September 23, 2004

 

Dear National or Master Level Official:

 

At the upcoming Officials Certification Clinics, it will be necessary for you to justify your current competency to serve as a Master’s level official at specific events/positions.  A Master level official is expected to have the necessary skills to serve as an event head official at a national championship meet as well as work well with meet management, other officials and athletes.  Master level officials are expected to be the teachers at Officials Clinics and to be active in Association Officials matters which includes officiating at association sponsored meets on a routine basis.

 

The minimum qualifications for an upgrade to the Master level are:

 

  1. Complete three years of officiating at the National level. Complete two years of officiating at the Association level, at all levels of competition (age-group/high school, college, open, and/or masters).
  2. Complete a resume of competitions worked, the events worked, the person responsible for the officials at the meets including his/her phone # and Email address.
  3. Three letters of reference, two from Masters level officials.
  4. Demonstrate a high level of technical expertise and knowledge of competition rules evidencing the officiating skills at specific events/positions.  You would be expected to be capable of heading up an event at a National championship competition and Association-sponsored event. 
  5. Demonstrate that you have officiated at Association-sponsored events, e.g., youth association cross country, indoor and outdoor championship.  This can be addressed with a short paragraph attached to the resume.
  6. Demonstrate that you have been active in Officials Committee business.  Include this in the paragraph suggested in item 5.

 

If you believe you have met these minimum qualifications and you are interested in applying to be considered for an upgrade to the National level, please bring the information with you to the Officials Certification Clinic:

 

  1. A completed application (the application will be available at the clinic) indicating the events/positions you feel qualified at the National level. 
  2. A resume of the competitions you have officiated at as outlined in 2 above.
  3. Three (3) letters of reference that address your technical and management (people) skills.  Of particular interest in the people skills is how you get along with meet management, other officials and athletes:  (a) two current active National or Master level officials, at least one  that has served as a Chief Judge in the event(s)/position(s) you request upgrading  , (b) a meet director or coach, and (c) a Chief Judge in the requested event/skills.
  4. This can be addressed with a short paragraph attached to the resume.
  5. A paragraph attached to the resume expanding on the Association sponsored events you have officiated at, and the service you have provided to the PVA Officials Committee.

 

Once you have attended a PVA Officials clinic and submitted your test along with the information requested above, it will be forwarded to the Certification sub-committee for review.  Once the Certification sub-committee for a recommendation.  The final decision will rest with me as the Officials Chair.   In cases where there may be a question of a person’s experience and ability,  Certification subcommittee and the Potomac Valley Association Officials Committee’s Executive Board may meet to review and decide upon the upgrade request.  You will be notified of your upgrade status of the committee’s action in a reasonable and proper time.

 

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 293-4219 or drbillprice@yahoo.com.

Sincerely,

Dr.Bill Price

Officials Chair, Potomac Valley Association/USATF