Annual Assessor, Assignor, Instructor and Administrator Meeting Agenda January 21, 2012 Time Topic Purpose Lead 10:00 Welcome Welcome Assessors, Assignors, and Instructors Chairman/ SRA 10:15 State of the Referee Program Present analysis of State Referee Program components to the members Chairman/ SRA 11:00 SRA Address SRC Highlights of 2011; USSF Structure update; USSF insight of professional referees; Area Referee Administrator Discussion 11:30 State of the Assessment Program Provide insights, updates and guidance to assessors 12:00 Lunch Awards (2011 Assessor of the Year, 2011 Instructor of the Year, Service Awards) 1:00 1:15 1:45 2:15 State Youth Referee Program State of the Instruction Program Online Assessor Instructor Test Highlights Analysis 2012 Areas of Program Emphasis 2:30 Summary of Day SYRA State of the Youth Program Provide insights, updates and guidance to instructors 3:00 4:00 End of Group Meeting Area Meetings Conducted at this time Review of the results and feedback of the annual requirement that the SRC administered online; identified focus areas for Assessors and Instructors Highlights of 2012 initiatives and focal areas (George Mason University Students; Unaffiliated Matches and Implications; Area Referee Administrator Guidance, etc.) Open Discussion with Audience, Breakout sessions, if needed by SDI, SDA, SRA/SYRA, and Assignor Liaison SRA SDA SYRA SDI SDI Chairman/ SRA Chairman/ SRA
Begin with Some Referee Humor What's the difference between a striker and a puppy?
Begin with Some Referee Humor What's the difference between a striker and a puppy? Eventually, a puppy will stop whining!
State of the Referee Program Update to Assessors, Assignors and Instructors Pat Delaney Chairman, State Referee Committee January 21, 2012 Fredericksburg, Virginia
Soccer Laws of the Game in Heaven
Things to Take Away from Today You are an integral part of the success of our program The State Referee Committee is committed to improving its communications, instruction, assessment and accountability processes MDCVASRP continues to produce outstanding referees at the highest levels, but there is room for improvement Support for the SRC and Area Staffs will continue to make MDCVASRP a model program for the U.S.
The Holistic View of Our Program You have heard the message before, no referee can be successful without our buy-in of a holistic program. We have to work as one team. The regeneration of the Area Staffs will be the vehicle to drive the process
State Referee Committee Appointed Jointly Chairman: Pat Delaney SRA: George Vergara SDA: Don Torrenti SDI: Kevin Wah SYRA: Bob Perry Youth Representative Christie Bernas Adult Representative TBD President, VYSA* Denise Edwards President, MDCVASA* Jim Sadowski VYSA Board Liaison* Open 7 voting members * non-voting
State Staff Referee Registrar: State Match Assignor: Assignor Liaison Office Manager (aka; Queen): Bookkeeper: Referee Advocacy Tom Frank Shaun Papperman Cookie Ketcham Carol Shaeffer Sherry Karlson Diane Florkowski/ Carla Winters
Area Staffs. North Area Referee Administrator (ARA-N) Brendan Barry Area Director of Instruction (ADI-N) Jack Deplitch Area Director of Assessment (ADA-N) Chuck Watts Central Area Referee Administrator (ARA-C) Bob Martin Area Director of Instruction (ADI-C) Carla Winters Area Director of Assessment (ADA-C) Frank Carroll South West Area Referee Administrator (ARA-S) Sean Kent Area Director of Instruction (ADI-SP) Jeff Lord Area Director of Instruction (ADI-SS) Cookie Ketcham Area Director of Assessment (ADA-S) AG Gomez Area Referee Administrator (ARA-W) Vicki Wiese Area Director of Instruction (ADI-W) Chuck Wright Area Director of Assessment (ADA-W) Mike Renner
Metro DC & VA Program Analysis (2011 National Referees) ACTIVE Terrence Andrews James Brooks Charles Carson Andrew Chapin James Conlee Jeffrey Davis Bill Dittmar Shawn Fitch Guy Kai Goodrich Mark Gorak Moo Hackett Shaun Papperman James Sadowski Steve Taylor Robert Velbis EMERITUS Paul Best * Chip Boatwright * John Defreitas Pat Delaney * Doug Engstrom Tim Ehrsam Ascencion Gomez * Wayshak Hill * Scott Johnson * Ben Jones Bob Kuhnle Allan Lo * Chris Mulholland * Buyng Il Noh Todd Perry Morteza Sajadian * John Schmitz * Dan Stead * Mike Stutt Mark Turner George Vergara * Mike Vogel Chuck Watts * * Registered in 2011
Metro DC & VA Program Analysis (National Instructors/Assessors) Active Brendan Barry Dan Heldman Allan Lo Arn Manella Paul Rapalski Don Torrenti George Vergara Emeritus Martin Hooker Norm Conde
