MENTORING PROGRAM
(FOR NEWLY CERTIFIED LEVEL
1 and
2
HCOP OFFICIALS belonging to the BHRA)
ON-ICE TRAINING SESSIONS 2011 - 2012
Attendance at these training sessions is MANDATORY for all brand new officials unless excused prior to the session. Attendance is taken at all training sessions. Please contact Ryan Jackson for updated 2011-2012 information.
We hold several on-ice training sessions for brand new and junior level ice hockey officials with donated ice time provided courtesy of the BMHA (Barrie Minor Hockey Association):
On-ice training sessions will not be held until after "New" Officials attend an OMHA New Officials Certification Clinic in October, 2011.
Arrive at least 45 minutes early for the Chalk talk prior to going on the ice.
NEW 2011 DATES
Session #1
Completed
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at The Barrie Molson
Centre - 7:00 pm to 9:50 pm.
Coming on - Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at The Barrie Molson Centre - 8:20 pm to 9:50 pm.
BRAND NEW & JUNIOR LEVEL OFFICIALS:
Brand New and Junior Level Officials may contact
Ryan Jackson
to find out who your assigned mentor is. When your mentor contacts you - respond.
If you are asked to advise your mentor when you have officiating
assignments, make sure you do so. If you have been contacted by your
mentor numerous times and you repeatedly fail to respond (yet you
successfully receive game assignments at the same email address) you are
sending a message.
The 2010-2011 OMHA Membership Handbook for Officials states on page 23:
ADVANCEMENT OF OFFICIALS
Advancement is largely a self-directed function, in that Officials must shoulder the responsibility for their own future and personal growth.
Supervisors are established to facilitate that movement, help set goals
and targets, and to evaluate performance. The following points hold
true for any level of advancement:
1. Officials must indicate their interest to advance, to their Supervisor.
2. Officials capable & deserving of advancement will be recommended by the OMHA Supervisor to the Area Instructor.
3. Recommendations will be based on on-ice & off-ice performance, abilities, and attitude toward the officiating program.
4. The cost of advancing levels will be borne by the Official.
MENTORING PROGRAM OUTLINE
(For SENIOR Officials who are
Mentors)
See
Ryan Jackson for assignments in 2011-2012
2003 Hockey Canada
New Officials Officiating Development Manual
Please follow the instructions found in Hockey Canada's
Mentorship Guide Book. Also, please print and use the BHRA
Mentoring Evaluation Form each time you go out to look at a junior official.
Leave one copy with your Mentoree and send another copy to Ryan Jackson. When a mentoring program is operating properly it allows Supervisors to focus on Intermediate and Senior officials, while Senior officials help out by mentoring new and junior officials.
Our over-riding goal is to help teach proper officiating techniques to junior officials, as well as to encourage new officials. Please call, or email your mentoree(s) and introduce yourself to them as soon as you receive your assignments. Plan on getting out to see your mentoree(s) once a month. Usually they will not be skating a lot after the end of February so that means we should strive to see them 4 times (Nov, Dec, Jan & Feb). Contact Sue McManus,
our Assignor, to obtain your mentoree's skating times. Sue has a lot on her plate so please make sure we are the ones contacting her.
The mentoring program format is threefold:
A)
A senior official observes a junior level official
officiate monthly and fills out a mentoring form which is reviewed with the
junior official after the game. A copy of the form is left with the junior
official and a copy is sent to Ryan Jackson as well.
B) Two on-ice group training sessions are held each season which are mandatory for all new/junior officials. At one of these sessions we try to arrange an
inter-squad exhibition game with a rep team (A, or AA). This allows new officials to officiate
in a higher calibre game than they are qualified to officiate because the
OMHA supervisors are in attendance.
C) Senior Officials (mentors) skate with their mentoree's at least once per season (or more). These skating arrangements are to be made by each mentor directly with the Assignor, Sue McManus.
When you evaluate a junior official:
Review the procedures manual prior to looking at them. Find numerous positives to tell them
prior to advising them of a couple of things to work on. Always end on an
encouraging note with a reminder of their positives. Remember, what you write should follow this format also. Our goal is to help them improve. Send a copy to Ryan Jackson each time a junior official is evaluated.
Should you observe a new official who is improving fast and who demonstrates good skills, email the supervisors directly. They may get out to look at this new/junior official sooner than they normally would.
