Welcome to Washington DECA's Judging Center

Become a DECA Judge in March 2009!
SAVE THE DATE!! Please join us next year as a DECA Judge.

OPTION 1:
Written Event Judging
Friday, January 30th, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Renton School District Offices

AND

Friday, March 6th, 2008
7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Downtown Bellevue, WA

OPTION 2:
Role Play and Presentation Judging
Friday, March 6th, 2008
7:00 a.m. - noon,
12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. OR
All day: 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

For more information, please contact Kelly Ambrose at kelly@wadeca.org.

State Career Development Conference Evaluation
Washington DECA has executed another successful State Career Development Conference! Thank you for your participation in the event and your support of Washington DECA. We are looking for quality feedback on what elements we should keep and those we should adapt for future conferences. Please click the link below to fill out the judge evaluation. Thanks!

Judge Evaluation

What is Judging?

Download the Judge Training Video

What do past judges say about the experience and our youth?

Being a DECA judge is the best contribution any business person can make to the future leaders of the business world. An opportunity to project a positive influence in the future of a high school student, even in only one day, is the reward of a lifetime.
Dolores Lehtinen, Washington Mutual

DECA is a great outlet for students to expand their mind and tackle scenarios they will face in the future. This is an invaluable experience for any aspiring business person to have. I am very proud to take part in such an organization and look forward to many more successful events.
Philip Johnson, Hyatt Regency Bellevue

Evaluating the high quality of young students and seeing the future through their eyes, gives me tremendous hope for the future.
David Dirks, MILA, Inc.

I loved the students and their excitement, nervousness and courage to compete. I felt proud to be there as a judge and valued by the way DECA honored my time and energy by being well prepared and well organized.
Marian York, The WORDpower Institute NW

It is refreshing to see so much young talent and insight in one place.  It is extremely gratifying and rewarding to be associated with such a fine organization that is preparing our future business leaders.  I recommend this experience to anyone in business; it is truly a wonderful and enriching way to spend a day or even a half day helping to evaluate the quality of our young leaders in Washington.  I feel that the judges get as much out of the experience as the kids in this exciting and interactive environment.  One's regular work will still be there for the judges after the competition, but the rewards of giving back to the business community in this way should not be missed.
Stanley Mark, Direct Services

It was nice to see kids with a passion for business.  I wanted to hire them on the spot.
Carol Burch, Safeway

I do not have children and sometimes get concerned about children these days, but each year (it's been 7 yrs now) I come to DECA conferences and see groups of AWESOME kids who will turn into young adults soon and am proud of what I'm seeing in our future leaders!  I need that boost of confidence each year and will keep coming back for it.  Thanks for the opportunity.
Cindy Jorgensen, Boeing

The level of intelligence of these young individuals as well as their drive to succeed should be a sense of inspiration to all of us as we look upon these kids as our futures. I found it a rewarding experience as well as enriching that I was a possible guide in the journey of some of our great minds of what will be future doctors, lawyers, scientists and politicians.
Sean Weber, Albertsons

I feel contributing my time to DECA helps create better business leaders for the future. What a value this program would have been to me in high school! DECA could have saved me years of common mistakes people make fresh out of school and in the work force! I'm proud our school district is involved in making this kind of a difference for our community's young people!
Adrienne Gillis, Windermere

It is refreshing to work with these bright, motivated, young people -- I look forward to seeing them in the business world!
Jeff Bander, Wells Fargo