VOLUNTEER WITH TEXAS DECA
volunteer as a competitive event judge at our state career development conference on Friday, February 16, 2024 in Houston, TX! Learn more below.
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Volunteering with DECA allows you to make a real difference in the preparation of emerging leaders and entrepreneurs. Judging competitive events gives you the opportunity to discover the detail and depth DECA members put into their projects. You’ll begin to see how DECA members are ready to make an impact in our world.
As a competitive event judge, you’ll sit across the from students as they present their ideas and solutions to real-world business problems. Students have prepared all year and look forward to this moment as they work to earn a spot at the next level of competition. Students will utilize all of the presentation, professional development, and critical thinking skills they’ve learned over the year, as well as the knowledge they’ve gained in their career cluster to present truly innovative ideas.
We have virtual and in-person judging opportunities. For more details, see the information below.
Want to learn more about Texas DECA and what your role as a volunteer judge will be?
Join one of our informative Zoom calls. Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM | Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM | Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Can’t join at the times available above but want to learn more? Schedule a time to meet here!
is your company interested in sponsoring a competitive event?
Provide 10 volunteer judges to cover an event to become an event sponsors. Event sponsors are listed on each trophy for the event, their logo is displayed each time the event is listed, they are recognized at our volunteer networking session before judging begins, and they have the opportunity to assist in recognizing the ICDC qualifiers on stage at our awards ceremony! Learn more about what events are available to sponsor by clicking on the link below. If you have questions, contact Nicole Willis - willis@texasdeca.org.
volunteer IN-person
For in-person judging, you can choose between Role Plays and Prepared Presentations.
For the ROLE PLAY EVENTS, you will interact with the student(s) in a business scenario, and evaluate their solution to a problem.
For PREPARED PRESENTATION EVENTS, students have spent the Fall semester preparing projects that they will be presenting to you. On the day of the conference, you will evaluate the oral presentation of their project.
In-person judging will take place on Friday, February 16, 2024.
volunteer from anywhere
Written projects will be evaluated virtually prior to the in-person conference.
For VIRTUAL WRITTEN PROJECTS, you will evaluate the written portion of the prepared projects. Evaluation of written projects will take place virtually prior to the in-person conference.
The window for written evaluations will be Saturday, February 3rd to Wednesday, February 7th.
All judging, with the exception of written project evaluations, will be done in person at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX on Friday, February 16, 2024.