JAY DEBATE
Officer & Captain Handbook
2015-2016
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Table of Contents
General Expectations………………………...………..………....………………………………3
Co-President Responsibilities………………………………….………………………………...4
Secretary Responsibilities………………………………………………………..………………4
Treasurer Responsibilities………………………………………………………………………..5
Social Event Chair Responsibilities……………………………………………………………...5
Historian Responsibilities………………………………………………………………………..6
Technology Chair Expectations………………………………………………………………….6
Election & Impeachment Procedure……………………………………………………………..7
Policy Co-Captain Responsibilities……………………………………………………………...8
Lincoln-Douglas Co-Captain Responsibilities…………………………………………………..9
Public-Forum Co-Captain Responsibilities…………………………………………………….10
Congress Captain Responsibilities…………...…………………………………………………11
USX & IX Captain Responsibilities……………………………………………………………12
Original Oratory Captain Responsibilities……………………………………………………...13
HI/DUO, DI, Prose/Poetry, & Storytelling Responsibilities……………………………………14
Captain Challenge Procedure…………………………………………………………………...15
Disciplinary Procedure & Write-Up Form……………………………………………....... 16- 17
Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………………18
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General Expectations for the Officers/Captains of Jay Debate:
Important Note: All duties and responsibilities are to be carried out in a way that is transparent and clear to the
head-coach. Above all, it is your responsibility to help the head coach in the implementing of team rules,
procedures, and expectations. You are held to a higher standard than any other member on the team, and you are
expected to demonstrate leadership by respected the decisions the head coach decides. You cannot overcommunicate the choices you are making for your particular event/duties. In particular, any instructing
responsibility a captain is to carry out should be carried out only after the head-coach has assisted in the lesson
construction, or has approved the material being taught.
Behavior Expectations
Officers and captains are held to a higher standard of behavior than the rest of the team. Officers and captains
will be the example of proper and right behaviors in class, in the hallways, after school, in practices, on buses,
at tournaments, and online. This includes language, pictures, body language, physical gestures, texts, verbal
discussions, and any other form of communication that is viewable by the general public. Officers are to be
people of integrity, and should behave in an upstanding way, even when people aren’t watching.
Officers and captains are also expected to correct behaviors of members who are not following the rules, or
displaying generally unacceptable behavior. Such corrective action must be courteous, professional, and
respectful, and must be supportive of student growth and development.
Attendance Expectations
Officers are expected to not only attend every meeting, but be EARLY for every meeting. It is difficult to run an
effective meeting, if students are hanging around for 30 minutes waiting for the officers to arrive. Officers are
also expected to attend at least 90% of our tournaments. 100% attendance is preferred.
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Secretary
Co-Presidents
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Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 2 years.
 Attended at least 5 tournaments each of the two years as an active member.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend bi-weekly leadership meetings with captains and coaches.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Attend and manage the table during Sophmore Transition camp (typically near the end
of the season).
 Plan, manage, and attend team recruitment at the beginning and end of the school year
(wherever that recruitment may take place).
 Begin all team meetings with an agenda and notes.
 Offer encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members.
 Actively communicate needs to the head coach.
 Assist in planning and managing the Jefferson City High School Capital Classic
tournament, including, but not limited to the following:
o Conducting Awards
o Managing Problems during the tournament
o Welcoming schools and judges at Registration
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 year.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Maintain contact list of all members, parents, Booster members, and coaches.
 Maintain attendance records for meetings at tournaments.
 Create tournament reports/press releases and submits to head coach by the Monday
following a tournament.
 Enter NSDA points online.
 File and organize ballots after a tournament.
 Confirm tournament entry with each captain the Tuesday before a tournament.
 Communicate regularly with coaches and captains for information needing posted on
Twitter and either the team website or Google Calendar on the Jay Debate Drive.
 Maintain and regularly update the team Twitter and Google Calendar with at least the
following:
o Competition Calendar
o Tournament Entries
o Captain Announcements
o Practice Schedules
o Event Labs/Workshops
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Social Events Chair
Treasurer
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 year.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Maintains and updates a budget spreadsheet with funds collected through any
fundraising, donations, and hotel collections.
 Attends monthly Jay Debate Booster Meetings.
