Your Day As Judge

Kentucky DECA
Galt House Hotel - East Tower

Your Day As a Judge

Judge Registration is Combs Chandler Room
Kentucky DECA will prior to the conference send to you a confirmation letter indicating the event (or events if you choose) and time you are scheduled to judge. All judging takes place on the day of the conference. It is not necessary for you to do any advance work or preparation. Specific industry related knowledge is evaluated in most events through a written exam. Judges interact with the students in interviews, role plays or case studies.

You may park in the Galt House Hotel Parking Garage. Please bring your parking ticket with you as Kentucky DECA will pay for your parking.

As a judge, you will be evaluating some of Kentucky's top marketing students in different occupational events (i.e., finance, hospitality, entrepreneurship, retail, sales and service). Event types vary from role-play situations to prepared presentations to management decision making events. Judges are fully trained on the day of competition and are fully prepared to evaluate the students before competition begins.

Your participation is very important to us, but judges tell us that they and their company benefit as well through:

helping outstanding students reinforce and continue to develop the skills necessary for successful careers;
by demonstrating to hundreds of students, their teachers and parents and to the communities that community services activities like this are important for individuals and for a company.
the great feeling that is experienced when you see what is good about Kentucky's youth and our future. A very nice change from the day to day news.

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Your Typical Schedule: Plan to arrive early so that you may have time to have coffee and Danish in the morning or if you are an afternoon event, arrive in time to join us for lunch before your event. Park at the Galt House Hotel East Tower Parking Lot. Located under the East Tower (Suites). Report to Judge Registration (Room Combs/Chandler). Fill out a Registration Information Receive your event materials, name badge, event guidelines and judge's gift. Review your materials as you have coffee, juice, etc. Take your event materials to your event location An event coordinator will greet you and insure you are in the correct location. The event coordinator will answer any remaining questions you have. You will then begin your interaction with the students Breaks will be provided. Lunch will be provided for all judges. At the end of your event turn in all your materials to your event coordinator. If you have a parking ticket be sure that it has been validated by DECA (the hotel does not do this at the front desk, it must be done by DECA)
*If you are on a half-day schedule and can continue to judge in the afternoon, please inform the DECA staff person. Some events may end a little earlier or go a little later, depending on the number of students and the flow of the event. Please remember that it is crucial for you to serve the entire timeframe of your scheduled event to ensure fairness to all students.
Questions:	judges@kydeca.org stateadvisor@kydeca.org Gary Colvin - 502-330-2620