NHSEB Moderator Script

Bold and italicized sections will be instructions for you please do not read bold or italic sections out loud.

You will be given an envelope containing six copies of each case and question (one for each judge, one for yourself, and one for each team) and three score sheets (one for each judge). You should already have a stopwatch/silent smartphone with timer, a coin, pens, and scrap paper for the teams.

There will be a volunteer in the room in case you are missing any supplies or have any immediate questions or concerns for headquarters. They will ensure that each student has scratch paper. Teams may use their own timer but it cannot be a cell phone, tablet, or anything else that stores data or can connect to the internet and they can only time their own sections – not the other team’s (see Rules for more details).

Teams, coaches, judges, and spectators will enter the room.

Give judges the score sheet and the rubric and ask them to write their names and match number in the appropriate spots.

The teams should be seated at the tables with a maximum of five members on each team. Teachers, coaches, and non-participating team members should sit with spectators. Teams cannot substitute members, review notes, or confer with their coach once the match begins. Teams may have writing utensils (and approved timers) but nothing else until you give them scrap paper. Please make sure that the cases and questions are concealed as the teams enter and sit.

WHILE STUDENTS ARE COMING IN AND GETTING SETTLED, YOU SHOULD VERIFY AND TAKE NOTE OF THE TWO TEAM NAMES.