Reviewer+Criteria

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The following criteria will be used by proposal reviewers to award an invitation to present during MCAPD Conference #8, “Imagining and Re-Imagining our Teaching.”

1. Is the topic one that is relevant to the current conference theme “Imagining and Re-Imagining our Teaching”?
 * // You will be asked to please demonstrate relevancy in your proposal. An explanatory yet snappy title may help here. //

2. Does the proposed session highlight best practices, innovative instructional techniques or effective methods?
 * // You will be asked to list the best practices, instructional techniques and methods you will focus on. Please take into account that the sessions are 50 minutes in length. //

3. Does the session include hands-on content and/or audience take-aways?
 * // Our experience tells us that conference sessions with these enticements tend to be the most popular. Show, tell and "how to do quickly and successfully" is very attractive to conference goers. //

4. Will the topic appeal to many of the diverse disciplines in higher education?


 * //General application of the ideas, tools and techniques provided can help attendance; however, narrow discipline-specific sessions can work as well. Please help the reviewer understand where you are going and what audience you expect for your topic.//

5. Does the topic support the in-classroom teaching excellence of adjunct faculty?
 * //Please help us understand how you believe what you will be presenting might have an adjunct “hook.” Yes, brilliant teaching tools, tips, and techniques have a universal flavor to them, but is there an adjunct wrinkle that can be demonstrated?//

6. Does the topic support the work of college administrators (including department chairs and deans)?
 * // Do not hesitate to propose a session that you feel will appeal to college administrators. When we select such a session, we will want to market it directly to that audience to encourage them to consider the merits of this conference for administrators as well as faculty members. //

7. Does your abstract tell the story? Is your bio succinct?


 * //The abstract and presenter bio help sell the session. As you know, many conference goers will make their decision about which sessions to attend over their coffee, juice and bagel when they arrive for the conference. Help them choose you. The abstract and bio will appear online. The abstract will also appear in our printed materials.//

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