGPT in events in which speeches must be the original created work of a competitor.