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Officiating Information for All Levels

CODE OF PROFESSIONAL & ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR DELTA OFFICIALS

Conduct of all Delta Region officials shall be at the highest standard at all times. The Delta Region has a set of standards to the behavior of its members, and those standards are detailed in the Delta Region Member Handbook and the USA Volleyball Participant Code of Conduct. The Commissioner reserves the right to review any complaints filed against an official or player.

  • Officials are free from bias, are impartial, and render neutral decisions.
  • Officials avoid a conflict of interest or situations that may create the perception that there is a conflict of interest.
  • Officials treat other officials with dignity and respect.
  • Officials always seek self-improvement.
  • Officials do not condone or participate in activities that unfairly limit access to participants based on age, gender, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, and socioeconomic status.
  • Officials do not fraternize with coaches, players, spectators, event administrators, or other participants.
  • Officials do not exploit or misuse their power for personal gain, to give unfair advantage to certain individuals, or harm other officials' careers and opportunities.
  • Officials do not engage in sexual harassment.
  • Officials do not use illegal substances of any kind.
  • Officials do not engage in physical, verbal, or emotional harassment, or abusive words or actions.

THE 2023-24 DELTA REGION OFFICIALS BONUS PLAN

To encourage Delta Region officials to work as many of our events as possible, our Board of Directors has enacted a one-time $500 bonus plan for the 2023-24 season.  Each Delta Region professional official who works TEN sanctioned events in the Delta Region will receive a $500.00 bonus from the Delta Region at the end of the season.

The details are as follows:

  • This is only available to professional officials registered in the Delta Region.  Officials registered in other Regions are not eligible.
  • Officials must work in TEN Delta Region sanctioned events. 
  •  A 2-day event counts as one event.  Two one-day tournaments in the same event  (12s on Saturday, 13s on Sunday) counts as one event)  A one-day tournament (example: FunVitational Jackson MS March 4) counts as one event.  National Qualifiers are not sanctioned by the Delta Region and do not count.
  • Officials must complete their assigned USAV Academy coursework before 2/1/2024
  • Officials will provide a list of the events they worked and the number of matches in each event to Officials Chair Keith Hutchison at refchair@deltavolleyball.net
  • This bonus program is a one-time enticement and does not change the legal status of these officials, who are all independent contractors.  They can choose which matches to work and will provide their own officiating equipment.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ONLINE USAV CLINICS & EXAMS

The courses and training modules are a member benefit, and are only be available to USAV registered members.  We now have a new Learning Academy platform that will provide access to the online training materials and track the completed certifications for each member. This is a streamlined and simplified process that will eliminate the need to register in one system and take the courses in another.

JUNIOR PLAYERS All Junior players will automatically be enrolled in the complete set of officiating team courses.  These courses are optional, but if your coach wants you to be an R2 or scorer, you are already enrolled and the courses appear on the player's dashboard.  Line Judge certification is no longer required.

JUNIOR COACHES  All Adult Coaches will automatically be enrolled in the courses they need to officiate for their teams.  These courses will NOT allow you to officiate for pay.  If you wish to also become a Professional Referee, please contact the Region office at reg@deltavolleyball.net

Professional Officials: Ignore the Junior coursework assigned to you.  We have established shorter Delta Region-only courses that should be available in a few days.  Professional Provisional Official 1st year; Professional Provisional Official Year 2+, Professional Regional Referee-Advancement Training, Professional Regional Referee-Recertifying. 

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To access USAV Academy courses, follow the instructions below.

To login to your USAV Academy Account:

  • Follow this link and login to your SportsEngine account
  • Click on Household, then select the correct person
  • Click on the “View Details” on the USA Volleyball membership card , then click the USAV Academy button

 

USA VOLLEYBALL SAFESPORT AND REPORTING

Please note that there are a number of options and requirements to report abuse. Report to law enforcement immediately if you are aware of abuse. If abuse includes sexual misconduct report to both law enforcement and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Out of respect for the importance of this issue and to encourage honest and effective reporting, knowingly making a false or malicious report will not be tolerated and may be a violation of USA Volleyball’s Code of Conduct. USA Volleyball strictly prohibits staff/regions/clubs from charging filing fees for SafeSport reports.