Each town in Connecticut with participating teams, should have a volunteer Town Coordinator.
Registration:
Register with Creative Competitions, Inc to obtain a school membership (details)
Create Teams:
Many teams come back year after year, but each year new teams form. The Town Coordinator can encourage this by doing the following:
- Schedule an information meeting for all interested parents, students and teachers. Helpful resources can be found here
- Recruit new coaches
- Facilitate the creation of new teams by pairing new coaches with students
Mentor Teams:
- Ensure coaches are aware of important dates and tasks
- Ensure each coach has a Program Guide and a copy of their long-term problem
- Encourage coaches to attend Coaches’ Training
- Encourage teams to participate in Odyssey Day
- Coordinate skills workshops or spontaneous clinics (optional)
- Provide mentoring/coaching to teams as necessary
Prepare for Competition:
- Ensure teams register for the state competition (details here)
- Ensure each team provides a judge and a volunteer for competition day.
- Direct coaches, students and families to CTOM’s Tournament Day Information Page
- In some towns, the coordinators arrange for a town t-shirt for tournament day
Prepare for World Finals:
- Mentor teams that qualify for World Finals with tips for fundraising, prop transportation, pin-trading and general logistics
- Ensure that qualifying coaches attend the Word Finals coach information session
Other resources: