Presentation Day Procedures
Semifinals and Finals:
Prior to the presentations, teachers with teams in the competition will give the Scoring Team their Penalty Point Assessment Forms. The Scoring Team will enter the deductions in the E Squared Averaging Worksheet.
Upon arrival for the oral presentations, the judges’ completed Business Plan Rubrics will be collected. Judges will be provided copies of the Presentation Rubric.
40 minutes will be allocated for each team
- 15 minutes maximum for presentation
- 10 minutes maximum for Q&A by judges
- 10 minutes for the judges to critique the presentation. This is an important element in the learning experience. Judges are asked to provide as much guidance as possible so that the team can improve its business plan and oral presentation for the final competition.
- 5 minutes for judges to complete the Evaluation Rubrics while the next team sets up
To assure accuracy, a Scoring Team of two people, one appointed by Career Partners and one by the Career and Technical Administrator, will use the E Squared Averaging Worksheet to compute total scores.
After each team has made its presentation, the judges will give their Evaluation Rubrics to the Scoring Team.
Teams or members of teams may not be present during oral presentations by other teams until their own teamí’s presentation has been made.
Semifinals:
Evaluation Rubrics will be collected and scores will be tabulated before the end of the final day.
Approximate scores, in the form of a "Level" between 1 and 6 for each of the four scoring categories, will be given to all teams the day after the semifinals in order to help teams address weaknesses. The 'Levels" can be interpreted using the chart on page 5 of the Rules PDF.
Precise scores and the finalists will not be revealed to anyone other than the Scoring Team which is responsible for securing the Evaluation Rubrics. The Rubrics and scores will remain strictly confidential. All teams will then refine their business plans and oral presentation in preparation for the final competition. Those teams going to the finals will be announced no earlier than one week before the final competition.
Finals:
After all presentations have been made, the judges will critique and comment on the presentations in general while the Scoring Team enters the verified score totals in the E Squared Averaging Worksheet which will calculate the judging panel average.
The final average scores will be printed and given to the moderator who will announce the winning team.