December Webinar

Choosing Your Award Recipients:Review & Selection Process

Agenda

• Key Dates & Important Reminders• Winner & Runner Up Selection Criteria• Winner Selection Process• Recognition Program Updates• AspireIT - opportunity for Round 5

NCWIT Key Dates

• Nov 5 Collegiate Award Applications Open

• Nov 12th - Dec 7th National High School Application Review Period

• Nov 12th - Dec 21st National Educator Application Review Period

• Week of Dec 15th National HS Award Winner & Runner-Up Notification

• Week of Dec 21st National HS Award Announcement & Non-Winner Notification

• Week of Jan 11th, ’16 All Educator Award Winners Notified

• March 4-6, 2016 National HS Award Winners Event Weekend (Charlotte, NC)

Affiliate Agreements

IF your agreement is SIGNED IF your agreement is IN PROCESS or NOT SIGNED

Affiliates without a SIGNED affiliate agreementwill NOT have access to

Winner review and selection functions!

Set Your Award Event Date!

Knowing your event date will assist NCWIT in planning staff travel to award events – we try to attend as many as possible!

National Award Weekend:March 4-6, 2016

Educator Award Update

• Reviews are currently underway and will continue through Dec 21

• We will invite affiliate coordinators to provide input in selecting Educator Award winners for your area

• Marissa Hofferber will reach out to affiliates with Educator Award applications after reviews close Dec 21

Application Review & Winner Selection Process

National Process• National Winner Selection will be completed mid-December• Winners/Runner-ups will be notified prior to announcement of

national winners week of Dec 21st

Local Winner Selection• Assemble your selection committee in December• Review and determine winners and runner-ups by January 31,

2016• Coordinators enter final selections through portal on

aspirations.org

Application Review & Winner Selection Process

Step 1: Assemble Your Selection Team

• At least 3 team members on selection committee

• Primary affiliate coordinator responsible for distributing applications to committee members

• Each team member should read all applications

Application Review & Winner Selection Process

Step 2: Select Winners & Runner-Ups

Go beyond the score… consider:• Under-represented populations (rural, urban,

lower income)• New winners/runners-up instead

of repeats• Runner-up recognition in all affiliates

Application Review & Winner Selection Process

How should you rank your candidates?• Importance of diversity• Inclusive vs. Exclusive• Aspirations and demonstrated interest• Access to opportunities• Broad geography• Plans for post-secondary education

Application Review & Winner Selection Process

Other important considerations

• Scores are only a tool for ranking• Essay answers should be a key factor• Use runner-up to encourage promising

younger students

• Advice from fellow affiliates?

Review & Selection Process:Notifications

Step 3: Winner Notification

• Generic portal email• Personalized follow-up email • Hard copy notification letter• Details about Aspirations event• Follow-up with non-winners! An email encouraging them to try

again next year is a nice touch!

Winner Selection: Details

• Updates to the dashboard are coming by mid-December • Easy access to review and select winners• Link to Download PDF to share applications with selection

committee

Review & Selection Process:Details

• Click on application link to view more information

Review & Selection Process:Details

• Click “Select as winner/runner-up” button to designate awardees

AspireIT K-12 Outreach Program

• NCWIT AspireIT connects high school and college aged young women with K-12 girls interested in computing.

• Using a near-peer model, program leaders teach younger girls fundamentals in programming and computational thinking in fun, creative environments that are supported by program partners from the NCWIT community.

• The relationship between the program leaders and their program partners fosters mentoring with technical professionals, increases young women’s confidence in their computing abilities, and develops valuable leadership skills.

AspireIT Applications Open

Registration for AspireIT (round 5) opens: Registration includes identifying Program Leader(s) and Program Partners

November 16, 2015

Registration deadline:

Last day to register a ProgramJanuary 25, 2016, 11:59 p.m., EST

Application deadline:

Application includes Program budget and Program Partner verification.

February 22, 2016, 11:59 p.m., EST

Application review period February 23 to March 7, 2016

Program notification and acceptance period March 14 to April 4, 2016

Applications for NCWIT AspireIT Round 5 are now open!

Registration and applications for Round 5, programs taking place between June 15, 2016 and October 14, 2016 are currently open.

Timeline:

Recognitions Programs Update

• Outreach Funds• Affiliate Assistance Fund• Questions?

Thank You from the Aspirations Team… Until Next Year!