NBUA
Every year about this time, I am directed by your Board of Directors, to reintroduce the RTO Program driven by the Washington Officials Association (WOA). I’m asking the following of every NBUA member, regardless of tier. All tiers are asked to participate in RTO.
The RTO Program
The RTO Program is a collaborative effort of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and the Washington Officials Association to improve the level of officiating for WIAA contests. RTO stands for Retention, Training and Observation. There is one other component of this program not listed in the RTO acronym. That component is standards. Before you can hold someone accountable you must clearly state what they are being held accountable for. To that end, the WOA is developing standards of conduct and performance for our members in each sport covered by the WOA. These standards are the yardstick by which every official will be measured.
- Go into the Central Hub (again)
- Click on the Eligibility Center
- Click on RTO 2023
- Complete the 2 clinics listed
- I did this. It took about 7 minutes.
- Pretty simple…
- Every tier is asked to get this done by your BOD
- B, A and TT umpires are required by the WOA to become RTO’d, in order to become eligible to assigned:
- Post Season District contests
- Regionals
- State Finals
- District contests begin in early May
- Rookie & Transfer Members, please contact your Mentors for additional assistance. Your Mentors have all done this before.
- Please have your RTO requirements completed by May 1.
- As your Assignor, I can track this ongoing.
Thanks
Mark Clough
NBUA Assignor