The Communications Officer shall assist the Program Chair, consult with the Senior Advisor and assist in carrying out the Chair’s responsibilities. The Communications Officer participates in the program training session delivered by AERA, helps the Program Chair to confirm the review criteria, to select the submission review panels, to organize the program, to select session chairs and discussants; solicits news items for the newsletter, creates newsletters to distribute regularly, updates and maintains the website as well as social media channels.
Length of term: 1 year - automatic succession of the following offices: from Communications Chair, to Program Chair, to Chair, to Past Chair,
You may self-nominate or nominate someone else for this important leadership role. If you nominate someone else, please ask if the person is willing to accept the nomination, and if elected is willing to serve, before you submit a nomination.
Nominees’ information will be screened, and finalists submitted in October. The TICL elections will be part of the general AERA elections, which require at least two nominations for each position. Elections will open in January and candidates will be notified of election results in February. The term begins in immediately following the national conference.
Any current, non-student, member of the AERA Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning SIG is eligible.
Nominations must be submitted to the TICL Chair in each year in October with “TICL Nomination” in the subject line. Include the following items:
* nominee’s full name and title
* institutional affiliation and position
* email address
* short biography (250 word or fewer) to be used on the ballot