The Judges Certification
Project
this project is made possible by a grant
of the European Commission
Reasons
• International competitions since
1958
• Increasing influence on quality of
execution
– (Draft) Regulations
– TC (Technical Committee)
• Education of Judges
– So far insufficient to guarantee quality
Aim
• Promoting the professionality and the
development of knowledge and
competences relevant for judging in a
professional way;
• Creating more transparency and
comparablility of judging on various levels;
• By means of an acknowledged system for
the accreditation of (inter)national Judges
in floristry.
Competence profile
• Competence is the capability to
perform a certain task within a
specific context;
• Competence is based on Knowledge,
Skills and Attitudes;
• Competence profile based on input
of a group of renowned judges;
Project events
• February 2010: Application for a Partnership
„Judges Certification and Education“ filed at
the national agency LdV;
• July 2010: application granted!
• September: first preparations during informal
meetings
• October: first taskforce meeting in NL
• January 2011: 1st Plenary in Germany
• February 2011: taskforce meeting Finland
• April 2011: 2nd Plenary in Norway
Project events 2
• June 2011: 1st Pilot in England
• October 2011: 2nd Pilot in Norway
• November 2011: 3d Pilot in Finland
• January 2012: 4th
Pilot in the Netherlands
• March 2012: 5th
/ last Pilot in Germany
• June 2012: conclusive & evaluation meeting
in England
• July / August 2012: finalising documents &
writing the final report for Leonardo.
Competence profile
a competent assessor in colleges or
national exams resp. (inter)national
professional judge floral design is:
a practising florist who develops
him/herself continuously, possesses
specific competences related to judging
and from this background is able to
analyse, value and commentate flower
arrangements in competition and
educational settings.
Competence profile
A professional judge / assessor is:
• A practising florist *
(* can also be a floristry teacher with the right
background and still sufficiently involved in floristry
practice).
• With the right Attitudes
• With the capability/ competences to:
– Analyse
– Value
– Commentate
Attitudes 1
• is reliable
• can concentrate
• can work under stressful situations
• can agree with the purpose of the
competition
• is willing to put efforts in preparing
himself for a judgment
• can carefully read assignments
• can carefully take decisions
• is independent
Attitudes 2
• is able to show empathy for stress of
participants in competition situations
• is open for innovations
• is critical
• is open minded in discussions and willing
to consider different opinions
• is able to stand for his judgment
• has integrity concerning confidential
information
• is loyal to other judges
Analyse
• acting
– can analyse the
assignment
– can analyse the
arrangement
• tools
– has enough
reference on the
cultural field
– has enough
reference on the
professional field
Value
• acting– can compare the
arrangement with the cultural and professional reference
– can decide
– is able to use the Florint 100 points system
– is able to use different
floral design evaluation
systems
– is able to judge according
to the requirements
• tools– has enough reference on the
cultural and professional field
– is aware of the process of deciding: logical / emotional
– understands the Florint 100 point (and/or other) system
– is aware of the different
levels in floral design
– has knowledge of the
competition regulations
– has knowledge of different
floral design evaluation
systems
Commentate
• acting– uses the official
nomenclature
– uses professional terminology and terms of composition in general
– expresses him/herself orally in English in a clear way
– writes down a comment in English if required
– listens carefully to :• chairman
• colleagues of the jury
• candidates
• tools– has enough knowledge of
the official nomenclature
– Sufficient knowledge and command of professional terms in English (& Latin)
– Sufficient knowledge and command to express him/herself orally in English in a clear way
– & to write down a comment in English
– is able to listen carefully
The Assessment System
1. Applying portfolio;
To be filled in by the candidates on beforehand;
2. During assessment:
1. Written analysis of 1 work
2. Judging test;
competition + education pieces
3. Diskussion within candidates group
Observed by the Assessment Committee
4. Interview with the AC
Focus on not yet „proven“ competences
Valuing / commentating specific works
Project outcome
• A detailed blueprint / format for an acknowledged
system for the assessment and certification of
judges in floristry / assessors in exams on national
level.
• All necessary backing documents / instruments like
applying portfolio, checklists, analysing forms etc.
• 5 countries being able to officially implement this
system in their country.
• a group of people having the capability /
competences to execute such an assessment, who
are also able and willing to assist and coach
organisations in other countries with the set-up and
implementation of the system in their country.
Next steps
• Development of an International
Assessment
• Transferring knowledge and skills regards
the national assessment to other
countries, with engagement of delegates
of the actual partners
• Transferring the competences to execute
such an assessment to people in other
countries
Follow-up partnership for the
dissemination at Leonardo da Vinci.
Timeframe
• 2013:
– First official assessments in 5 countries
involved in the LdV project;
– Involving one or two assessors from the other
4 countries;
– Assessment training for coming AC-members
(who need a certificate) during specific
trainings and AC-apprenticeship;
– Specific judging training for candidates for the
national certificate judge in floral design;
– Where possible: partly by organising shadow-
judging during competitions;
Timeframe
• 2014 and further:
– Preparatory meetings in dissemination
countries (Florint members and others);
– Process coaching by dedicated experts of the
actual project group;
– Pilot assessments in the target countries,
involving trained and certified assessors of the
home country plus dedicated experts of the
actual project group;
– Extending training possibilities for candidate
judges and for assessment committee
members;
Consideration
• Get-on-board moment for your organisation!?
We will not be able to handle all other Florint
members in 2013 / 2014!
But: the Leonardo partnership would (if granted)
lower the expenses;
We need to know before end of the year!!!!
• Moment the certification will become compulsory
for Florint’s competitions?
From Europa Cup 2015?
Starting with the national certificate plus
sufficient command of the English language.
Thanks!!
For listening!!
