Here is the summary of our Greenhill community discussion on paperless debate. Some coaches expressed interest in having another paperless discussion later in the year to see how things are going. If you have suggestions for other future community discussions, please contact a board memb...
- Does your school require you to earn professional service hours? - Do you wish you understood what your debaters are talking about? - Do you want to spend some stimulating intellectual time with your colleagues and begin the school year with confidence?
Now that the topics are out, there is much to discuss! It would be great if we could get a discussion going on the topic options and advantages and disadvantages of each. The college community frequently does this to be able to flesh out the ideas of the topics and be able to understand some o...
NDCA Annual Elections for the Executive Board will take place in the coming weeks. If you believe in the mission of the organization and would like to be a part of the Board's efforts to continue to grow debate, please read on...
Congratulations to our various award winnersTournament Host of the Year - the Greenhill School (TX)Aaron Timmons and Eric Forslund, and the whole Greenhill squad, wererecognized as the tournament host of the year for their GreenhillInvitation season opener. This award is given by the NDCA ExecutiveB...
MILITARY DEPLOYMENTResolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.
Greetings from the NDCA Executive Board! We hope that you have had a restful break and, like us, are looking forward to the new semester. In order to better serve the NDCA as an organization, as well as you the members of the NDCA, the NDCA Executive Board recently voted to undertake some structu...
NDCA Board Statements 2009Hello Colleagues -The NDCA Board Elections ballot is out! We have three open board positions to fill this year. Each elected board member will serve for three years.You may vote for up to three candidates. The deadline for voting is 10/31 - you must be an NDCA member and...
NDCA Ethics StatementThe NDCA Board has passed a version of an ethics statement that we would like the membership body to vote on. This is a statement about behaviors/norms/expectations for policy debate (other debate events will be future projects!). The ethics statement is attached.This is not a...
The 2010-2011 topic ballot is out! If you want your voice to be heard, please send your ballots to Tara Tate at ttate@glenbrook.k12.il.us. You must be a member of the NDCA to have your vote counted - make sure you've renewed by the 10/15/09 ballot deadline!
It's now time to renew your membership for 2009-2010, or to sign up for the first time!Membership forms can be downloaded here: http://debatecoaches.org/join-or-support-us/become-a-member/Thank you for your ongoing support.- The NDCA Board
Debate Season 09-10 - Tournament the first!ResultsSocial Pod: 3 - Daniel Taylor - Westminster2 - Will Thibeau - GBS1 - Layne Kirshon - KinkaidServices Pod:3 - Alex Miles - St. Mark's2 - Andrew Markoff - Bronx1 - Reid Ehrlich-Quinn - DamienSocial Pod:8 - 3rd Kinkaid11 - 2nd Westminster11 - 1st GBSSer...
The 2009-2010 National Debate Coaches Association Open Evidence project is now up! This is a free service that provides debaters and coaches with more than a thousand files from debate institutes across the country. We are still busy uploading files, but we wanted to make them available to you. Y...
It's now mid-summer, and many policy camps are in full swing. For those of you following along at home, this summer provides a host of new electronic lectures for you to be able to access some of the camp education. This allows debaters who are not attending the camp to get a glimpse of the types ...
I've been alerted by Paul Gravely and Kris Wright (both LD coaches in Texas):The Texas Debate Collective (TDC) is a non-profit organization and student organization at the University of Texas at Austin. Created in 2009, the non-profit and student organizations were designed to improve the educationa...
There is a discussion going on over at the vibrant Minnesota Debate Teachers Association forums regarding the passage of a travel ban being applied to sports governed by the Minnesota State High School Association.Steve Fetzik, the debate coach at St. Francis High School wrote:The MSHSL just passed ...
The board of the National Debate Coaches Association is pleased to announce that the NDCA National Championships will be held on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington, DC on April 17-19, 2010. Our tournament host is Jonathan Paul, director of debate at Georgetown. And, once again, we a...
A lot has been written about the “Justin Skarb” evidence that became an issue during TOC and afterwards. This is an attempt to catalogue (1) the known facts, (2) some analysis of those specific facts, and (3) our conclusions about ethics in debate.
One thing I tend to do in the spring is go through the tips and tricks I picked up over the course of the year. This compilation of electronic research advice and tools is certainly not comprehensive, but I hope it makes your research a little easier.