Welcome to Gulf Coast DI!
On March 3rd, 2018 you are invited to the largest
regional celebration of creativity, innovation and
teamwork in Texas!
Important Resources
• www.idodi.org
• Roadmap
• Rules of the road
• Challenge
• www.texasdi.org
• www.gulfcoastdi.com
• Your school’s DI sponsor
• Your district’s DI representative ( see Contacts page )
• Your regional director
• Todd Anderson
• [email protected]
Step 1 – Form a team
1) Follow your school district’s rules for team formation
2) Make sure your team’s formation adheres to the rules
of team formation in the Rules of the Road document
Step 1 – Form a team
District Deadlines:
Cy-Fair : Oct 31st
Ft Bend: Oct 31st
Katy: Oct 31st
Step 2 – Pick a challenge
1) Have your team decide which challenge they want to
participate in.
2) This is the first test of team chemistry and a good
starting point for teaching teamwork.
3) Please try to decide on a challenge early as we need
solid numbers before the end of the year to plan
the tournament.
Step 3 – Get your team
number
1) Each team that participates must have a valid team
number.
2) If you are an independent team, you will need to
purchase your team number from www.shopdi.org
3) If you are participating through a school district,
please check with your school sponsor/district DI
coordinator for your team number
Step 4 – Register your team
1) Create an account on www.texasdi.org if you don’t
have one.
2) Review the instructions for registering your team on
www.gulfcoastdi.com/team-registration.html
3) Please register early, you can still edit your
information until the registration deadline in midJanuary.
Ongoing
1) Practice with your team
2) Attend team manager training sessions ( check
schedule on www.gulfcoastdi.com )
Monday
3) Regularly check for clarifications
on www.idodi.org
for your challenge.
4) Regularly check the www.gulfcoastdi.com website
for tournament information
5) Watch for email communications from your regional
director
Important Dates
• 10/10/17 – IC Forum – Katy ISD ESC – 7-9:00 pm
• 10/31/17 – Last day to register a team with Katy ISD,
Cy-Fair ISD and Fort Bend ISD
• 11/30/17 – Early bird discount deadline ( independent
teams only )
• 12/9/17 – Team Workshop – Salyards Middle School 8 am – 12 pm
• 1/15/18 - Gulf Coast registration deadline
• 3/3/18 - Gulf Coast regional tournament – Dulles
High School
• 4/6 – 4/7/18 – Texas affiliate tournament - Mansfield
• 5/21 – 5/26/18 – Global Finals – Univ of Tennessee
Most importantly
Have fun and enjoy the
journey with your team!