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Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Mall of America
3800 American Blvd East
Bloomington, MN 55425-1658
(952) 854-2100
www.mspairport.hilton.com

Room rate: $95 + tax/per night for standard room (Double or King).

Complimentary overnight parking and day parking for attendees will be provided.

Deadline to get the group rate is August 16. Only a limited number of rooms are available in the block, so register early to make sure you get one.

Group Name: U.S. Figure Skating

The closest airport to the hotel is the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP) which is adjacent to the hotel. The Hilton offers free shuttle service to and from the airport.

• Education and appointment/promotion for test judges for singles/pairs
• Education and appointment/promotion for competition judges for singles/pairs

Saturday, September 7 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Singles/Pairs Test Judge Appointment practical exams
- Review GOE and component marking

Sunday, September 8 - 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Review competition programs, event review discussions
- Element ID practical exams
- Singles/Pairs Competition Judge Appointment practical exams

You may apply for a Singles/Pairs Test Judge Appointment, a Singles/Pairs Competition Judge Appointment or both. Prior to the seminar, a peer evaluation will be completed by the Judges Committee, and you must take and pass the online exam(s) for promotion for the highest level(s) you wish to test at the seminar. (Passing the exam(s) is not a guarantee of receiving an appointment/promotion.)

If you have no current appointments, you may choose to start at any of the singles/pairs test judge levels (bronze, silver or gold). If you are seeking promotion to a higher level, you would take the exam for the highest level you wish to achieve (i.e. if you are currently a bronze singles/pairs test judge and wish to be promoted to gold singles/pairs test judge, you would take the online exam for promotion to gold singles/pairs test judge).

Achieving the required score for a level does not guarantee appointment/promotion to that level. You must take the practical exam and show proficiency at each level to be approved for appointment/promotion. If you wish to test for both test and competition appointments, you must take both the test and competition promotional exams online and then, at the seminar, first take and pass the practical exam for a test judge appointment, and then take and pass the practical exam for a competition judge appointment*.

*One must already be a silver singles/pairs test judge or higher, or achieve a silver singles/pairs test judge or higher appointment at the seminar, to be eligible for a regional singles/pairs competition judge appointment. One must already be a gold singles/pairs test judge, or achieve a gold singles/pairs test judge appointment at the seminar, to be eligible for a sectional singles/pairs competition judge appointment.

The following are the scores required to test at each level:
Test Appointment:
If you take the online exam for promotion to gold singles/pairs test judge:
80% = qualification to test at the Gold Singles/Pairs Test Level at the seminar
75% = qualification to test at the Silver Singles/Pairs Test Level at the seminar
70% - qualification to test at the Bronze Singles/Pairs Test Level at the seminar

If you take the online exam for promotion to silver singles/pairs test judge:
80% = qualification to test at the Silver Singles/Pairs Test Level at the seminar
75% = qualification to test at the Bronze Singles/Pairs Test Level at the seminar

If you take the online exam for promotion to bronze singles/pairs test judge:
80% = qualification to test at the Bronze Singles/Pairs Test Level at the seminar

Competition Appointment:
If you take the online exam for promotion to sectional singles/pairs competition judge:
80% = qualification to test at the Sectional Singles/Pairs Competition Level at the seminar
75% = qualification to test at the Regional Singles/Pairs Competition Level at the seminar

If you take the online exam for promotion to regional singles/pairs competition judge:
80% = qualification to test at the Regional Singles/Pairs Competition Level at the seminar

Cost includes:

• National faculty
• Three days of intensive training
• Testing for certification or advancement (except for observers)

Expenses including travel, hotel and meals are the responsibility of each attendee.

Attending/testing for a test judge appointment only = maximum of 35 CEUs
Attending/testing for a competition judge appointment only = maximum of 45 CEUs
Attending/testing for both appointments = maximum of 65 CEUs

Applications will only be accepted through this online form. Payment is not required with the application but will be requested later only of those who are accepted.

Once a completed application is received, and no later than June 10, the appropriate online promotional exam(s) will be e-mailed to the applicant.

SPACE IS LIMITED
No one will be notified of acceptance until the deadline has passed and exam/peer evaluation results have been received. All applicants will be notified of acceptance no later than August 2, 2013.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, June 2, 2013.

QUESTIONS?
Questions regarding the seminar or the online application can be directed to Kathleen Harmon at kathleen.harmon@hotmail.com.