Call for Judges
You are cordially invited to be a judge for the 2024 Educators Rising® Virginia State Leadership Conference and Competitive Events. The career and technical student organization (CTSO), Educators Rising®, affords participants the opportunity to showcase what they have they have learned while participating in pre-collegiate education classes and EdRising leadership activities.
Competitions are performance-based events in which aspiring educators demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and leadership in education. With a blend of individual and team events, competitions are authentic, engaging opportunities for rising educators to stretch their creativity, commitment, and professionalism. The schedule for the day will also feature a keynote speaker, college admission representatives, best practices roundtables, and the closing awards session. First and second place state award recipients are eligible to represent Virginia and compete at the national conference to be held in Washington, D.C., June 28 - July 1, 2024.
Your support is needed to make this event a success for the close to 300 Virginia high school students who are expected to attend. We are seeking education and business professionals to volunteer as onsite judges for the state competitions. Recertification points and lunch will be provided. The event will be held, Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Potomac Shores Middle School located at 17851 Woods View Dr, Dumfries, VA 22026 in Prince William county. Judges will be needed 8 am-1 pm. This email invitation can be shared with others you know who may be interested in this opportunity.
Competitions and contests are listed below.
Note: Any competition or contest with an asterisk *, requires pre-judging of submitted materials as well as an on-site component. Competition and contest updates for the 2023-2024 school year are now available HERE.
Competitions:
Contests
Competitions are performance-based events in which aspiring educators demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and leadership in education. With a blend of individual and team events, competitions are authentic, engaging opportunities for rising educators to stretch their creativity, commitment, and professionalism. The schedule for the day will also feature a keynote speaker, college admission representatives, best practices roundtables, and the closing awards session. First and second place state award recipients are eligible to represent Virginia and compete at the national conference to be held in Washington, D.C., June 28 - July 1, 2024.
Your support is needed to make this event a success for the close to 300 Virginia high school students who are expected to attend. We are seeking education and business professionals to volunteer as onsite judges for the state competitions. Recertification points and lunch will be provided. The event will be held, Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Potomac Shores Middle School located at 17851 Woods View Dr, Dumfries, VA 22026 in Prince William county. Judges will be needed 8 am-1 pm. This email invitation can be shared with others you know who may be interested in this opportunity.
Competitions and contests are listed below.
Note: Any competition or contest with an asterisk *, requires pre-judging of submitted materials as well as an on-site component. Competition and contest updates for the 2023-2024 school year are now available HERE.
Competitions:
- *Children’s Literature – K-3 (individual or dual)
- *Children’s Literature – K-3 Spanish (individual or dual)
- *Children’s Literature – Pre-K (individual or dual)
- *Children’s Literature – Pre-K Spanish (individual or dual) NEW for 2024
- Creative Lecture (TED Talk) (individual)
- *Educators Rising Leadership Award (Individual - Varsity Only)
- Educators Rising Moment (Individual)
- Educators Rising Moment – Spanish (individual) NEW for 2024
- Ethical Dilemma (team)
- *Exploring Education Administration Careers (individual)
- *Exploring Non-Core Subject Teaching Careers (individual)
- *Exploring Support Services Careers (individual)
- Impromptu Speaking (individual)
- Inside Our Schools Presentation (team)
- Inside Our Schools Presentation – Spanish (team) NEW for 2024
- *Job Interview (individual)
- *Lesson Planning and Delivery – Arts (individual)
- *Lesson Planning and Delivery – Career and Technical Education (individual)
- *Lesson Planning and Delivery – Humanities (individual)
- *Lesson Planning and Delivery – Spanish (Individual) NEW for 2024
- *Lesson Planning and Delivery – STEM (individual)
- Outstanding Chapter (team) NEW for 2024
- Public Service Announcement – Teacher Recruitment (team) NEW for 2024
- Public Speaking (individual)
- Researching Learning Challenges (team)
Contests
- Interactive Bulletin Board (individual or dual)
- Project Visualize-Service Project (individual or dual)
- Teacher Created Materials (individual or dual)