Mentors will be paid for their time spent mentoring if approved. Follow the IRC Mentor Process as described below to ensure accurate and prompt payment:

Step 1: Submit Availability

e-Mail your available dates to mentoring@iowareferees.com and cc: syra@iowareferees.com. Your e-Mail should just include your name, date(s) you are available, location, and times you are looking to mentor.

Step 2: Receive Approval

All mentoring must be approved in advance by the State Director of Mentoring (SDM) and/or the State Youth Referee Administrator (SYRA). Mentors may not self-assign or claim reimbursement without prior approval.

Step 3: Conduct Mentoring & Submit Support and Scouting Form

Perform mentoring at the field as assigned. Submit feedback through the Support and Scouting Form. 

Step 4: Submit Reimbursement Request

Download and complete the IRC Expense Reimbursement / Payment Form. (The fee schedule is attached to the policy). e-Mail the completed form to irctreas@gmail.com and cc: mentoring@iowareferees.com and syra@iowareferees.com. Reimbursement is processed according to the IRC approved mentoring fee schedule and requires both pre-approval (Step 2) and submission of the Support and Scouting Form (Step 3).

Mentors should use the Support and Scouting Form when “roaming the fields” and watching from 2-4 games at one time:

• Complete a form for each official mentored.

• Note one good point observed and provide one constructive piece of advice for the referee’s next game.

• Briefly meet with the officials after their games.

The goal for the Fall ‘25 and Spring ‘26 Seasons is to demonstrate the value of the “support and scouting” system and transition administration and payment to the clubs.

Pay for support and scouting is $30 per hour. Complete an IRC Expense Reimbursement Form and submit to Jake Larson and Dallon Christensen for approval.

📱NOTE: Using your Smartphone or tablet, click here to download the Support and Scouting Form App to your device’s home screen.

Mentors should use the Match Evaluation Form for those referees who have formally requested an evaluation through the IRC Website:

• Complete a separate Match Evaluation Form for each official on the crew.

• Jake and Dallon will coordinate these match evaluation requests and assign a mentor to the game.

• PLEASE DO NOT DO A MATCH EVALUATION WITHOUT JAKE’S OR DALLON’S APPROVAL!

📱NOTE: Using your Smartphone or tablet, click here to download the Match Evaluation Form App to your device’s home screen.

The High School Soccer Official Mentor Form is a Google Form to be used when mentoring a high school soccer official during the Spring ‘25 Season.

US Soccer’s RefEval platform streamlines the Regional Referee evaluation process, making it easier to create, submit, track, and review feedback. By bringing everything into one place, US Soccer is enhancing how referees are evaluated, coached, and supported:

• Referee Coaches can create and submit evaluations quickly with an intuitive interface.

• Referees can access their evaluations and performance insights through a secure, easy-to-use dashboard.

• SRCs gain powerful administrative tools, including automated routing and real-time reporting.

👉 IMPORTANT: All Regional Referee evaluations are required to be submitted through RefEval.

Once logged-in to RefEval, a User Guide and How-to Video Library are available under FAQs. For support, e-Mail referee@ussoccer.org.

duKTiG has a variety of waterproof notebooks, notepads, cards and other products. Their spiral bound notebook is medium-sized, waterproof and soccer specific. It features a hardcover and folds back on itself for easy note-taking. Add a duKTiG 4-color pen and ruler and keep everything in one place with their weatherproof clipboard or pouch.

Mentors use the Practical Assignment Submission Form to record completion of annual recertification requirements: Leading a Field Session, Leading a Video Analysis Session, and Evaluating the Performance of Match Officials. Completed forms are uploaded to the Learning Center.