Contest Adjudication: Sharing Your Expertise While Growing as An Educator
Minnesota is blessed with an abundance of highly qualified educators and musicians, but convincing the same to become certified adjudicators has been a challenge. On the doorstep of the prime months for local and regional contests, many managers in the metro, and most managers across greater Minnesota, are again reporting a shortage of judges. The Minnesota State High School League and MMEA encourages music educators, retired music educators, and other interested musicians to pursue certification so that adjudicated events, such as the MSHSL Large Group and Solo and Ensemble contests, are more likely to produce consistent, equitable, meaningful outcomes for students. Not only can judges make or break the contest experience for students and participating schools, being a judge affords active educators the opportunity to connect with other schools and discover new repertoire, and retired educators the opportunity to stay connected and help current students and programs thrive. The MSHSL partners with the National Federation of High Schools to provide an online certification course. The names of certified adjudicators are shared with contest managers. Click HERE to learn more about the certification process.
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