 Regularly gives Booster treasurer any money collected through fundraising and
donations to be deposited into our Booster account during the Jay Debate Booster
Meetings.
 Collects hotel money from students attending debate tournaments and deposits each
tournament’s collections to Shelly LePage in the High School Office using the deposit
form.
 Issuing receipts to parents and/or members of the Jay Debate team anytime money is
collected.
 Gives financial report to the team once a month discussing the team’s financial
standing.
 Regularly communicates, advertises, and updates the team of any fundraising activity.
 Maintains and keeps secure the lockbox for the Jay Debate team.
 Maintains an up-to-date spreadsheet with the amount of money currently in the
lockbox.
 Communicates with the social events chair in the event that team money is needed to
conduct events. If event needs money, you communicate with the head coach, upon
which funds will either be approved or not.
 Schedules students for any team fundraising.
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 year.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Schedules and reserves a location for the team picnic held prior to school in August.
 Proposes and communicates any money needed for social events to the Treasurer.
 Schedules monthly team activities for the team to do together (these events need not be
competitive/debate-related).
 Schedules, organizes, and publicizes any team event (lock-ins, showcases, etc.)
 Communicates dates and times of social events to the team secretary to publish on
Twitter and team website.
 Schedules and assists in planning the Year-End Banquet with the Co-presidents.
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Technology Chair
Historian
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Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 year.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Takes regular photographs of the team throughout the year at each individual
tournament and at social gatherings.
 Creates a slideshow for the Year-End Banquet.
 Creates the program for any Showcase event the team may run.
 Maintains contact information for any alumni of the Jay Debate team including
addresses, emails, and phone numbers.
 Regularly shares photos with the team secretary to publish on Twitter and the team
website.
 Maintains judge records for individuals who have judged for the Jefferson City High
School Capital Classic.
 Maintains and regularly updates the team bulletin board.
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 year.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Maintains the team laptop cart every Monday, ensuring the computers are in their right
locations, each with their own charger, and that the computers are in working
condition.
 Maintains a checkout list of laptops that are to be taken to individual tournaments
(confirms which laptops are being taken and the person responsible for said laptop).
 Organizes and collects laptops upon arrival home from competitive tournaments.
 Ensures each laptop has Evernote, Dropbox, and Verbatim installed for team use.
 Regularly updates and syncs the above programs to ensure they are up-to-date.
 Ensures that each student is a registered user on the National Speech & Debate
Association website and knows how to access valuable resources (manuals, webinars,
points, etc.) on the site.
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Elections for the Upcoming Season
 Only individuals that have been nominated by their teammates are eligible to be an officer (co-president,
secretary, treasurer, social events chair, historian, technology chair) for Jay Debate.
 Nominations will take place on the bus ride home from the NSDA District Tournament.
 Only individuals present can be nominated.
 Once an individual is nominated, that individual must receive a second by another Jay Debate team
member before being formally recognized as a candidate for office.
 Upon a second, the member being elected will be given the option to accept/decline the nomination.
 Once all nominations have been made on the bus ride home from the NSDA District Tournament, all
nominated individuals will prepare a speech that specifically highlights the member’s strengths and why
he/she should be considered for the nominated position.
 All nominated Jay Debate members will then present their speeches to the team the Tuesday following
the District Tournament, even if running unopposed. All candidates must give a speech at this meeting
to be formally written on the ballot.
 Speech and Debate team members (of the current year) will vote by ballot at the Year-End Banquet.
Student’s votes will be weighted according to the number of degrees they have earned through the
National Speech and Debate Association. In the event of a tie, the head coach will be the tiebreaker.
 Officers will then be announced at the conclusion of the banquet.
Process for Removal from Office:
Any member of the debate team can move for an officer to be impeached for violating one or more of the
team’s or officer’s listed handbook requirements. The procedure will be as follows:
Removing a Captain
 Submit a written request to the Co-Presidents.
 President will review request and make a recommendation to the Head Coach.
 Head Coach and Assistant Coach will review and assess the request.
 Upon approval of the Head Coach, the entire team will vote on impeachment. Must have a 70% majority
to impeach.
Removing the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Technology Chair, or Social Events Chair:
 Submit a written request to the Head Coach
 Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Captains, and other officers will review request.
 Upon approval, the entire team will vote on impeachment. Must have a 70% majority to impeach.
