Attention all New Team Managers. Please choose a required training to attend. You will be asked to sign in at the training you choose. You will receive your team number & roster once you have been cleared with your level 2 background check and attended the required training. 

PS...Thanks for volunteering!

You can access this training throughout the season to learn about different topics. 

Online team manager (TM) training will be available at: www.destinationimagination.org

5 courses - earn TM certificate

• Set time / day for weekly meetings (1 - 1.5 hours)

• Contact team members and invite them to practice

• Plan activities

• Team-building / Goal Setting

• Instant Challenge

• Work on main challenge (brainstorm, plan, research, build, practice, etc.)

• Reflect and set goals for next practice

If you need a clarification on any part of your challenge, visit https://www.destinationimagination.org/challenge-experience/clarifications/ throughout the season. Check back frequently so that you are aware if any clarifications have been published by other teams. 

Interference is any contribution to the team's solution from anyone who is NOT on the team (ie parents, friends, siblings, teachers, etc.).

Interference is strictly prohibited!! The solutions to challenges should be the ideas and workmanship only of the team. In order to guide teams when they are unsure is to ask questions that will get them thinking and talking about possible solutions and how to make a plan. 

August-

• Campus Coordinators will promote DI on campuses through posters, announcements, and newsletters

September / October - 

• Information Nights

• Request Background Checks

• Team Manager Training 

• Compose Teams

• Begin asking for Appraisers and Volunteers

• Provide Team Numbers for managers with background checks

• Begin Practices 1-2 x per week (1-1.5 hours each practice)

• Focus on team building & Instant Challenges

• Choose a Challenge

November - 

• Brainstorm!!! 

• Research

• Write story / skit for solution

• Begin Registration (including parent, appraiser, and volunteer links)

December - 

• Continue Practicing / Prepare for Tournament

• Regional Tournament Registration Due TBA

January - 

• Increase Practices

• Building Props, Costumes, etc.

• Make a plan for transporting props to tournament

• Appraiser Training

• Possible Instant Challenge Workshop- TBA

February - 

• Final Touches on Solution / Skit

• Make sure ALL tournament forms are completed by the team and you have plenty of copies for tournament

• Find an audience for your team to go through a dry run of their performance

• Create a repair kit to fix props, costumes, sets that may be damaged during transport

• Regional Tournament - February 8th 2025 @ Waxahachie ISD - ALL TEAMS ATTEND TOURNAMENT 

March -

Prepare for State Tournament if advanced at Regional Tournament

April & May - 

Advancing teams prepare for Globals in Kansas City, Missouri