Professional Officials
2025-26 Referee Welcome Letter
Tournament Format: While the actual format for each court on any particular day may vary, you can generally count on 5 or 6 matches per day.
Each year we staff the boys’ tournaments in the fall, as well as the larger girls tournament schedule in the winter and spring. The boys season kicks off this year with a two-day Kickoff Tournament Oct 4-5.
Pay Scale: A long-overdue change was made 2 years to the RMR officials’ compensation rate, a change that I hope you’ll like and one that may influence how many events you work this season. The following pay rates are based on your level of certification and will be paid per match:
Working through all of your "membership" tasks
Updated 8.1.24
1) Purchase your USAV/RMR membership HERE
(To sign into an existing account, login HERE)
2) Once you’ve signed your agreements and paid your fees, you’ll have a “profile home page" at SportsEngine
3) From your SportsEngine profile, click the “Household” tab on the left
4) A “tile” (window) with your name in it should be presented (more tiles if others in your family are also members)
5) Click on your tile, to open it
6) Verify that your contact information is correct, then in the “Overview” window below that, click “Memberships”
7) There you should be able to see all your memberships, past and future
8) Click on the current “25-26 RMR….” membership
9) There, you should be presented with the elements of your current membership …
10) Each will be marked as “ineligible/incomplete” or “pending” or “eligible/complete”
11) Any element that is as yet incomplete will have a hyperlink to the right that allows you to complete that task
For all members: Your various agreements and waivers should be complete!
For Coaches and Officials:
—> “Initiate Background Screen” should be your first priority (you will be charged $14)
—> Take your SafeSport Course
—> First-Time Coaches may need to complete the “IMPACT” course
12) With those tasks managed, you can return to your “Home” page at mysportsengine.com
13) Access to the USA Volleyball Academy is provided there.
14) In the Academy, click “Enrollments” to find mandatory courses assigned to you:
--> Players will find “for credit” courses about scorekeeping and refereeing
--> Coaches will find their IMPACT training course as well as referee or scorekeeping courses
--> Officials will find specific scorekeeping and referee modules assigned to them, based on their level of certification
15) Click “Content Library” to find lots of learning material provided for you, as optional reading
--> Coaches will find clinics, courses, and interesting educational articles provided here
--> For Officials, over a hundred referee and scorekeeping modules can be reviewed here, any time, under “Officials Academy* Optional”
16) Take a look at our CALENDAR OF EVENTS
17) Log into TM2sign.com and if necessary, set up a new account
18) Once you have an account and are logged in, drag down under your name in top right, to “Officials Dashboard"
* Then in the blue line up top, click “Register for Events” and enter “RMR” in the Event Name search bar
* Take a look at all of our RMR events, and click the green “REGISTER” button for each event you’d like to officiate!
*Click USAV… and SAVE
-->Your status in that event will change from “pending” to “ACCEPTED” when our assignors confirm your date!
19) Sign the 3 "Important Documents" below and email them to: accounting@rmrvolleyball.org.
Letter from RMR pro referee Assignor Marc Bower
Welcome back to another season as a paid official with the Rocky Mountain Region (RMR) of USA Volleyball!
Our tournaments this year include the Boys’ season starting in early October and the Girls’ season starting in mid-December. These tournaments run through early June. For a complete list of this season’s tournament dates, please go to this CALENDAR LINK.
In order to be eligible to officiate with the RMR, the following easy steps must be completed:
First – Obtain your Membership for 2025-26
Sign up for your USAV membership and complete all elements of the membership so they are marked “eligible/complete”. All needed information for this and more can be found at our PROFESSIONAL OFFCIAL’S LINK
Second – Complete online and classroom training
- Complete AT LEAST one of the following in the USAV Academy (found in the Content Library)
- RM26_202 Level 1 Paid Referee Training (suggested for 1-3 years experience)
- RM26_203 Level 2 Paid Referee Training (suggested for 4+ years experience)
- Attend one MANDATORY Paid-Ref Pre-Season Zoom meeting (times for 3 scheduled zooms listed below; attend one zoom)
- Attend one Scorer Classroom session (listed below; these are public events to which you should register using link for that specific clinic using public links published HERE)
Third – Register for tournaments, have fun, and earn some income
All RMR tournaments for this season are already listed and open for registration on TM2Sign. Sign-up for as many as you want. For the majority of tournaments, we have enough courts of play to use everyone who registers.