Metro DC & VA Referees by Grade Referee Level Female Male Total Female Male Total National Referee 1 14 15 0.01% 0.20% 0.22% National Referee Emeritus 0 12 12 0.00% 0.17% 0.17% State 1 1 14 15 0.01% 0.20% 0.22% State 2 4 51 55 0.06% 0.74% 0.80% State Emeritus 3 50 53 0.04% 0.72% 0.77% Referee 7 6 81 87 0.09% 1.17% 1.26% Referee 8 1,228 4,321 5,549 17.77% 62.52% 80.29% Recreational Referee 193 430 623 2.79% 6.22% 9.01% Assistant Referee 75 427 502 1.09% 6.18% 7.26% Only 2.66% of Referees are Senior Referees; 3.43% if you include Emeritus Referees Senior Female Referees Moo Hackett National Carla Winters State 1 Vicki Wiese State 2 Emily Grove State 2 Danielle Brzezinski State 2 Shannon Poplstein State 2 Emeritus Female Referees Christie Bernas State Barbara Brandao State Susan Frank State
Metro DC & VA Registrations
Metro DC & VA Registrations 5 Year Forecast If current trends continue, do we have the quality, quantity and systems in place to be successful
State Referee Development Program Is this the correct distribution of referees, assessors, instructors and assignors? We need to understand the implications of these numbers Senior Referees Per Assessor 3.7 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Instructor 68.7 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Assignor 47.93
State Referee Development Program Area Staffs will be the key to understanding the impact of theses numbers on referee development. Senior Referees Per Assessor 3.1 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Instructor 72.8 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Assignor 50.4
State Referee Development Program Area Staffs will be the key to understanding the impact of theses numbers on referee development. Senior Referees Per Assessor 2.6 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Instructor 64.9 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Assignor 60.6
State Referee Development Program Area Staffs will be the key to understanding the impact of theses numbers on referee development. Senior Referees Per Assessor 1.4 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Instructor 62.6 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Assignor 35.8
State Referee Development Program Area Staffs will be the key to understanding the impact of theses numbers on referee development. Senior Referees Per Assessor 2.7 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Instructor 64.8 Senior & Grade 8 Referees Per Assignor 47.1
The Future of Refereeing? MLS Referees are having more and more pressure put on them to have consistency across referees Owners and coaches challenge almost every decision after a match US Soccer has established a command center that evaluates matches in real time and after the fact to understand the variability across the referee program and defend calls when needed
Are we really developing our referees? Who is responsible to fix this? WE ALL ARE. Accountability begins with the State Referee Committee
Challenge to the SRC and the Entire Program Each of us needs to assess our contributions to the program Affiliated leagues/clubs with US Soccer, VYSA and Metropolitan D.C.-Virginia Soccer Association Integration of Assignor, Assessor, Instructor and Administrators in the development of the referee (not just the status quo) Open and Transparent Communications Support of State Referee Committee Stated Goals and Objectives
2011 SRC Objectives/Goals (How Did We Do) Move recertification exam to online tests Improve internal and external SRC communication Revive Area Referee Administrators and foster creativity and consistency in referee development program Execute surveys of membership to solicit feedback and ideas Continue with Referee Academy opportunities at VYSA State Cup Competition/MDCVSA Neptune Classic Initiate concept for100% referee feedback program
