Monthly Archives: December 2010

Updated Professional Development Reporting Notebook

We’ve updated the Professional Development Reporting Notebook. Congratulations to Jakita Walter, Heather Moorehouse, and Vince Bauer for being the most recent recipients of the Allstate Professional Development Coach incentive. For coaches within two hours of reaching the Allstate Professional Development … Continue reading

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Updated Professional Development Reporting Notebook

We’ve updated the Professional Development Reporting Notebook. Congratulations to William Forcier of Northtown Academy for being the most recent recipient of the Allstate Professional Development Coach incentive.

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Downloading Documents

Over the past few months, there have been several inquiries about downloading documents from the Chicago Debate League Blog.  This post is meant to clarify the distinction between previewing a document (what happens when you click one of our document … Continue reading

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Three Data Items

Three items here regarding data that we require from all CDL schools. (i) We need to get a completed Debate Meeting Reporting Form from each school for each month of the year (note that the tabs at the bottom of … Continue reading

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Chicago Debate Championship Eligibility Roster

Please review the 14th Annual Chicago Debate Championship Eligibility Roster at mid-season. To qualify for the Chicago Debate Championship, a debater must make it to the elimination rounds of any CDL or National Circuit Program tournament. While debaters make it … Continue reading

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Coach Stipends — Second Allocation

[Document added to this note: Aggregated Debate Budget Allocation, which reflects the sum of the first and second allocations from CPS.] Please check the Second Allocation of coach stipends for CDL district schools, set at the level determined by the … Continue reading

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Makeup Coach Training, Wednesday December 22nd

When: Wednesday, December 22nd, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm (3 hours of professional development counting toward first half of the year’s requirement) Where: CDC offices, 332 S. Michigan, Suite 500 What: This training will focus on everything coaches want to … Continue reading

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External Coach Hiring/Screening Information

External coaches (those not employed as a teacher at a school) should look at the following information about how they can get staffed and hired by CPS Human Resources as a miscellaneous employee. This will be something that the following … Continue reading

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Updated CMSDL Tournament Reporting Notebook and CMSDL Medal Count

We’ve posted the updated, post-T2 Chicago Middle School Debate League Tournament Reporting Notebook and Medal Count. Take a close look and let us know if you have any questions about them.

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Announcing the Winter 2011 Allstate Varsity Invitational Teams

The Winter 2011 Allstate Varsity Invitational will take place on January 28th and 29th, 2011 in Northbrook, Illinois, at the national headquarters of Allstate Insurance. Here are the 14 invited Varsity teams, from all four Conferences. Their schools will receive … Continue reading

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