State of the Referee Program - DELANEY

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

10:15State of the Referee Program

Present analysis of State Referee Program components to the members

Chairman/ SRA

11:00 SRA AddressSRC Highlights of 2011; USSF Structure update; USSF

insight of professional referees; Area Referee Administrator Discussion

SRA

11:30State of the Assessment Program

Provide insights, updates and guidance to assessors SDA

12:00 Lunch – Awards (2011 Assessor of the Year, 2011 Instructor of the Year, Service Awards)

1:00State Youth Referee Program

SYRA State of the Youth Program SYRA

1:15State of the Instruction Program

Provide insights, updates and guidance to instructors SDI

1:45Online Assessor Instructor Test Highlights Analysis

Review of the results and feedback of the annual

requirement that the SRC administered online; identified focus areas for Assessors and Instructors

SDI

2:152012 Areas of Program Emphasis

Highlights of 2012 initiatives and focal areas (George

Mason University Students; Unaffiliated Matches and Implications; Area Referee Administrator Guidance, etc.)

Chairman/ SRA

2:30 Summary of Day Open Discussion with Audience, Breakout sessions, if needed by SDI, SDA, SRA/SYRA, and Assignor Liaison

Chairman/ SRA

3:00 – 4:00 End of Group Meeting – Area Meetings Conducted at this time

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!

January 21, 2012

Fredericksburg, Virginia

State of the Referee Program

Update to Assessors, Assignors and Instructors

State of the Referee Program

Update to Assessors, Assignors and Instructors

Pat Delaney

Chairman, State Referee Committee

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

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

Appointed

Jointly

State Staff

Referee Registrar: Tom Frank

State Match Assignor: Shaun Papperman

Assignor Liaison Cookie Ketcham

Office Manager (aka; Queen): Carol Shaeffer

Bookkeeper: Sherry Karlson

Referee Advocacy Diane Florkowski/

Carla Winters

Area Staffs

NorthArea 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

SouthArea 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

West 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)

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

Paul Best *

Chip Boatwright *

John Defreitas

Pat Delaney *

Doug Engstrom

Tim Ehrsam

Ascencion Gomez *

Wayshak Hill *

Scott Johnson *

Ben Jones

Bob Kuhnle

ACTIVE EMERITUS

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

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

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%

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

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

Is this the correct distribution of referees,

assessors, instructors and assignors?

We need to understand the implications of

these numbers





Area Staffs will be the key to understanding

the impact of theses numbers on referee

development.







development.

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

SRA, SYRA, SDI, and SDA

develop internal goals

for areas of

responsibility

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

Include

Other Staff

Improve communications with

entire state referee program

Assignors,

Administrators,

Assessors, Instructors

and Referees

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

TBD

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

All budgeted categories

of the State Referee

Program

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

TBD


2012 SRA of the State Referee Committee Goals and Metrics

SRA Goal 2012 Applicability Metrics to Measure Success Future

Institute a mentor

program with in the

NEW referee

certification

All new referee instruction using

field instruction as well as class

instruction/// working with the

instructor and new ARA to insure

the program is instituted

1. Completed Yes or No TBD

Identify young referees

to move forward to the

regional and D-2,D-3 pro

matches.

All Grade 7 and above referees

younger than 30 years

1. Identify Top Ten Young Guns

by March 2012

2. Maintain list and move

referees through professional

development opportunities

TBD

Insure the quality of

referees we provide

advancement

opportunities to meet

National Candidate

expectations

Work with the LAC/Academy games

assignor to make sure that all

Academy games assigned have

referees with potential National

Candidate qualities (Does not mean

they have to become candidates)

85% of matches assigned by the

LAC result in passing

assessments by the referees

TBD


2012 SDI of the State Referee Committee Goals and MetricsSDI Goal 2012 Applicability Metrics to Measure Success Future

Implement the Instructor

Evaluation Program

To provide positive feedback

to DCV instructors and

improve their instructional

effectiveness.

Conduct evaluation on 50% of

the instructors in 2012.TBD

Analyze the Referee

Dropout in the DCV

system

To study the referee drop-out

trend in DCV and work toward

a referee retention program

Submit a proposal on a referee

retention program to the SRC.TBD

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 SDA of the State Referee Committee Goals and MetricsSDA Goal 2012 Applicability Metrics to Measure Success Future

Continue to encourage the

upgrade process to State

Assessor

Send a minimum of 2 grade

7 assessors to the State

Assessor Course

Productivity of new State

Assessors by their

contribution to the program

TBD

Improve communication

between Area Directors of

Assessment (ADAs) and

Assignors

Request that ADAs

interface with local

assignors to encourage

referees of all grades to

upgrade to the next grade,

especially 8 - 7 and 7 - 6.

Analyze the number of

upgrade assessments

conducted at each grade to

validate the number of

upgrades

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

they're doing with their

written products

TBD

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

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