Officers for the 2015-2016 Competitive Season:
Co-Presidents: Kyle Craft & Delaney Anderson
Secretary: Michael Manda
Treasurer: Lucy Liao
Social Events Chair: George Burson
Historian: Catherine Blotevogel
Technology Chair: Tanner Henley
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CAPTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Policy Co-Captains
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 full competitive year in the event they wish to captain.
 Able to attend the first debate tournament in the event being captained.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Offers encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members
 Informs all novice debaters of case areas that can be debated on the yearly resolution.
 Instructs novice debaters of the Policy essentials and getting them tournament ready. To
meet this duty, captains are responsible for scheduling and communicating to the secretary
the topic(s), times, and dates for those lessons so that they may post them to the Google
Calendar.
 Establishes, communicates, and maintains at least three office hours throughout the week.
The time can be divided according to the individual student's schedule.
 Co-constructs the novice debate case.
 Constructs and delegates for the novice and varsity debaters a negative strategy that consists
of at least 2 Generic Disadvantages and 2 Topicalities (would work well to assign these to
each novice/varsity pairing).
 Assigns each novice with a varsity mentor where arguments and positions will be
collaboratively constructed. All members should be divided according to their speaker
position. Therefore, a Varsity 1st Speaker should only be paired with a Novice 1st Speaker.
 Maintains a database of affirmative cases hit at tournaments, including school name, team
name, and a flow of the case.
 Conducts workshops to develop strategies against the affirmative cases hit at tournaments
and assigns blocks and frontlines to individual policy debate members.
 Maintains the Policy folder on Google Drive, ensuring that all Jay Debate Policy Teams
cases are up-to-date and submitted, as well as posting any resources/notes discussed during
the labs.
 Maintains the Policy Dropbox, ensuring that:
o Affirmative cases and frontlines are organized and posted
o Opposing School Affirmative case blocks are clearly organized (folder tree) and
posted.
o Generic Negative Strategy blocks are clearly organized (folder tree) and posted.
 Establishes due dates and benchmarks for individual/team assignments.
 Schedules and conducts practice debates for Policy Debate teams travelling to tournaments,
ensuring that each team has practiced equally for an affirmative round and a negative round.
 Watches and approves each novice performer for competition to the coaches.
 Confirms tournament entry for their event the Tuesday the entry is due.
 Maintains a log of W/L records and speaker points for all debaters
 Conducts ballot analyses with each novice policy pairing the first three tournaments that
team competes.
 Regularly updates coaches of student progress (both varsity and novice members) at biweekly leadership meetings or when asked.
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Lincoln-Douglas
Co-Captains
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 full competitive year in the event they wish to captain.
 Able to attend the first debate tournament in the event being captained.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Offers encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members.
 Conducts bi-monthly topic analysis discussions to brainstorm the types of arguments
and values that be upheld by the affirmative and negative.
 Instructs novice Lincoln-Douglas debaters of the essentials of value debate, paying
particular attention to case construction, cross-examination strategies, rebuttal strategies,
research techniques, and any other component to assist novice debaters in becoming
tournament ready. To meet this duty, captains are responsible for scheduling and
communicating to the secretary the topic(s), times, and dates for those lessons so that
they may post them to the Google Calendar.
 Assigns each varsity to a novice member where arguments, cases, and positions will be
collaboratively constructed.
 Maintains the Lincoln-Douglas folder on Google Drive, ensuring that all Jay Debate LD
Debater cases are up-to-date and submitted, as well as posting any resources/notes
discussed during the labs.
 Conducts value/philosophy workshops where debaters will extrapolate the philosophy
and develop blocks to the different values.
 Establishes due dates and benchmarks for individual/team assignments.
 Scheduling and conducting practice rounds for all LD Debaters attending each debate
tournament.
 Watches and approves each novice performer for competition to the coaches.
 Confirms tournament entry for their event the Tuesday the entry is due.
 Maintains a log of W/L records and speaker points for all debaters.
 Conducts ballot analyses with each novice LD Debater for the first three tournaments
they compete.
 Regularly updates coaches of student progress (both varsity and novice members) at biweekly leadership meetings or when asked.
 Establishes, communicates, and maintains at least three office hours throughout the
week. The time can be divided according to the individual student's schedule.
