Public Forum Debate National Champions

This international contest is open to all schools public and private for free.

Public forum debate national champions. Teams compete for awards and scholarships. We help students become champions individuals who excel at critical thinking public speaking performance and argumentation while positively contributing to the community. Tournament of champions toc is a national high school debate tournament held at the university of kentucky every year in a weekend in april. Our curriculum embraces all skill levels and includes constructive lab periods where students will do several practice drills and practice rounds each day as well as lectures on fundamental debate skills.

Tournament of champions is considered to be the national championship of the national circuit. Every summer more than 6 000 middle and high school students travel to the largest academic competition in the world to debate current events voice their views and share their stories. We are accepting summer 2019 applications now. Champion briefs is a speech and debate education resources provider.

The national champion policy debate team receives the harland b. To join the npdl as a voting member school head to our membership page. The top eight teams earn an all expenses paid trip to the ippf finals in new york city. The top 64 teams are invited to engage in a single elimination written debate tournament volleying essays back and forth via email.

We offer educational guides curriculum materials and other tools to improve speech and debate. Mitchell trophy named after the association s legendary debate coach from oklahoma. For more information on the national parliamentary debate league head to our about page. Since 1931 the national speech and debate tournament has elevated public speaking.

Tournament of champions is considered one of the most prestigious and competitive american high school debate tournaments. As a national speech debate two diamond coach jeffrey has coached many successful students in public forum debate policy debate extemporaneous speaking and original oratory. In 2017 jeffrey was named the georgia educator of the year by the national speech and debate association. Welcome to the central website for high school parliamentary debate.

During his 39 year career mitchell coached 18 state debate champions three national debate champions three national debate runners up and a national champion in extemp.