Accelerating advancement of sports officials
professionally and personally
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SUPPORT / EVENT STAFFING
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SUPPORT / EVENT STAFFING
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SUPPORT / EVENT STAFFING
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SUPPORT / EVENT STAFFING
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SUPPORT / EVENT STAFFING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR SUPPORT / EVENT STAFFING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Who we serve
Each of us was a ROOKIE at some point. We are big on recruiting passionate people and believe the diversity of those recruits is paramount for overall growth of our craft.
This group is our core group. We created WeAreRefs for these officials that fall into this group. Experienced official just striving to be the best official he/she can be. This forum will allow you to get some "secret sauce" and seasoning to excel.
This group of officials will be on a guided path to the college camps and college conference affiliation. We have seasoned Professional and college officials that will provide support and feedback throughout your journey to the next level
A starting point to becoming an official
Rules, Field, Preparation program is committed to increasing recruitment; participation and expanding diversity in football and basketball officiating.
Leadership Development
- 1:1 meetings - We believe the 1:1 meeting is the most powerful leadership development tool an official has. We allow collaborative working environments to build meeting agendas, track progress, and ask intentional questions in your 1:1 meetings. Our goal is growth in EVERY meeting.
- Better Crew meetings - Stop wasting time on crew group texts and meetings and start leading your team through action-oriented conversations. Whether you're in a 2-person youth crew, 5-person Friday night crew or a 8-person crew preparing for the Super Bowl, stay focused on team efforts
- Clear Goals Identified - Every official should have clearly documented goals that allow them to measure success. By keeping these goals front and center, we can track progress and realign priorities to boost financial gain, productivity and clarity.
- Prioritizing Our Passionate Officials - Developing people into officials who lead begins with knowing them deeply. We create profile cards allowing seamlessly access meaningful information about each official for more intentional and effective meetings and to assist in your development path to the next levels. This will also allow us to quickly pull up details such as your team members' unique strengths, how to communicate most effectively with them, their motivations, and more. Thus helping with building stronger crews and better teams.
Independent Contractor Support/Event Staffing
- Build Dynamic Performance Reviews/Evaluations - Say goodbye to the traditional performance review. Reviews should be an opportunity to reiterate feedback, set two-way goals that engage people, and generate a culture of trust.
- Health and Wellness - Boost your energy level so you can get more done. We all know that working out helps you manage stress and tension, as well as promotes a positive attitude and outlook. Let's work to maintain a positive self-image and exude self-confidence.
- Simplify Independent Contractor transition - You're an independent contractor if you're in business for yourself. You're an employee if you work for someone else's business and are subject to their control. You are in control of your financial future as an independent contractor...let us show you how!
- Event Staffing - It doesn’t matter what league or event you run, hiring the best officials for the job is essential to maintain high performance and ensure a better product on the field or in the gym. All our officials are well versed in rules interpretation and concepts of maintaining a good competitive game for your participants. Reach out to inquire about your need for certified officials.
Learning opportunities
- Customized Learning - We invest in the growth of the official by assigning customized learning assignments such as videos, podcasts, books, or articles. Most learning assignment will have questions that encourage interactive, thought-provoking responses in the content to develop sports contest officials more intentionally.
- Support with understanding officials’ associations - Understanding Robert’s Rules, to ensure all people have a voice in their association's government. Throughout US history, diverse groups of Americans have fought for the right to vote, both because this right is crucial for participating in democracy and because the right to vote is symbolic of the right to belong.
- On the field Training - All on the job training requires a more experienced employee who can teach a new employee how to perform their duties. We teach officials the necessary skills without slowing down regular work and without requiring extensive resources while gaining practical guidance. We will hone skills and enable learning of properly mechanics at a rapid pace
- Evaluations with Supportive feedback - Regular feedback is critical to the development of an official. We make feedback intentional and allow it to sink in by offering and requesting it in a timely way.