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Public-Forum
Co-Captains
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 full competitive year in the event they wish to captain.
 Able to attend the first debate tournament in the event being captained.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Offers encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members.
 Conducts monthly topic analysis discussions to brainstorm the types of arguments that
be upheld by the affirmative and negative.
 Instructs novice Public-Forum debaters of the essentials, paying particular attention to
case construction, cross-fire strategies, rebuttal strategies, etiquette/behavioral
expectations, research basics/strategies, and any other component to assist novice
debaters in becoming tournament ready. To meet this duty, captains are responsible for
scheduling and communicating to the secretary the topic(s), times, and dates for those
lessons so that they may post them to the Google Calendar.
 Establishes, communicates, and maintains at least three office hours throughout the
week. The time can be divided according to the individual student's schedule.
 Assigns each varsity to a novice member where arguments, cases, and positions will be
collaboratively constructed.
 Establishes due dates and benchmarks for individual/team assignments.
 Maintains the Public-Forum folder on Google Drive, ensuring that all Jay Debate PFD
team cases are up-to-date and submitted, as well as posting any resources/notes
discussed during the labs.
 Schedules and conducts practice rounds for all LD Debaters attending each debate
tournament.
 Watches and approves each novice performer for competition to the coaches.
 Confirms tournament entry for their event the Tuesday the entry is due.
 Maintains a log of W/L records and speaker points for all debaters.
 Conducts ballot analyses with each Public-Forum team for the first three tournaments
they compete.
 Regularly updates coaches of student progress (both varsity and novice members) at biweekly leadership meetings or when asked.
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Congress Captain
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 full competitive year in the event they wish to captain.
 Able to attend the first debate tournament in the event being captained.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Offers encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members.
 Instructs all novices interested in Congress of parliamentary procedure and speech
construction. To meet this duty, captains are responsible for scheduling and
communicating to the secretary the topic(s), times, and dates for those lessons so that
they may post them to the Google Calendar..
 Establishes, communicates, and maintains at least three office hours throughout the
week. The time can be divided according to the individual student's schedule.
 Assigns each varsity to a novice member where the varsity will assist the novice is
researching, writing, and answering any questions that may ensue throughout the
competitive season.
 Assigns legislation after receiving the docket from the head coach.
 Establishes due dates and benchmarks for individual/team assignments.
 Maintains the Congress folder on Google Drive, ensuring that all Congressional Dockets
for each tournament are posted and that all speeches for the docket are posted. To meet
this duty, the captain should create a folder tree that has a folder for each tournament.
Then within that folder, there should be a folder for each piece of legislation in the
docket.
 Schedules and conducting at least one practice session before each competitive
tournament offering congress.
 Watches and approves each novice performer for competition to the coaches.
 Confirms tournament entry for their event the Tuesday the entry is due.
 Conducts ballot analyses with each Public-Forum team for the first three tournaments
they compete.
 Regularly updates coaches of student progress (both varsity and novice members) at biweekly leadership meetings or when asked.
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Extemp Captains
(USX & IX)
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 full competitive year in the event they wish to captain.
 Able to attend the first debate tournament in the event being captained.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Offers encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members.
 Instructs novice members on the essentials of domestic and/or foreign extemp. This
instruction should include the following: event description, event preparation, speech
construction, using and filing in Evernote, conducting and identifying useful research,
and practice. To meet this duty, captains are responsible for scheduling and
communicating to the secretary the topic(s), times, and dates for those lessons so that
they may post them to the Google Calendar.
 Establishes, communicates, and maintains at least three office hours throughout the
week. The time can be divided according to the individual student's schedule.
 Divides and rotates research subjects among the members of the USX and IX squad.
 Maintains the USX and IX Evernote accounts, ensuring that each is clearly organized
and that articles are filed, highlighted, and tagged correctly.
 Each captain creates a system in which they can track the number of articles that each
extemper is filing. In addition, both captains establish requirements for how many
articles each extemper should have to file in order to compete at an individual
tournament.
 Establishes due dates and benchmarks for individual/team assignments.
 Maintains the Extemp Folder in Google Drive, being sure to post any resources/notes
discussed during the lessons or given to you by the coaches.
 Schedules and conducts practice speeches for each competitor travelling to each
tournament.
