TJ DECA lived up to their motto of “Be Epic” on November 13th as members once again excelled in competition at Johnson and Wales University. Fourteen Spartans qualified for State, a larger number than in previous years, which is even more impressive considering that Thomas Jefferson recently entered a more competitive district. Overall, 60 TJ students competed, which is a growing testament to the strength of the program. For TJ DECA students, the District competition is both an exciting and hectic experience, as they must look and perform their best against hundreds of others aiming for the same goal: State. “Before the competition I felt nervous; this was my first year competing and I didn’t know exactly what to expect,” mentioned State qualifier and senior Brandon Griffith. Griffith further explained that he combated his anxiety by preparing for his performance. He described, “I set myself up for success by going to workshops [seminars at districts that provided helpful advice for …show more content…
Furthermore, students were graded on performance indicators, which are specific items within a role-play that students must answer correctly in order to obtain the best grade possible. Prior to their role-plays, individuals are given 15 minutes, and teams are given 28 minutes, to prepare for their 10 and 15 minute presentations, respectively. In addition to performance indicators, students must be quick on their feet when judges ask questions that force students to make a forceful decision, which they must support with confidence. To determine who makes it to State, the sum of a student’s test and role-play scores are averaged and compared with those in their competitive group, often ranging from 10 to 20 others, of which only two or three will
Starting the night off with an unprecedented victory, St. Johns finally won against Stall High School, who has traditionally outcompeted St. Johns for the past two years, according to Odalis Diaz, team captain of St. John’s academic team. Despite their breakthrough, Diaz was“absolutely not shocked” by their victory, revealing the team’s evolved confidence compared to last year’s performance. Still, the match remained tight as Stall finished the second round
Trainees will demonstrate their ability to individually observe another group’s role play interview and verbally identify two good
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Cole Holbrook and Devin Reich stated the reason for their success was just knowing each other which made them play with confidence. Really stressing the fact that playing together last year was so important in building their chemistry. When asked how close the two of them are Devin said “practically brothers.” I asked Cole and Devin what they plan to improve on from now until the state competition they responded with “practicing a lot” and “practicing with other state competitors. When asked about their plan for state Cole responded with “our goal is to make the opponents cry.” The Talon and myself congratulate Ty, Cole, and Devin on their success and wish them the best of luck as they prepare for state in the
From tryouts till the time we walk off of the state mat, we have one goal. The entire team fights all season. We all work through injuries, tough practices, and even something as simple as a bad tumbling day. In the end we have one target. We will all work to our breaking point until the time they call South Forsyth 7A state champions. One goal.
All the work paid off. During the 2016 national competition in May, I ranked in the top 9 percent of 1,308 competitors, the highest individual performance ever posted by Decatur High School. I’m now team captain and have coaxed a lot of promising freshmen to join.
The strengths are that role playing can be contained and can be started or stopped during the assessment. Role plays will also encourage teambuilding and can increase levels of confidence.
Before any activity, the pupil will need to know what they are going to learn, why they are learning it and how the assessment will take place. The teacher will discuss these with the pupils before the session and when each group of children sit down to start the activity they will be explained to them again. As the pupils get used to assessing their own work, they will find it easier to look at their own work naturally. As well as the objective for the activity, the pupils will need to know their own personalised learning goal so that they can integrate them. One example of how we do this at our setting is by having a learning activity
Pupils are expected to compete in order to achieve better grades than their fellow classmates.
The there are three principle activities that take up my time outside of the classroom: taking part in my school’s DECA chapter, sitting as an elected member on my ridings local conservative riding board, but taking the time to participate and contribute in the Model United Nations community has been my most important experience.
The red curtains open to reveal a blinding bright spotlight and a packed arena. Getting to the National Championship an immense amount of preparation. We had two minutes in front of the judges. We put our hands in the middle of our circle. For the last time of the season, we chanted “LHS cheer!”, and then we were off. The crowd was silent with anticipation. The routine felt like second nature and we ended up doing well. We made it to finals and ultimately took fourth place in the nation. It the first time in five years that our team had placed. It was a long journey getting to this point.
Assessments provide a great chance for the learners to see how they have progressed whilst providing grades that can be recognised against objective criteria.
On February 28, 2005, I experienced one of the most exciting events that anyone could ever experience – winning a State Championship. The day my soccer team made history is a day I’ll never forget. However it is not just that day we won the title, but the whole experience of the preceding season that got us there. From start to finish, my team’s 2004-2005 season taught me that the platitude is true. You can do anything you set your mind to.
My first Nevada DECA state competition was challenging, because it was something I have never done before. As my first year, I was still lack a little bit in confidence and turned away from individual events and supposedly difficult events. Instead,
I competed in the Maine state conference along with hundreds of other DECA members. The category I competed in was sports and entertainment team decision making. I qualified in the state conference which allowed me to be sent to