Category Archives: CDL Professional Development

General Information The Chicago Debate Commission will offer two Coach Training Courses this summer, as it has for most summers throughout the league’s history. These courses are our most intensive, extended professional development opportunities of the entire season, and are … Continue reading →

The University of Texas at Austin has always been a great supporter of the Chicago Debate League and a great instructional institution for our students and teachers. They have lowered the cost of tuition, room, and board for their Coach … Continue reading →

The Chicago Debate Commission is pleased to announce a brand new set of coaching incentives this 2012/13 school year: the Qualitative Performance Incentives. For the 2013 Qualitative Assessment Project, each school will have four first-year debaters and up to four … Continue reading →

After a successful pilot project in the spring of 2012, the CDL this season launched the first qualitative assessment of urban debaters’ learning, connecting urban debate more closely to academic learning objectives. The Qualitative Assessment Project (QAP) assesses students’ performance … Continue reading →

Register with Carlos Penikis of the University of Chicago Rising Phoenix Debate Society — carlos.penikis@gmail.com. The site of this training is Harper Memorial Library, Room 141, on the Hyde Park campus of the University of Chicago.

The Chicago Debate League has its Coach Training Seminar VII on Saturday, 1/26, 9:00am – 12:00pm, at the Loyola Law School, 25 E. Pearson St. Parking at lots near the Loyola Law School is $10, with validation from the lobby … Continue reading →

This is a reminder that the Chicago Debate League has Coach Training Seminar VI on Saturday, 1/5, 9:00am – 12:00pm, at the Loyola Law School, 25 E. Pearson St. Parking at lots near the Loyola Law School is $10, with … Continue reading →

We would like to ramp up the Mentor Coach Program right after winter break. Part of the call we have now for the additional mentoring is the significant number of schools that have started their debate programs up since mid-November. … Continue reading →