Attending STLHE? Consider applying for the TAGSA Award!!

On June 7, 2016, in UWindsor, by Elizabeth Ismail

Deadline approaching: June 10, 2016

Dear Graduate Students presenting at STLHE,

If you are attending the upcoming STLHE conference and are a graduate student, please consider applying for the TAGSA Award for Best Conference Session Led by a Graduate Student.

TAGSA Award for Best Conference Session Led by a Graduate Student

Description: The Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Advancement (TAGSA) Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) will recognize a graduate student who facilitates the best conference student-led session at the annual STLHE conference. For more information regarding the award, please see: http://www.stlhe.ca/awards/tagsa-award/

Eligibility:

  • Graduate students (including TAGSA members) who are currently enrolled in a Master’s or Doctoral program at a post-secondary institution or who were enrolled in a Master’s or Doctoral program at a post-secondary institution in the most recent academic year
  • Listed as the first author on their conference presentation
  • Presenting at the STLHE conference
  • Graduate student members of the award adjudication committee are not eligible

Application Process: Graduate students (including TAGSA members) who have had a proposal accepted to the STLHE conference and are interested in being considered for the “TAGSA Award for Best Conference Session Led by a Graduate Student” must submit an application to the Chair of the TAGSA SIG via email (directions below) that includes:

Name:
Graduate Studies Status:
Program:
University:
Conference Session Title and Abstract:
Language(s) of Presentation:

In submitting this information, the submitter confirms his or her eligibility for this award.

E-mail Submission and Deadline: Submissions should be sent with “TAGSA Award for Best Conference Session Led by a Graduate Student” in the subject line no later than June 10, 2016 to tagsa@stlhe.ca<mailto:tagsa@stlhe.ca>. Adjudication criteria will be forwarded to each applicant before the conference.

Award: At the conference, volunteer adjudicators will circulate among the sessions of presenters who asked to be considered for the award in order to adjudicate the sessions. The award will be presented at the closing of the STLHE conference. The award, which is sponsored by the STLHE and the conference organizers, includes a certificate, reimbursement of all conference registration fees, acknowledgement on the STLHE website and in the STLHE newsletter, a one-year complimentary membership to TAGSA, and a one year complimentary membership to STLHE to recognize the contribution the award winner makes to teaching and learning in post-secondary education.

TAGSA Award for Best Conference Session Led by a Graduate Student Rubric

Name of student:
Name of reviewer:

Please circle your score and provide additional comments in each category, then insert the total score at the end of the sheet.  Thank you.

Clarity

  • Message communicated effectively; large amounts of difficult-to-read text avoided; adopts innovative and visual approaches to communicating information; and presenter provides a more detailed explication in a handout that adds to the understanding and engagement of the participant
    • 3 points
  • Attempts are made to communicate message clearly, but lack of visual approaches impede engagement and/or understanding; where technology or handouts are provided they are ‘added on’ rather than integral to the ideas
    • 2 points
  • Message is significantly impacted by lack of clarity in organization, text, image, media, and/or handouts
    • 1 point

Contribution to knowledge base

  • Demonstrates a robust conceptual basis, incorporating relevant sources and frameworks; material is explained, evaluated, and integrated into the field
    • 4 points
  • Incorporates some theoretical/scholarly materials, but links to this scholarship are tenuous or superficially explored
    • 2 points
  • Does not include scholarly materials or frameworks
    • 0 points

Conceptual depth

  • Demonstrates originality, substance, and depth; clearly articulates contribution to the field
    • 3 points
  • Demonstrates originality, but does not engage with the idea/question with substantial depth
    • 2 points
  • Lacking originality and/or depth
    • 1 point

Contribution to graduate student advancement/Graduate teaching and learning

  • Offers new and innovative contributions to the field of graduate student/TA advancement; highlights research, issues, or programs relating to graduate teaching and learning
    • 2 points
  • Offers some useful contributions to the field of graduate student/TA advancement
    • 1 point
  • Lacking useful contributions to the field of graduate student/TA advancement
    • 0 points

Potential for engagement

  • Demonstrates potential to inspire active learning, by fostering interaction between audience and presenter
    • 2 points
  • Includes some elements that might inspire interaction, but these elements depend on the audience’s initiative to be appreciated
    • 1 point
  • Does not include elements that might inspire interaction between audience and presenter
    • 0 points

Presentation skills

  • Well organized, excellent use of the presentation space, clarity of voice, and professionalism
    • 4 points
  • Most of the elements of a good presentation demonstrated
    • 2 points
  • Lacking presentation skills, which inhibits communication of content
    • 0 points

Connection to STLHE conference theme

  • The overall presentation clearly links to the STLHE conference theme for the year
    • 2 points
  • Links to the conference theme are tenuous
    • 1 point
  • Does not link to the conference theme or is superficial
    • 0 points

Total mark for presentation …………… out of a possible 20 marks