This page describes the '''director certification''' process for [[NASPA]] members who want to become certified as [[tournament]] coordinators, [[tournament]] [[directors]] and [[club]] [[directors]].
If you were an [[NSA]]-certified director, please look
instead at the [[Directors#Grandfathering|grandfathering section]] of the Directors page.
'''This page is being edited to reflect the recent creation of the Tournament Coordinator certification. Portions of it may not yet be official. Please feel free to contact the Club/Director Committee for clarification.'''
The [[Tournament Committee]] and [[Club Committee]] set the certification criteria and oversee the certification process.
== Benefits of Certification ==
As a certified NASPA Tournament Coordinator you will be able to apply to the Tournament Committee to have a tournament
sanctioned in your own name, but remain under apprentice
restrictions when directing a club or tournament.
As a certified NASPA Director you will be able to:
The easiest certification to obtain is that of an
[[assistant director]]: someone who acts online on
behalf of a director without full Internet access, such as a data inputter.
If your club or tournament director asks you to be
their assistant, ask them to contact the
* Knows basic SCRABBLE rules: scoring, handling overdraws, holding, challenging, adjudicating.
If the apprentice satisfies all of the above conditions, the apprentice may be granted certification to operate as a [[tournament coordinator]]. A tournament coordinator Tournament coordinators can
apply to the Tournament Committee to have a tournament
sanctioned in their own namenames, but remains remain under apprentice
restrictions when directing a club or tournament.