Hello judges! The transition period is over and we would like to use this opportunity to look back, learn and improve the future of the International Judge Program.
We Love Stats
Let’s start with some statistics, because everybody likes statistics, right?
At the time of writing this article we have the following number of members, separated by level.
- Level 1 judges: 715
- Level 2 judges: 406
- Level 3 judges: 55 (+ 46 pending Transition Period requests)
- Level 4 judges: 6 (+ 31 pending Transition Period requests)
- Level 5 judges: 20 (+ 8 pending Transition Period requests)
By the end of the year we foresee having figures similar to the following breakdown. However, as a reminder, in the IJP we are not focused on the numbers. Instead we’re focused on providing mentoring to judges to meet the quality standard they wish to have, giving testing opportunities to every candidate who has prepared to level up and running fair evaluation processes that ensure quality of the certified judges:
- Level 1 judges: ~800
- Level 2 judges: ~500
- Level 3 judges: ~100
- Level 4 judges: ~50
- Level 5 judges: ~25
As we progress, we will add material and support to help candidates and mentors get familiar with the new levels and definitions. We are fully aware that the transition (and the coming months) has required efforts from all of you, and we could not have done this without you.
Feedback and Learnings
During this period we also learned and got feedback on various topics :
- We realized that some skill sets and some areas of the Organized Play structure are not well covered by our current definition of levels and we’re working on a few additional certifications to cover those areas and skills.
- We also realized the line between L4 and L5 is not well defined, we have plans to address that, which are covered in this article.
- Another area we’re looking to improve is the system to demonstrate Team Leading experience at events, as well as methods to demonstrate skills and abilities other than having done a certain number of events.
Judge Level Advancements
Finally, please give a big round of applause to the judges who leveled up since our last announcement. As usual, if we missed you in this list and you would like to be included, please reach out to us.
- Aruna Prem Bianzino
- Alfonso Bueno
- Francois Grossi
- David Larrea
- Sophie Pages
- Davide Succi
- Riccardo Tessitori
- Antonio José Rodriguez.
- Luca Chiassoni
- Asuka Nagashima
- Piero Nicolli
- Mitsunori Makino
- Emmanuel Gutierrez
- Florian Horn
- Pedro Mathies Vilela
- Akira Seno
- Klaus Lassacher
- Daniel Solé
- Mónica Gonzalez
- Vitor Cernic
- Lu Cordeiro
- Antonio Faillace
- Francesco Falcone
- Shingo Fukai
- Keigo Osumi
- Leonardo Portela Leal
- Matteo Ratti
- Aziz Quintana
- Leonardo da Luz
- Matheus Sobral
- Marcello Klingelfus
- Jackson Lawrence Moore
- Sashi Balakrishnan
- Michael Schöttke
- Pierre Mourlanne
- Diego Enrique Bolaños Moreno
- Kazushi Shimamura
- Moe Furusawa
- Daniel Schuster
- Wendra Kamadjaja
- Konrad Eibl
Thank You Levels and Exam Creation Teams!
Finally, we would like to thank each and every member from the following two core project teams. Their contributions were particularly essential to facilitating the Transition Period.
- Level 1 Testing Manager: Bruna Chiochetta
- Level 2 Testing Manager: QJ Wong
- Level 3 Testing Manager: Luca Chiassoni
- Level 4 Testing Manager: Alfonso Bueno
- Level 5 Testing Manager: Sergio Pérez
- Large Regular REL Events Certification Manager: Philip Ockelmann
- External Advisors: Joe Klopchic, Jonah Kellman and Winter
- Lead: Daniel Sole
- Lev Kotlyar
- Jose Ignacio Pérez Janeiro
- Antonio Jose Rodríguez Jiménez
- Renato Spinelli
- Manuel Ignacio Trujillo Mazorra
- Jorge Requesens
- Fabian Velasco
- Antonio Zanutto
Thanks for reading and for joining us as the IJP moves on beyond the Transition Phase.
