Evaluator Training

Welcome to the Online OA Ceremonies Evaluator Training!

The purpose of this site is to serve as an online resource where advisers and experienced youth can learn and develop the skills necessary to serve as an evaluator for OA induction ceremonies.

1. Watch the training presentations available on the Evaluator Training page, and familiarize yourself with the provided resources.

2. Watch whole ceremonies on the Practice Evaluations page and complete an evaluation form with skill ratings and feedback for each video.

3. Compare your ratings and feedback to the sample evaluation forms, completed by experienced evaluators.

Once you've watched the evaluator training and reviewed the "First Aid" for Ceremony Evaluators document it's time to complete a practice evaluation! Using the main menu or buttons below, go to the page for the ceremony you want to evaluate (currently only pre-Ordeal is available, though additional ceremonies may be added in the future) and follow the steps below.

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1. Select a video to watch from the available lodges. The lodge name is in the title of the video.

2. You can either download and print the rubric to complete your evaluation on paper or use the provided online evaluation form to complete your evaluation electronically and get your completed ratings/feedback emailed to you. If possible, use separate windows for the video and the evaluation form so you can have both open at the same time.

3. Try to resist the urge to pause the video to give yourself more time to write comments, as you will not be able to have extra time during a live evaluation. You will not be able to write a comment for everything you hear or see, so prioritize your written comments just like you'd prioritize your verbal feedback to the team. You'll get quicker with practice, and eventually you'll develop your own form of shorthand you can quickly mark down as a reminder to go finish writing out that comment later.
REMEMBER, if this was a real evaluation, the team would receive all your written comments, so make sure to write down complete thoughts so that they can understand what you were trying to tell them even if you don't have time to explain it verbally.

4. Once you finish your ratings and comments, go to the Completed Evaluations page and download the corresponding comments file for the video you just watched. The first page will have the memorization and movement error counts, and the remaining pages will be feedback from experienced evaluators so you can compare that to your own notes.