2021 HOSA VIRTUAL TEXAS AREA CONFERENCES VTAC

2021 HOSA VIRTUAL TEXAS
   AREA CONFERENCES
         VTAC

NAVIGATING THE CONFERENCE SITE

  GO TO TEXAS HOSA
      WEBSITE
WWW.TEXASHOSA.ORG
CLICK ON THE “VIRTUAL
CONFERENCES” TAB

NAVIGATING THE CONFERENCE SITE

  IMPORTANT LINKS
CONFERENCE MEMO
FULL SCHEDULE
UPDATES

NAVIGATING THE CONFERENCE SITE

CONFERENCE MEMO

NAVIGATING THE CONFERENCE SITE

FULL SCHEDULE

NAVIGATING THE CONFERENCE SITE

  UPDATES

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
  GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS
    SECURITY & ETHICS
      TESTING & TALLO
        LIVE EVENTS
           OFFICER INFORMATION

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
        BEGINS: DECEMBER 1, 2020
        DEADLINE: January 6, 2021
   FEE: $15.00 (student competitors only)
           DUE: January 20, 2021
T-SHIRTS: All registered student competitors

Go to www.HOSA.org
  and click on the
   “Advisors” tab

Click on “Local
    Advisor”

Under HOSA
Membership,
  Click on
 “Affiliation
  System”

Login Screen

 Enter your
Username &
 Password

Scroll down to
“Conferences”

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

  There will be
 multiple “cards”
   under the
  conferences
    heading

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

 Click on the “2021
     Virtual Area
 Conference” card
  for your area to
 access registration

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Register your
 students on
  this screen

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS
 COMPETITORS WILL NOT SHOW A COPY OF
     THE GUIDELINES AT 2021 VTAC
ALL GUIDELINES FOUND AT WWW.HOSA.ORG
                 EXCEPT
MEDICAL ART POSTER GUIDELINES FOUND AT
    WWW.TEXASHOSA.ORG IN ADVISOR
          HANDBOOK-SECTION I

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

   USE GUIDELINES TO PREPARE
SOME EVENT GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN
    MODIFIED FOR 2021 VTAC
MODIFICATIONS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
VIRTUAL EVENT INFORMATION SHEETS

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

VIRTUAL EVENT INFORMATION SHEETS HELP
    COMPETITORS AND ADVISORS TO
 UNDERSTAND THE MODIFICATIONS FOR A
            VIRTUAL EVENT

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

LINKS TO THE EVENT INFORMATION SHEETS
  ARE FOUND AT WWW.TEXASHOSA.ORG
  UNDER THE VIRTUAL CONFERENCES TAB

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

 EACH EVENT HAS AN INFORMATION SHEET

EVENTS THAT HAVE A SKILL COMPONENT ARE
  ADDRESSED IN THE “SKILL EVENTS” SHEET

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

EVENTS THAT ARE COMPRISED OF A TEST ARE
ADDRESSED IN A SHEET ENTITLED “TEST ONLY
                EVENTS”

GUIDELINES AND RUBRICS

 Rubrics are the
  rating sheets
contained in the
   guidelines

This is a sample of
the rubric used for
   Community
    Awareness

Link to “Security
    and Ethics
Statement” found
     in Memo

TESTING AND TALLO
TESTING
Tests will be taken online within a 12-hour
period (8:00 am to 8:00 pm) on their
designated day via a smartphone, tablet,
or computer
Tests will be open book/open note

TESTING AND TALLO
Testing
All competitors should review the
“Security and Ethical Statement”,
especially as it relates to online testing
Testing is not collaborative. Each
competitor should take the test on his/her
own

TESTING AND TALLO
Testing
For all team testing events, all team
members must take the test within one
hour of each other
Coordinate with other team members to
take the test within 60 minutes of each
other

TESTING AND TALLO
Testing
Tests are timestamped electronically, and
Texas HOSA will monitor to ensure team
members begin the test within 60 minutes
of each other

TESTING AND TALLO
Testing

Printed testing instructions are available by
clicking on the link in the conference
memo

TESTING AND TALLO

 Link to testing
  instructions
   within the
   conference
     memo

TESTING AND TALLO

Online Testing
 Instructions

TESTING AND TALLO
Tallo
Many of the events will require uploads to
Tallo
The Virtual Event Information Sheets will
tell competitors what must be uploaded

