Check out new resources and opportunities for you, Coach!
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Submit Topic Suggestions for LD, PF, and World Schools
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Make sure your voice is heard in the topic writing process by submitting topic suggestions directly to the wording committees in Lincoln-Douglas, Public Forum, and World Schools Debate. Your topic wording ideas are essential to provide a foundation for the committees to produce great topics for your students to debate next year!
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Reminder: Take Advantage of the Last-Chance Qualifier
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If you have students who didn't qualify to Nationals or who were unable to attend the district tournament, they still have the Last-Chance Qualifier option on April 24-26, 2025! This is a free, online tournament offered by the NSDA and The Julia Burke Foundation. Registration is open until April 17. Details »
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We're Hiring: Manager of Professional Learning Design
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The Manager of Professional Learning Design will create and manage curriculum content including instructional guides, lesson plans, assessment tools, and multimedia resources that support student learning and coaching effectiveness. In addition, candidates should have significant experience creating professional learning programs, including workshops, webinars, and online courses for educators. This full time, remote position will begin in July or August.
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Teaching with Final Rounds
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Our final rounds are one of our most popular resources with students. Refresh your instruction with new videos—or plan a practice in which students watch a final round and take notes on what competitors do well. Then, have them apply those strategies to their own performances.
Sample Activity » In this activity from NSDA coach Leeann Solice, students watch final round performances, adjudicate, and provide feedback or analysis for each performer. You can make a copy of this activity for a single performance or with ranks and feedback for a round of up to eight competitors.
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Register or Share Upcoming Champion Q&As
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Students and coaches can join Congress and Info national champions for live Q&A sessions!
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Celebrate March Madness with an Impact Calculus Tournament
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While NCAA basketball teams gear up to compete in their tournament, your NSDA students can, too! Use this lesson from Start Here: Teaching Policy Debate to hold an Impact Calculus Tournament for your debaters. On day one, students learn about comparing impacts and formulate their arguments. On day two, the tournament begins! Students deliver short (30-second to one-minute) speeches on their advantages or disadvantages, comparing their impact to their opponents’ impact. Students should address magnitude, probability, and timeframe. Impact turns are fair game! Either have the team vote on a winner or make a decision on your own.
This full lesson and tips for assessment are included in Lesson 10 of the Policy Start Here collection. A similar version with more preparation time for younger students is included in Lesson 10 of Start Here: Teaching Middle School Public Forum. Game on!
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Competition and Rules Leadership Committee Minutes
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The Competition and Rules Leadership Committee met on February 11, 2025, to discuss subcommittee recommendations related to National Tournament affordability and strategies to simplify membership, the points structure, and district levels. Review the full minutes »
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Recognize Students with NSDA Honor Cords
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NSDA students are eligible to wear honor cords at graduation and induction ceremonies. Honor cords demonstrate membership in our Honor Society and, for many, the opportunity to wear them is an enticing part of membership.
School policies vary—check with your admin about whether your students can wear honor cords, and share our letter to help make the case.
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Celebrate Civic Learning Week!
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