 Watches and approves each novice performer for competition to the coaches.
 Confirms tournament entry for their event the Tuesday the entry is due.
 Conducts ballot analyses with each novice extemper for the first three tournaments they
compete.
 Regularly updates coaches of student progress (both varsity and novice members) at biweekly leadership meetings or when asked.
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Original Oratory Captain
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 full competitive year in the event they wish to captain.
 Able to attend the first debate tournament in the event being captained.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Offers encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members.
 Instructs novice members on the essentials of oratory. This instruction should include at
least the following: event description, speech structure(s), selecting a topic, developing a
topic, using rhetorical devices to elevate and stylize content, audience analysis, audience
adaptation, memorization techniques, delivery, and any other content deemed important
by the captain of oratory. To meet this duty, captains are responsible for scheduling and
communicating to the secretary the topic(s), times, and dates for those lessons so that
they may post them to the Google Calendar.
 Maintains a database of topics on an excel spreadsheet comprising of: general topic,
angle of discussion, and possible sources.
 Establishes, communicates, and maintains at least three office hours throughout the
week. The time can be divided according to the individual student's schedule.
 Maintains a database of topics on a Google Spreadsheet comprising of: general topic,
angle of discussion, an possible sources.
 Maintains the Original Oratory Folder on Google Drive, being sure that each student’s
manuscript is posted and up-to-date. Each student speech should have included: total
words, percent quoted, and a works cited page.
 Establishes due dates and benchmarks for individual assignments.
 May choose to divide novice orators among the varsity orators (highly recommended to
divide captain workload).
 Schedules editing workshops, where varsity mentors and/or the captain will review
novice speeches.
 Provides to the head coach the final edited copy of each oratory for their approval and
suggestions.
 Schedules and conducts performances prior to competition at each tournament.
 Watches and approves each novice performer for competition to the coaches.
 Confirms tournament entry for their event the Tuesday the entry is due.
 Conducts ballot analyses with each novice orator for the first three tournaments they
compete.
 Regularly updates coaches of student progress (both varsity and novice members) at biweekly leadership meetings or when asked.
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(HI/DUO, DI, Prose/Poetry, Storytelling )
Interp Captains
Eligibility:
 Active member for at least 1 full competitive year in the event they wish to captain.
 Able to attend the first debate tournament in the event being captained.
 Able to attend all debate meetings.
 Able to attend 90% of tournaments.
 Maintain at least a C in all classes.
Duties & Responsibilities:
 Offers encouragement, support, and other constructive criticism to other team members.
 Instructs novice members on the essentials of interpretation as it relates to dramatic
and/or humorous literature. Instruction should include at least the following: finding and
selecting the right piece of literature, cutting literature (ChaCha Method/Landscape v
Portrait), annotating literature, character/plot/setting analysis, bringing the character(s)
to life, blocking, memorization, physicalization, pantomime, and any other topics
deemed important by the captain. To meet this duty, captains are responsible for
scheduling and communicating to the secretary the topic(s), times, and dates for those
lessons so that they may post them to the Google Calendar.
 Establishes, communicates, and maintains at least three office hours throughout the
week. The time can be divided according to the individual student's schedule.
 Maintains and organizes the interpretation filing crates/cabinets, ensuring at all pieces
have their own folder with the title, author, type of cutting, and gender recommendation
on the folder’s tab.
 Assigns each varsity member to a novice so that their varsity can mentor and help the
novice select, cut, analyze, and block their piece.
 Ensures each interper (varsity and novice) has a piece of literature by the end of the first
week of September.
 Establishes due dates and benchmarks for individual assignments.
 Maintains the corresponding folder for their event (HI/DUO, DI, Prose/Poetry,
Storytelling) on Google Drive, making sure that each student has an up-to-date cutting
of their piece posted. Captains should also create folders with resources the interpers can
use to help them take their piece from paper to performance (ex: cutting examples,
character analysis sheets, video performances, notes, etc.).
 Scans and electronically files any piece the team has.
 Schedules and conducts performances prior to competition at each tournament.
 Watches and approves each novice performer for competition to the coaches.
 Confirms tournament entry for their event the Tuesday the entry is due.
 Conducts ballot analyses with each novice orator for the first three tournaments they
compete.