TESTING AND TALLO
Tallo
All materials must be uploaded to Tallo by
the published deadline to be judged
In team events, only ONE team member is
required to upload to Tallo

TESTING AND TALLO
Tallo
  Link to Tallo
      upload
 instructions is
within the event
  information
       sheet

LIVE EVENTS

 Five events will be live using the Zoom
                platform

LIVE EVENTS

•   Biomedical Debate
•   HOSA Bowl
•   Interviewing Skills
•   Job Seeking Skills
•   Medical Spelling

LIVE EVENTS

Biomedical Debate

Round Two teams that are finalists will be
emailed appointment date/times and
Zoom links

LIVE EVENTS

Biomedical Debate

All team members will meet the judges
within Zoom, but no other teams will be
present in the same meeting

LIVE EVENTS

Biomedical Debate

The team will be told if they have drawn
affirmative or negative and have 30
seconds to prepare their thoughts

LIVE EVENTS
Biomedical Debate
The team will not be debating another
team but will be responding to key points
stated by the judges

See the Virtual Event Information Sheet
for a more detailed explanation

LIVE EVENTS

HOSA Bowl

Round Two teams that are finalists will be
emailed appointment date/times and
Zoom links

LIVE EVENTS

HOSA Bowl

All team members will meet the judges
within Zoom but no other teams will be
present in the same meeting

LIVE EVENTS
HOSA Bowl
Question 1 will be answered by team
member 1, question 2 will be answered by
team member 2 etc.

Only that team member can respond

LIVE EVENTS
HOSA Bowl
The same 36 questions will be asked of
each team in the round and the team that
answers the most questions correctly will
advance.
• See the Virtual Event Information Sheet
  for a more detailed explanation

LIVE EVENTS

Interviewing Skills/Job Seeking Skills

In Round One, competitors will submit a
Cover Letter and Resume to be judged.
Those with the 10 highest scores will
advance to round two.

LIVE EVENTS

Interviewing Skills/Job Seeking Skills

Round Two finalists will be emailed
appointment date/times and Zoom
links

LIVE EVENTS

Interviewing Skills/Job Seeking Skills

Each round two finalist will meet with the
judges for a live interview within the
Zoom platform

LIVE EVENTS

Medical Spelling

Round Two finalists will be emailed
appointment date/times and Zoom links

LIVE EVENTS

Medical Spelling

Competitors will meet with the judges
one-at-a-time within the Zoom platform

LIVE EVENTS

Medical Spelling

All competitors will be asked to spell the
same list of 15 words in the same order

The words become progressively harder

LIVE EVENTS

Medical Spelling

A competitor will continue to spell until
he/she either misspells a word or spells
the entire list correctly

LIVE EVENTS

Medical Spelling

The competitor who spells the most words
will be declared the winner and the other
placements will depend on the number of
correctly spelled words

LIVE EVENTS
Medical Spelling
Ties will be broken by test scores

If test scores are the same, the
competitors will be described as co-
winners

LIVE EVENTS

Medical Spelling

The same rules apply as described in the
guidelines regarding definitions,
pronunciations, and time allowed to spell
each word

LIVE EVENTS

Medical Spelling

Taber’s Audio Glossary will be used to
pronounce the words to the competitors

AREA/STATE OFFICER INFORMATION
Officer Candidate Online Testing will take
place from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm on Friday,
January 8, 2021

Officer Candidate Finalists will be posted
on January 11, 2021

AREA/STATE OFFICER INFORMATION

The Officer Candidate application must be
uploaded to Tallo by 11:59 pm on
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

AREA/STATE OFFICER INFORMATION

Officer Candidate Finalists will receive a
Zoom invitation for their Nominating
Committee interview appointment on
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

AREA/STATE OFFICER INFORMATION

See the Officer Candidate Information
Sheet for detailed instructions

There is a link to it in the memo

For Conference Registration questions:
          janet.villarreal@texashosa.org

For Competitive Event Questions:
          anne.regier@texashosa.org

For Area/State Officer Candidate Questions:
         Kelly.cowan@texashosa.org