The Judges Certification

Project

this project is made possible by a grant

of the European Commission

Reasons

• International competitions since

1958

• Increasing influence on quality of

execution

– (Draft) Regulations

– TC (Technical Committee)

• Education of Judges

– So far insufficient to guarantee quality

Aim

• Promoting the professionality and the

development of knowledge and

competences relevant for judging in a

professional way;

• Creating more transparency and

comparablility of judging on various levels;

• By means of an acknowledged system for

the accreditation of (inter)national Judges

in floristry.

Competence profile

• Competence is the capability to

perform a certain task within a

specific context;

• Competence is based on Knowledge,

Skills and Attitudes;

• Competence profile based on input

of a group of renowned judges;

Project events

• February 2010: Application for a Partnership

„Judges Certification and Education“ filed at

the national agency LdV;

• July 2010: application granted!

• September: first preparations during informal

meetings

• October: first taskforce meeting in NL

• January 2011: 1st Plenary in Germany

• February 2011: taskforce meeting Finland

• April 2011: 2nd Plenary in Norway

Project events 2

• June 2011: 1st Pilot in England

• October 2011: 2nd Pilot in Norway

• November 2011: 3d Pilot in Finland

• January 2012: 4th

Pilot in the Netherlands

• March 2012: 5th

/ last Pilot in Germany

• June 2012: conclusive & evaluation meeting

in England

• July / August 2012: finalising documents &

writing the final report for Leonardo.

Competence profile

a competent assessor in colleges or

national exams resp. (inter)national

professional judge floral design is:

a practising florist who develops

him/herself continuously, possesses

specific competences related to judging

and from this background is able to

analyse, value and commentate flower

arrangements in competition and

educational settings.

Competence profile

A professional judge / assessor is:

• A practising florist *

(* can also be a floristry teacher with the right

background and still sufficiently involved in floristry

practice).

• With the right Attitudes

• With the capability/ competences to:

– Analyse

– Value

– Commentate

Attitudes 1

• is reliable

• can concentrate

• can work under stressful situations

• can agree with the purpose of the

competition

• is willing to put efforts in preparing

himself for a judgment

• can carefully read assignments

• can carefully take decisions

• is independent

Attitudes 2

• is able to show empathy for stress of

participants in competition situations

• is open for innovations

• is critical

• is open minded in discussions and willing

to consider different opinions

• is able to stand for his judgment

• has integrity concerning confidential

information

• is loyal to other judges

Analyse

• acting

– can analyse the

assignment

– can analyse the

arrangement

• tools

– has enough

reference on the

cultural field

– has enough

reference on the

professional field

Value

• acting– can compare the

arrangement with the cultural and professional reference

– can decide

– is able to use the Florint 100 points system

– is able to use different

floral design evaluation

systems

– is able to judge according

to the requirements

• tools– has enough reference on the

cultural and professional field

– is aware of the process of deciding: logical / emotional

– understands the Florint 100 point (and/or other) system

– is aware of the different

levels in floral design

– has knowledge of the

competition regulations

– has knowledge of different

floral design evaluation

systems

Commentate

• acting– uses the official

nomenclature

– uses professional terminology and terms of composition in general

– expresses him/herself orally in English in a clear way

– writes down a comment in English if required

– listens carefully to :• chairman

• colleagues of the jury

• candidates

• tools– has enough knowledge of

the official nomenclature

– Sufficient knowledge and command of professional terms in English (& Latin)

– Sufficient knowledge and command to express him/herself orally in English in a clear way

– & to write down a comment in English

– is able to listen carefully

The Assessment System

1. Applying portfolio;

To be filled in by the candidates on beforehand;

2. During assessment:

1. Written analysis of 1 work

2. Judging test;

competition + education pieces

3. Diskussion within candidates group

Observed by the Assessment Committee

4. Interview with the AC

Focus on not yet „proven“ competences

Valuing / commentating specific works

Project outcome

• A detailed blueprint / format for an acknowledged

system for the assessment and certification of

judges in floristry / assessors in exams on national

level.

• All necessary backing documents / instruments like

applying portfolio, checklists, analysing forms etc.

• 5 countries being able to officially implement this

system in their country.

• a group of people having the capability /

competences to execute such an assessment, who

are also able and willing to assist and coach

organisations in other countries with the set-up and

implementation of the system in their country.

Next steps

• Development of an International

Assessment

• Transferring knowledge and skills regards

the national assessment to other

countries, with engagement of delegates

of the actual partners

• Transferring the competences to execute

such an assessment to people in other

countries

Follow-up partnership for the

dissemination at Leonardo da Vinci.

Timeframe

• 2013:

– First official assessments in 5 countries

involved in the LdV project;

– Involving one or two assessors from the other

4 countries;

– Assessment training for coming AC-members

(who need a certificate) during specific

trainings and AC-apprenticeship;

– Specific judging training for candidates for the

national certificate judge in floral design;

– Where possible: partly by organising shadow-

judging during competitions;

Timeframe

• 2014 and further:

– Preparatory meetings in dissemination

countries (Florint members and others);

– Process coaching by dedicated experts of the

actual project group;

– Pilot assessments in the target countries,

involving trained and certified assessors of the

home country plus dedicated experts of the

actual project group;

– Extending training possibilities for candidate

judges and for assessment committee

members;

Consideration

• Get-on-board moment for your organisation!?

We will not be able to handle all other Florint

members in 2013 / 2014!

But: the Leonardo partnership would (if granted)

lower the expenses;

We need to know before end of the year!!!!

• Moment the certification will become compulsory

for Florint’s competitions?

From Europa Cup 2015?

Starting with the national certificate plus

sufficient command of the English language.

Thanks!!

For listening!!