Call for Volunteers

The Awards Committee plays a critical role in recognizing excellence in teaching, research, and service across the IDEC membership and partnering organizations. The majority of awards administered by the IDEC organization are managed by this committee, and include the IDEC awards for: Teaching Excellence, Scholarship Excellence, Book, Media, Community Service, and Partners in Education. You can see the details of these Awards on the IDEC Awards page. Key responsibilities of this role include preparing the call for nominations and administering the process of collecting, jurying and presenting the awards. The chair(s) of this initiative will work closely with the members of the Service Collaborative team to advance goals through regular virtual meetings. The chair(s) are appointed by the IDEC president to a two-year term, which is renewable. The time commitment is approximately 1-2 hours/month, which increases to approximately 2-3 hours/week during the process of jurying nomination packets (typically from December-February). Two positions are open.

This initiative within the Service Collaborative is dedicated to supporting the professional development of IDEC members with a focus on emerging educators, including graduate students, professionals transitioning to education, and undergraduate students considering a future career in education. Professional members and graduate student members alike are encouraged to chair or co-chair this initiative.  Key responsibilities of this role include the coordination of IDEC 101 events and the professional development events that occur in-person at the annual conference (e.g., CV review, networking events, informative presentations or panels). Thus, plans to attend the national conference in person are an important dimension of accepting this role. The chair(s) of this initiative will work closely with the members of the Service Collaborative team to advance goals through regular virtual meetings. The chair(s) are appointed by the IDEC president to a two-year term, which is renewable. The time commitment is approximately 1-2 hours/month, which increases to approximately 2-3 hours/week during the process of planning events for the annual conference (typically from December-March). Two positions are open.