Each and every Arizona Academic Decathlon competition needs approximately 200 volunteers to help make it a success. Training is provided for all volunteer shifts, but you can also review the training material in advance.
Numerous volunteer opportunities are available at all local competition levels: scrimmages, regional, and state. NOTE: To volunteer for most roles, you must have graduated from high school at least two years ago.
- Essay Judges: Each student authors an essay based on an assigned prompt. Judges read and score the essays against a defined rubric. Essay judging occurs asynchronously online in the weeks leading up to the competitions.
- Interview Judges: A panel of three judges conducts a seven-minute professional interview with each student. Judges score students against a defined rubric.
- Speech Judges: Each student delivers a four-minute prepared speech and a two-minute impromptu speech to a panel of three judges. Judges score students against a defined rubric.
- Speech Timers: Timers keep official time for the students’ impromptu and prepared speeches. (Can be a current student or recent graduate.)
- Test Proctors: Test proctors preside over a classroom of students taking a series of objective tests.
- Super Quiz Proctors: Proctors administer this exciting quiz-show-style event, which is open to the public.
- Runners: Runners are needed to take answer sheets to the scoring room. (Can be a current student or recent graduate.)