List of activities involved in hosting a site:

For a more indepth list of activities involved in hosting a site, please see our coordinator checklist

Before the Contest:

• reserving a room for the contest
• reading the rules, and getting familiar with the contest
• checking the time and date of the contest
• contacting local schools (for university sites only)
OR
• advertising in your school (for high school sites only)
• (optional) giving a presentation or running an information session
• creating a local web page with information about the local contest and sending the URL to the NACLO org. cmte
• learning how to access the roster of students registered for your site

During the Contest:

• receiving the contest questions via e-mail
• making copies for the participants
• being on e-mail during the contest for clarifications
• collecting the submissions
• mailing them to the jury

After the Contest

• (optional) keeping in touch with the students

Advertising

Local advertising can be done differently depending on the amount of time that you want to spend. There are two extremes:

-New York and Pittsburgh last year drew up a list of all high schools in the greater metropolitan areas and sent them a flyer. Pittsburgh also did several visits to schools and hosted information sessions at CMU. New York hosted an information session at Columbia Ann Arbor did something very similar for the Detroit metro area. -Some other sites only posted an announcement in a local paper or forwarded the announcement to a representative of the local board of Education.

If you are interested in further coordinator resources, please visit Coordinator Resources