Evaluation Criteria - Gimme 5

[Larks]

I received this e-mail from an AD. I worked one game for this particilar school and work about 20% of my games in this league.

Dear VIT: (ok, I added the VIT part)

I am looking to develop an evaluation system to be used to evaluate officials at games at SCHOOL Z, and possibly to get implemented into the LEAGUE X which currently has no evaluation system. As it stands now, there is no concrete way of evaluating any officials, and I feel some good young officials are being overlooked in our league. An evaluation system being used by all LEAGUE X coaches could provide valuable data to help improve officiating and to help young officials get the chance to move on to the varsity level.

What I am looking for is 5 criteria to evaluate officials on. I would like to get input from coaches, AD's and officials and develope a rating system that is simple enough to be filled out quickly by a coach and sent to one person for compilation.

Over a season, there would be enough data collected from several sources, and this would give an accurrate picture of the officials abilities. One bad game would not neccessarily hurt an official because there will be several other games to evaluate also.

Thank you for your help in this matter

SCHOOL X AD


So...old Dawgs:

Do I even touch this with a 10 foot pole? This feels political to me.

If I do respond: What are 5 evaluation points in your opinion that make the most sense. Remember, this is to be completed by a coach.

Thanks

Larks