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Mentoring
To help promote consistency across Area Q and to aid with retention of new referees, Area Q has inaugurated a Mentor Program. Referees at any level, whether newly certified Regional Referees or longtime volunteers moving up to older age groups, can request mentoring. Volunteers can be mentored at either the Referee or Assistant Referee position. Mentors will observe your game and offer tips for improvement in the area of foul recognition, technique, positioning, and demeanor.
This process can help to disarm the anxiety of refereeing for new referees, while experienced referees can benefit from having good habits reinforced and bad ones brought to light. While the mentoring program is not a ratings system and is essentially informal, the experience is especially to useful for referees on the verge of promotion to the next level, before they stand for official observation (Intermediate candidates) or assessment (Advanced candidates).
Requesting a mentor is easy. At the time you self-assign to a match in Matchtrak, simply check the box that says “mentor requested.” The more advance notice you provide, the more likely an available mentor can get out to your match.
As this program develops, Region 144 hopes that all newly-certified referees will avail themselves of mentoring opportunities during their first few weeks as a referee.
For more information please contact the Regional Referee Administrator at [email protected]
Assessment
Advancement