 Regularly updates coaches of student progress (both varsity and novice members) at biweekly leadership meetings or when asked.
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Captains for the 2015-2016 Competitive Season:
Policy Co-Captains: Lucy Liao & Kyle Craft
Lincoln-Douglas Co-Captains: Michael Manda & George Burson
Public-Forum Co-Captains: Katie Liu & Ify Anunoby
Congress Captain: Michael Manda
United States Extemp Captain: Kyle Craft
Foreign Extemp Captain: Lucy Liao
Original Oratory Captain: Emma Hull
HI/DUO Captain: Jonathan Satterfield
DI Captain: Spenser Bartholomew
Prose/Poetry Captain: Catherine Blotevogel
Storytelling Captain: Hannah Boyd
Process for a Captain Challenge
Any member of the Jay Debate team can challenge the captain of the event in which they are participating. A
challenge can only be made if the member feels the captain is not upholding the duties and responsibilities of
this leadership handbook. A challenge may only be made once per team member. A team member wishing to
challenge the captain for their position must follow this procedure:
 Create a formal written petition asserting the captain being challenged and the individual doing the
challenging. The petition should include reasons why the challenge is being offered, citing specific
duties and responsibilities they feel are not being dutifully carried out.
 Have the petition signed by 80% of the participants in the event.
 Submit the petition to the coaches.
 Coaches will review the request.
 Upon approval of the request, the coaches and officers will interview the challenger.
 The Committee will then vote. The challenger must receive 75% majority (7 votes) to win the challenge.
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Jay Debate Officer & Captain Handbook
Disciplinary Procedures:
In addition to team members holding their leaders accountable to their duties, the head coach and assistant
coach will observe and evaluate the work conducted by the Jay Debate student leaders. In the rare event that a
leader chooses not to faithfully and dutifully uphold their expectations, duties, and responsibilities, the student
leader will receive a written disciplinary notice where their infraction will be documented and filed. Each type
of infraction will serve independently from one another. Therefore, if the student rectifies or improves upon the
situation in which they were written up for, that student will receive no further disciplinary action for that
infraction. However, if a student fails to improve upon the behavior or later repeats the behavior, the following
disciplinary action will occur:
1st Written Notice: Warning of Improper Behavior
2nd Written Notice: Tournament Privileges Revoked until behavior changes and/or duties upheld
3rd Written Notice: Leadership Title Stripped & New Election will take place to replace
Immediate Removal:
Certain actions/infractions could merit the immediate removal from office. These infractions will be weighed on
a case-by-case basis, and it is at the sole discretion of the head coach and/or assistant coach to make a final
decision. Ultimately, anything that jeopardizes the head and/or assistant coach, the team, or the direction of the
team could lead to the officer being removed from their duties. Most times, students will be given the
opportunity to correct their behavior, however certain cases call for certain actions.
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DISCIPLINARY WARNING FORM
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Student Name: _________________________________
Date of Warning: _______________________________
Position Held: __________________________________
Coach Name: _______________________________
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TYPE OF VIOLATION:
Attendance/Tardiness
Insubordination
Policy Violation/Misconduct
Safety Violation
Unsatisfactory Performance
Other (Specified in Remarks)
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COACH STATEMENT:
Date of Incident: ____________________________
Time of Incident (AM / PM): _________________
Remarks (Explain reasons for warning or discipline, including specific details of incident or violation):
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STUDENT LEADER STATEMENT REGARDING FACTS OF INCIDENT (attached to this form)
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The following correction action must be taken by the leader:
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Date corrective action must be completed: ______________ Follow-Up meeting will be held on: _______________
Consequence if incident occurs again:
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HEAD COACH SIGNATURE:
DATE:
STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: My signature acknowledges that I have received this report and that it has been discussed
with me. I understand that my signature is not an admission of the incident or offense.
STUDENT SIGNATURE:
DATE:
*All disciplinary forms will be held within the leader’s file*
JEFFERSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Jay Debate Officer & Captain Handbook
Acknowledgement:
I accept the conditions in this handbook as binding and shall honor each item contained herein, and I will serve
all disciplinary actions for violating this contract.
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Team Member Name (Printed)
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Team Member Signature
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Parent/Guardian Name (Printed)
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Parent/Guardian Signature