{"id":1343,"date":"2021-06-01T20:19:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T20:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/officials-2\/become_a_sports_official\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:47:02","slug":"become_a_sports_official","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/diaa_for\/officials\/become_a_sports_official\/","title":{"rendered":"Become A Sports Official"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Get started by visiting https:\/\/highschoolofficials.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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New officials are also encouraged to contact the association president of the respective sport they are interested in getting involved with.  Contact for officials associations are located here. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There\u2019s a shortage of high school officials in almost every sport. In some communities the shortage is critical and high school games are being either postponed or cancelled.<\/p>\n

Becoming a high school official is the easiest call you\u2019ll ever make. High school officials protect the integrity of the games our kids love to play by demonstrating qualities like honesty, objectivity, consistency, courage and common sense. They have the opportunity to help teenagers learn life lessons that will benefit them for a lifetime. As veteran officials continue to retire, new officials have an opportunity to make a huge difference in the lives of hundreds of young people every year.<\/p>\n

Consider the many benefits of becoming a high school official:<\/p>\n

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  • You\u2019ll be a role model for the youth in your community<\/li>\n
  • It\u2019s a great way to stay in good physical condition<\/li>\n
  • Hours are flexible<\/li>\n
  • You\u2019ll earn extra income<\/li>\n
  • You\u2019ll expand your network of friends and have fun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1339,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"checksum":["0bad54715e5c813d715e85040625370ea25830c0"],"sw_mod_date":[""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}