* We are in particular need of judges for our speech rounds. *
You Be the Judge
From April 27-29, the NCFCA will hold the Region V Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament at Cleveland Chiropractic College in Overland Park. Competitors in this tournament have earned the right to compete at this level by performing well at a series of local qualifiers. They will be competing for an opportunity to advance to national competition in South Carolina over the summer. Approximately 175 home-educated students and their families will travel from a five-state region (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE) to compete in ten different speech events and two styles of debate.
Because the league trains teenagers to communicate with people from all walks of life, we need judges from the community who may or may not have any experience judging speech or debate. Although we also use NCFCA alumni and parents to judge, we depend on community judges to evaluate the students from a fresh, “every-man” perspective. So NO experience is required.
How You Can Help…
Here’s how: Register today to judge one or more of these events during the tournament. Because the NCFCA is the third largest speech and debate league in the country and has such great student participation, we are faced with the monumental task of finding over four hundred community judges to evaluate our competitors. We need you! In exchange for your three-hour commitment, you will be easily instructed by our clear judging orientation and thoroughly entertained by our incredible speakers!
If you'd like to judge multiple rounds, we'd love to have you. We provide separate judge orientations for both speech and debate. Once you are oriented for both speech and debate, you can judge as many events as you would like.
To Sign Up Now…
Simply continue scrolling down this page and register to judge one or more events. After you have registered, will you please forward this website address to a friend and ask them to join you for this wonderful event? Honestly, we could not provide such an important, enriching experience for our students without you. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!
Questions? Contact our lead Judge Coordinator Labecca Gibson at VerbatimNCFCA@gmail.com or 785-274-7468 for more information.
Event to be held at Cleveland Chiropractic College, 10850 Lowell, Overland Park, KS. Please park in the parking lot behind the school and NOT in the visitor’s lot in front of the school. Enter the rear entrance of the building and you will be immediately greeted by one of our judge coordinators.
The time listed for your event when you sign up is the time you need to arrive.
We Appreciate Your Help!
NCFCA Regional Invitational Judge Sign Up
Please complete all the fill-in areas below and then check the boxes beside any of the rounds you are committing to judge.
When you are finished, click SUBMIT.
If you have questions, email VerbatimNCFCA@gmail.com or call Labecca at (785) 274-7468.
Please check the appropriate box for EACH round you are committing to judge. The times listed are the times you should arrive at the tournament site.



















 
The tournament location is Cleveland Chiropractic College, 10850 Lowell Ave., Overland Park, KS. Please park in the large lot behind the building, NOT in the visitors' parking in the front.