2021 Workshop Talk | 1:03:23 | 7-12, Athletics & Extracurricular, Rhetoric & Composition
Summary
This workshop instructs interested faculty in why and how to start or develop a mock trial program at their school. Ideas will be given on how to recruit students and attorney coaches, how to set up the program, what practices would look like and how to prepare for competition. Mock trial is well suited for classical schools which have a senior thesis program. The skills involved in both disciplines are very similar. It is also less taxing than a debate program and ideal for small schools who don’t have many resources.
Speaker
Rose Usry is currently the thesis director and chair of the rhetoric and theology department at Regents School of Austin. This is her ninth year teaching at Regents. She has been coaching mock trial for six years. In her six years as a coach, the Regents mock trial team has had great success at the state competition in Dallas, advancing from regionals five out of her six years and placing third, fifth, seventh, and eighth at state out of 28 public and private high schools from all around Texas. Her years of experience as a thesis teacher have also been invaluable as the mock trial and thesis programs have many similarities.
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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