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Application to Become an Official
Introduction
How to Register
Resources
MSHSAA Policies
Key Information
Benefits
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Application To Become An MSHSAA
Official
All licenses expire June 30 of each year, regardless of when they are issued.
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Introduction
The Missouri State High
School Activities Association was formed in 1926 to
give direction to amateur interscholastic
competition between member schools. One of the
functions of the MSHSAA in this area is the
registration and training of athletic game
officials. Now that you are graduating from high
school, in college or already in the working world
and have an interest in high school sports, those of
us in the MSHSAA family of administrators, coaches
and officials hope that you will consider staying
involved as an MSHSAA official. Your background as
an athlete or sports enthusiast lends much to your
potential as an official. Through your participation
and interest in sports, you have developed
sportsmanship and understanding and respect of the
game -- the very qualities we expect of our
officials. As a registered official, you will be
returning the many values you have learned through
sports to the high school athletes of today. This is
a great opportunity to stay involved in the sports
you love, and you will discover that you tend to get
involved with things that are important to you. Give
serious thought to becoming an MSHSAA official. The
process is easy, inexpensive and fun. You'll
be expanding your resume, touching the lives of
hundreds of impressionable students and staying
involved in high school athletics!
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How to Register
To become an official,
complete the attached application form and return it
to the MSHSAA anytime after June 1. Include a check
(payable to the MSHSAA) for $45 for the first sport
in which you want to be licensed plus $25 for every
other sport. When your application and check arrive,
the MSHSAA will forward a packet of study materials
to you. You will then take an open-book exam in your
home, return the exam to the MSHSAA, and upon
passing, your license will be sent to
you.
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Resources
The athletic administrator
and coaches at your local high school can be great
resources to you in beginning your officiating
career. College intramural directors and physical
education instructors can also be valuable
informational resources. High school athletic
directors and coaches hire all of the officials that
work their school's home contests. These
individuals can share with you the process for
hiring officials, pay involved and the key role
competent officials play at that level. There are
also dozens of active local officials associations
in the state of Missouri. You can ask your athletic
administrator to arrange a meeting for you with a
local association representative. Officials and
local officials associations can be invaluable to a
young official trying to get started. You might also
request from your school's principal or
administrator that an MSHSAA official be invited to
participate in your school's career day or job
fair programs.
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MSHSAA Policies
The following MSHSAA
policies apply to Missouri interscholastic officials
and the officiating of all contests, grades
7-12.
- High school students
are eligible to obtain a license and officiate
junior high school (7th or 8th grades) contests,
but may not officiate senior high (grades 9-12)
games.
- An official is required
to have a valid MSHSAA license to officiate
grades 7-12 between member schools in the sports
of baseball, basketball, football, soccer,
softball, swimming, track volleyball, water polo
and wrestling.
- All officials'
licenses expire annually on June 30 and are
renewable (by June 1) for one year, subject to
approval by the Board of Directors.
- The required uniform is
mandatory for officials working any
interscholastic contest between MSHSAA member
schools.
- It is the duty of all
officials to report any unsportsmanlike conduct
on the part of coaches, players and fans within
48 hours of the incident to the MSHSAA and the
the schools involved.
- Officials are expected
to be impartial and competent, and conduct
themselves in accordance with the MSHSAA
officials code of ethics.
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Key Information
- Persons seeking to
become licensed must score 75-percent or above
on an open-book exam in the sport(s) for which
they intend to officiate.
- If you fail that exam,
you may retake it two times. If you fail again,
you must wait until the following year to try
again. Failing in one sport does not disqualify
you from officiating in another.
- All officials are
required to attend an annual rules
interpretation meeting in their sports.
- All officials must
attend a mechanics clinic (if offered) during
their first three years of registration for the
sports in which they are registered.
- All officials are
required to complete an annual Part II sports
rules exam (if offered) in each sport for which
they are registered.
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Benefits
As a registered MSHSAA
official, you are entitled to receive the following
complimentary materials, services or
publications:
- National rulebooks,
casebooks and officials manuals
- MSHSAA Official uniform
patch
- Subscription to the
MSHSAA Journal
- MSHSAA Officials
Handbook
- List of local officials
associations
- List of sport rules
meetings
- Mechanics clinics
listings
- Membership in NFHS Officials Association
- Subscription to NFHS
Officials Quarterly
- NFHS officials
equipment catalog
- NFHS Officials Association liability
insurance
- Access to MSHSAA video
library
- Service awards for
five, 15 and 25 years
- Hours of camaraderie
and the opportunity to shape the lives of young
people!
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