Also, we'll need you to sign 3 "Important Documents" before you can get paid: 1) Independent Contractor Contract; 2) W-9; and 3) ACH form. You'll find them below under "Important Documents." Please fill these out, sign them, and send them to our Accountant at: accounting@rmrvolleyball.org. Thanks!
Links to these clinics appear on the "Officiating Clinics" Page
Pro-Refs Attend 1 of 3
As we enter the professional officiating season, we ask that you attend one of our pre-season organizational meetings. Please choose one (of three) meetings to attend!
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Paid-Ref Pre-Season Zoom #1 (Sunday Nov 9, 6pm)
RMR Volleyball is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Time: Sunday Nov 9, 2025 06:00 PM Mountain Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989353793
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Paid-Ref Pre-Season Zoom #2, Sunday Nov 23rd, 6pm)
RMR Volleyball is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Paid-Ref Pre-Season Zoom #2
Time: Sunday Nov 23, 2025 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86230462249
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Paid-Ref Pre-Season Zoom #3 Sunday Dec 7th, 6pm
RMR Volleyball is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Paid-Ref Pre-Season Zoom #3
Time: Dec 7, 2025 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85755674465
Paid Referees
New Provisional: This certification is open to USAV members age 16 and older who would like to officiate RMR events. To become a new Provisional Paid Official, you need to be a certified scorer and a certified RMR Referee by doing the coursework at the USAV Academy. On your first day as a paid official, we will match you up with a veteran mentor who will work with you that day. Each match that you work with your mentor will be paid at half rate ($20/match). Once you're working solo, you will be paid the full match rate.
How To Access The USAV Learning Academy
Updated 5/6/24
The USAV Academy is where coaches and athletes go for their referee and scorekeeping courses...
1. Log in to My SportsEngine with your USA Volleyball Membership linked account.
2. In the top middle of your home page, you'll see the USA Volleyball Academy name and Logo in a box. A blue "Launch" button appears at the far right of that box. Click on the "Launch" button, and you should be good to go!
3. Remember that "Enrollments" are required-for-credit courses that have been assigned to you
4. The "Content Library" offers articles, optional courses and all sorts of educational material!
Extra Home Study for Professional Officials..
Or for anyone who wants to "up their game!"
At the USV Learning Academy, all USAV members have access to ALL of the officiating modules that USAV offers. These are found under the "Content Library" at your Academy. Once there, look for the module marked "Officiating Academy *Optional*"
There, modules are sorted top to bottom, 100-series to 400-series. Read as much as you'd like!
Here are some modules that we frequently recommend as a "refresher course" at the start of each season.
The basics
Courses 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15
Also 105, 106, 107 and especially 108
Then for Coach education:
Courses 51 and 150
Then 24, 205, 206, 207, 208 and 303
Also 210 and 211
Advanced topics
Courses 311, 312, 317, 318 and 319
For (wannabe) “pro” refs:
Courses 402 and 403
New Info for colorado coaches and officials
New Colorado Requirement: (includes REFS)
A new Colorado law came into effect July 1st, 2025. In effect, Colorado has created its own "Safesport-style" athlete-safety training program for coaches (and officials) in all youth sports. The new law requires ALL professional adults employed by youth sports organizations to complete this training module annually.
You can take the course here: Colorado-Mandated TRAINING
FYI: At this time, Colorado does not recognize the USAV Safesport Course as a replacement for their own safety curriculum. We do have advocates at "Capitol Hill" negotiating for a collaborative effort in the future. But be advised, for the 25-26 RMR season, all Directors, Coaches and Officials are required to complete both the USAV Safesport and the Colorado Mandatory Reporter training courses.
Get to your B/G Screen and Safesport
Coaches and Adult Referees can follow these steps to purchase a membership, then initiate their Background Screen, and Connect to their Safesport Course
--> Coaches may choose to wait for an "affiliation invitation link" form their club, rather than buying a generic membership as described below.
Membership: The link should take you to a frame that looks like the first screenshot (Screenshot #1 on right):
We call this window/sub-routine the “Quizzard.” There, look for the membership type you need: "Coach/Director" or “Pro Referee."
Once you have purchased your membership, use this LINK to sign into your main account page at SE
Then try to navigate to “Membership” as pictured (Screenshot #2 on right)
The example is from my personal account. I happen to have a lot of membership-types … go figure
If you CLICK THE PHRASE (25-26 Pro-Referee or whatever) that is the Title of the membership, a window opens. We call that the “eligibility stack." (Screenshot #3 on right)
If you make all the little buttons there turn green, then you’re fully eligible!
