Coaching Resources
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Coaching Guide
- Download the newly revised New Coach Guide, edited by NFL Coordinator of Member Programs and Coach Education Adam Jacobi, a former teacher and coach.
- NFL coach Brenda Moe (OR) compiled a Building a Speech and Debate Team Handbook with specifics for coaching various events, as well as administering a program.
Other Resources
NFL Forms & Manuals
Events: Policy/LD Evidence • LD Guide • Extemp • Congress • Public Forum • Storytelling
Curriculum
Other Resources
Coaching Vacancies & Opportunities
Other Coaching Organizations
Event-Specific Resources
- NDCA Policy & Lincoln-Douglas Debate Evidence Share The National Debate Coaches Association provides a wonderful opportunity to access thousands of free evidence files. and follow the instructions to thousands of free files. Thank you, NDCA and participating institutes!
- Novice Lincoln Douglas Curriculum Created by Scarsdale HS (NY) coach Joe Vaughan and in conjunction with the NFL LD Committee, these lesson plans are meant to help students understand what LD is all about. Please feel free to adapt these lessons to the unique needs of your classroom, students and teaching style.
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate Online Text
- Building the Novice Lincoln-Douglas Program Recruiting and retaining Lincoln-Douglas novices can be one of the most difficult and daunting aspects of the season for even the most experienced of coaches.
- Writing legislation? Download these handy word processing templates, which are pre-formatted to NFL guidelines!
- Public Forum Guide This three page guide will help teach Public Forum debate with rules, procedures, and general help .
Curriculum Resources
- Teaching Resources/Lesson Plans
- Curriculum Guides Chris Joffrion of Western Kentucky University wrote these lesson plan ideas.
- Complimentary National Final Round Interp Videos All NFL member schools are welcome to fill out the Video Tape/DVD 2008 NFL Licensing Agreement and receive a complimentary copy of the 2008 National Interpretation Event Final Rounds. These videos are meant for classroom educational use by NFL members only.
Other Resources
- Billman Book Reviews - Each month Tyler & Jennifer Billman review a leadership styled book in the Rostrum each month. Click and download a review to find out your potential reads that could make a difference in the way you lead your team.
- Early Invoicing Form Schools with prepaid membership fees (Note: Payments will be posted day after memberships are recorded) Early Invoicing Form
- Free Resource Pooling NFL educators have shared speech and debate lesson plans, coaching tips, fundraising ideas, and a variety of other resources. To submit your own resources, visit Forensics Online (you must register for an account before you can submit documents or links to helpful Web sites). The NFL asks that all contributors observe all copyright laws when submitting materials. The more educators and coaches participate, the more extensive our collection will become.
- StudentNewsDaily is a free, non-profit current events Web site that provides resources for high school teachers' use in the classroom. The site provides comprehension and critical thinking questions to accompany a daily news article, as well as "Answers by Email," a free service which provides answers to questions from the Daily News Article, Tuesday's News Issue and Friday's News Quiz.
Coaching Vacancies/Opportunities
The NFL is happy to provide a link to a current list of Career Opportunities on this page. Be sure to check here on regular basis if you are interested in coaching and teaching forensics. To advertise your coaching opportunity, please contact Sandy Krueger.