2012 SRC DRAFT Objectives/Goals 2012 Chairman of the State Referee Committee Goals and Metrics Chairman Goal 2012 Applicability Metrics to Measure Success Future Develop programmatic evaluation system for the entire State Referee Committee Improve communications with entire state referee program Establish, maintain and audit the nearly $300,000 annual State Referee Program budget to insure that SRC investments are providing the best value to the dollar invested SRA, SYRA, SDI, and SDA develop internal goals for areas of responsibility Assignors, Administrators, Assessors, Instructors and Referees All budgeted categories of the State Referee Program 1. 100% defined and evaluated measures at the January 2013 SRC meeting 2. Provide feedback to State Referee Committee members concerning performance of the program no later than December 2012 1. 75% of SRC Meeting DRAFT minutes published on the web NLT 72 hours after completion of the email and program notified via email 2. Update and publish a 2012 version of the MDCVA SRP Policy Manual no later than June 2012 3. Attend 100% of SRC Meetings in 2012 4. Interface with the Amateur Association and Youth Associations at their monthly board meetings at least 2 times in 2012 1. By June 2012, develop and define metrics that evaluate the Benefit to Cost ratio of potential investments of SRC funds 2. Align 2012 Budget Year with 2012Operational Year to create a better understanding of spending and consistency in bookkeeping processes Include Other Staff TBD TBD
2012 SRC DRAFT Objectives/Goals 2012 SRA of the State Referee Committee Goals and Metrics SRA Goal 2012 Applicability Metrics to Measure Success Future All new referee instruction using Institute a mentor field instruction as well as class program with in the instruction///working with the 1. Completed Yes or No TBD NEW referee instructor and new ARA to insure certification the program is instituted Identify young referees to move forward to the All Grade 7 and above referees regional and D-2,D-3 pro younger than 30 years matches. Insure the quality of referees we provide advancement opportunities to meet National Candidate expectations Work with the LAC/Academy games assignorto make sure that all Academy games assigned have referees with potential National Candidate qualities (Does not mean they have to become candidates) 1. Identify Top Ten Young Guns by March 2012 2. Maintain list and move referees through professional development opportunities 85% of matches assigned by the LAC result in passing assessments by the referees TBD TBD
2012 SRC DRAFT Objectives/Goals 2012 SDI of the State Referee Committee Goals and Metrics SDI Goal 2012 Applicability Metrics to Measure Success Future To provide positive feedback Implement the Instructor to DCV instructors and Conduct evaluation on 50% of TBD Evaluation Program improve their instructional the instructors in 2012. effectiveness. Analyze the Referee To study the referee drop-out Submit a proposal on a referee Dropout in the DCV trend in DCV and work toward TBD retention program to the SRC. system a referee retention program Incorporate the use of the USSF online training modules in the DCV New Grade 8 classes Work with instructors to create a method to use the USSF online training modules in our New Grade 8 class so that we can spend more class time on more complicated laws and field module. 20% of the new classes using the USSF online modules by end of 2012 and 50% in 2013. TBD
2012 SRC DRAFT Objectives/Goals 2012 SDA of the State Referee Committee Goals and Metrics SDA Goal 2012 Applicability Metrics to Measure Success Future Continue to encourage the Send a minimum of 2 grade Productivity of new State upgrade process to State Assessor 7 assessors to the State Assessor Course Assessors by their contribution to the program TBD Request that ADAs Analyze the number of Improve communication interface with local upgrade assessments between Area Directors of assignors to encourage conducted at each grade to Assessment (ADAs) and referees of all grades to validate the number of Assignors upgrade to the next grade, upgrades especially 8-7 and 7-6. TBD Ensure that proper feedback is being provided to assessed referees within the prescribed USSF policies Regularly scrutinize of assessment reports to confirm submission within the proper timeframe Provide feedback to assessors, whether positive or negative to advise them how TBD they're doing with their written products
End with Some Humor At one point during a soccer game, the coach said to one of his young players, "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?" The little boy nodded in the affirmative. "Do you understand that what matters is how we play together as a team?" The little boy nodded yes. "So," the coach continued, "when offside is called, or a handball is not called, you don't argue or curse or attack the referee. Do you understand all that?" Again the little boy nodded. "Good," said the coach. Now go over there and explain it to your mother.
The Truth Revealed
Open Discussion