--> START WITH THE BACKGROUND SCREEN. You’ll see a phrase “Initiate Screen” to the right . It will charge you another $14 after you answer the questions.
Then settle in to take your Safesport course. Your first one, and each 4 years thereafter, is a bit over 2 hours long. The "refresher" courses in the 4 years in between are only about 30 minutes!
Don't forget to take your Colorado-mandated "Reporter Training" as well! (Another 2 hours, that must b done in one sitting. YOU keep your certificate!)
How to create an "Affiliation Link" for your Club
Directors;
You can invite coaches and players to affiliate with your team using the SportsEngine "Public Link" function. (Public in that it can be given to anyone, not just to a specific person)
USAV wrote an article that describes how to access (create) the public club assignment link for your club: here.
Yes, you will still need the "Public Link" when we move to the new Online Commitment Portal System (OCS). You'll embed both yoru contract and your Link into each offer!
RMR 4.28.25
HOW TO BUILD A DEFAULT ROSTER AT TM2
To build a Default Roster at TM2:
1. Log into your tm2sign account
2. Click on teams and from the list of your teams pick the one you want to build
3. To the right below the blue menu bar, click on default roster
4. Click the "Add Player" button or "Add Staff" button to build your teams default roster
5. When done, from the blue menu click My Events
6. Click on the event your team is entered
7. Click on the team name or the red circle in the roster column
8. Below the validate button and to the right, click apply default roster
Screenshot #1: Membership Quizzard window
Screenshot #2: Memberships
#3: Eligibilities (note blue hyperlinks on right)
Officials and Scorers Chairs:
Officials Chair: Jim Henthorn: officialschair@rmrvolleyball.org
Scorers Chair: Kent Haggard: scorerchair@rmrvolleyball.org
Referee Assignor: Marc Bower: marbower@msn.com
Tell me about uniforms!
Professional referees wear the uniform stipulated by the agency for whom they work at any given event. Many officials end up with closets full of uniforms over the years!
Here in the RMR we're happy to allow refs to wear any of the agency-approved uniforms. In general that includes long navy blue pants (should have pockets and belt loops), black belt, white shoes, and (any of the) approved "referee polos" from USAV, NCAA or FIVB). A full description of USAV referee-uniform regulations appears HERE.
Finally, here are some vendors that you might consider shopping with:
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
You will find important documents below so you can be a paid official in the Rocky Mountain Region, these include an ACH form for direct deposit, W-9 and Independent Contractor Agreement. All three forms should be returned by email directly to our bookkeeper Brandi, at accounting@rmrvolleyball.org.
USAV-Important Materials for Indoor Officials
Here you'll find info for all officials, including rulebooks, application forms, uniform information, AES information, USAV Academy info, housing at national events, etc.
PAID OFFICIALS IN THE RMR:
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CODE OF PROFESSIONAL & ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR RMR OFFICIALS
Conduct of all RMR officials shall be at the highest standard at all times. The RMR has a set of standards to the behavior of its members, and those standards are detailed in the USA Volleyball Participant Code of Conduct.
- Officials are free from bias, are impartial, and render neutral decisions.
- Officials avoid a conflict of interest or situations that may create the perception that there is a conflict of interest.
- Officials treat other officials with dignity and respect.
- Officials always seek self-improvement.
- Officials do not condone or participate in activities that unfairly limit access to participants based on age, gender, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, and socioeconomic status.
- Officials do not fraternize with coaches, players, spectators, event administrators, or other participants.
- Officials do not exploit or misuse their power for personal gain, to give unfair advantage to certain individuals, or harm other officials' careers and opportunities.
- Officials do not engage in sexual harassment.
- Officials do not use illegal substances of any kind.
- Officials do not engage in physical, verbal, or emotional harassment, or abusive words or actions.
JUNIOR ATHLETES ENCOURAGED TO WORK AS PAID OFFICIALS
We love to see our athletes "get involved" with officiating.. and it's a great way to make a few extra dollars! Our guys might referee for pay during the girls' season, and our girls can officiate the boys in the fall! Another idea is to have girls that play "odds" referee on the "even" weekends and vice versa! (this can work for COACHES as well.. .they can referee for extra pay on their off weekends!)
Parents are also encouraged to enter the officiating ranks...
Come on out to make a few bucks!
