Nominations now open for NTIS High Performance Officiating Program

Department of Tourism, Sport and Culture

The Department of Tourism, Sport and Culture is inviting Peak SportingBodies to nominate high performing sporting officials for 2020 NTIS HighPerformance Officiating Program (HPOP).

The program, the only one of its kind operating in Australia, recognisesand supports up to ten officials to pursue development opportunities with thesupport of a mentor. It enables participants to attend high level competitions,participate in professional development workshops, and undertake a give back projectwithin their sport to assist the development of officiating in the NT.

A fully integrated mentor development program is conducted to assist thenominated mentors within the NTIS HPOP.

There are a number of professional development sessions involved in the2020 NTIS HPOP including two weekend workshops, monthly education sessions andvarious E-Learning opportunities. The program covers a number of topics ofimportance to officials including nutrition, pre/post match preparation, resilience,self-regulation and behaviour profiling.

Officials selected in the2019 NTIS HPOP represented a variety of sports including Australian football,cricket, football, netball, tennis and touch.

Nominations open 19 August 2019 and close 16 October 2019.

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