CTWLOO

CTWLOO requires all working officials to be certified according to USA Lacrosse's Officials Certification Standards:

Certification Requirements	New Officials	Re-Rating Officials	Returning Officials
Be a current USA Lacrosse member	X	X	X
Complete USA Lacrosse Rules Online Course*	X
Complete Field Trainings & Evaluation	X	X
Attend annual CTWLOO Meeting	X	X	X
Attend annual HS Rules Interpretation	X	X	X
Attend annual Youth Rules Interpretation	X	X	X
Complete the annual HS & Youth Rules Exam*	X	X	X
Complete the annual Professional Development Course*	X	X	X

*available through your USALacrosse.com under "My Transcript."

Become an Official

Classroom Training

All New Officials must complete the USALacrosse.com Girls’ Lacrosse Rules Online Course. Go to My Account on the USALacrosse.com page. Log in and then go to My Transcript to see the list of required and available courses.

Field Training and Evaluation

New and re-rating officials will be assigned 3-5 games at pre-season tournaments and scrimmages where they will progress from shadowing an experienced official to officiating games while being observed. The final game assignment will serve as the Rating (or Certification) game. Ratings are conducted by CTWLOO officials who are also USA Lacrosse Certified Observers.

COME PREPARED!

Work on your fitness: endurance and sprinting.
Come dressed in a striped shirt (1″ black and white stripes) or a black shirt (if you haven’t purchased a referree shirt yet), black bottoms (skirt, long shorts or pants), and black accessories such as socks, shoes and hat.
Complete USA Lacrosse Online Course before hand. Send proof of completion to trainer@ctwloo.org.

CTWLOO Annual Meeting
& Rules Interpretations

Dates and Times To Be Announced

Annual Professional Development & Rules Exams

All officials must complete and pass:

the Annual Professional Development Course
the Girls’ Lacrosse High School Rules Exam, and
the Girls’ Lacrosse Youth Rules Exam

Courses and exams are provided by USA Lacrosse. Log in to My Account on the USALacrosse.com page. Click on My Transcript. Then select Girls Officials Annual Certification (current year) to get a dropdown list of the required courses assigned to you including the Annual Professional Development Course, HS Rules Exam and Youth Rules Exam. Send certificates as proof of completion by Feb 5 to trainer@ctwloo.org and ctwloosecretary@gmail.com.

Certification (or Rating) Levels

Junior Officials (Jr) are under 18 years of age or in high school and expected to possess a basic understanding and knowledge of the game and have the ability to officiate Youth level games, where the participants are 2 years younger than the official, using the two-person system.

Level 1 Officials (L1) are expected to possess a basic understanding and knowledge of the game and have the ability to officiate JV and Youth games using the two-person system.

Level 2 Officials (L2) are expected to possess an advanced understanding and knowledge of the game and have the ability to officiate mid-level Varsity, JV, and Youth games using the two-person system. Ideally, they have begun to learn the 3-person system as well.

Level 3 Officials (L3) are expected to possess advanced proficiency, understanding and knowledge of the game and are capable of officiating in the two and three person system on the highest level of high school play.