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The document outlines the general rules and regulations for competing in the Educators Rising National Conference as of August 19, 2024, including eligibility requirements, application procedures, and competition guidelines. Students must be active members, complete an online application, and register for the conference by specified deadlines, while adhering to dress codes and submission rules. Violations of these guidelines may result in disqualification, and all submitted materials must be original work without the use of AI.

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Ethical Dilemma - Educators Rising 2025

The document outlines the general rules and regulations for competing in the Educators Rising National Conference as of August 19, 2024, including eligibility requirements, application procedures, and competition guidelines. Students must be active members, complete an online application, and register for the conference by specified deadlines, while adhering to dress codes and submission rules. Violations of these guidelines may result in disqualification, and all submitted materials must be original work without the use of AI.

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GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS – As of 8.19.

2024
NOTE: General rules and regulations apply to all competitive events and are in addition to each event’s specific guidelines.
Guidelines are subject to change. Please refer to the EdRising Membership Portal for the latest version.
Failure to follow the stated guidelines will result in disqualification of student competing.

All students wishing to compete at the Educators Rising National Conference must complete 3 required steps:
1. Be an Active level paid national member of Educators Rising for the current school year. State-level membership must
be paid, if applicable. Click here to join.
2. Complete the online application and upload all required materials in their final form by the stated
deadline on the National Competition page located in the Student Resources section in the EdRising
Membership Portal. This is NOT done automatically if you competed at a state or regional conference.
3. Register to attend the Educators Rising National Conference.

Eligibility • If a competitor is from a state that holds state


• Students must be a paid Active-level student competitions/contests, they must first qualify in
member of Educators Rising no later than February that given event at their state conference before
1st of the year in which they are competing. Check competing in that event at the Educators Rising
or credit card payment must be received in the National Conference. Contact your state/regional
National Office by February 15th to be considered coordinator to see if your state offers competitive
an Active-level member. events. Visit our state program page on the
Educators Rising national website to contact your
• Students may only compete in one competitive state/regional coordinator.
event.
• For states that offer state-level competitive events,
• For contests: Teacher leaders may enter up to two the top ten places in each competition for each
entries (individual or dual) per school in each event division offered by the state will be eligible to
per division. compete at the Educators Rising National
o Dual means two students participating. Conference.
o For dual entries consisting of students of • For contests, you must compete in a state level
varying grade levels, the entry will be event in order to be eligible to compete at the
placed in the division for the grade level of Educators Rising National Conference. Only entries
the most senior member. scoring 97-100 will be eligible to advance to
• For competitions: Teacher leaders may enter up to nationals. No other entrants from states that offer
two entries per school in each individual event per the competitive events at the state level will be
division and one team for team events per division. eligible for those state-level-offered competitive
Competitions/contests that are marked as events.
individual or dual will be considered individual • For nationals, schools are permitted to replace up
events for this purpose. to fifty percent of the original team members who
o All team events must have at least two qualified at the state- level.
students (and no more than four) per • For states that do not offer state-level competitive
school to qualify. events, students may register to compete in those
o For teams consisting of students of varying events at the Educators Rising National Conference.
grade levels, the team will be placed in the This applies to all Educators Rising national
division for the grade level of the most competitions. This does not apply to contests since
senior member. you must qualify at state first before moving to
nationals in any competition.
GENERAL COMPETITION INFORMATION CONT.
o For example, if you want to compete in o Students who have won state-level
Public Speaking but place eleventh or competitive events must also submit their
lower in your state-level Public Speaking entries on the national website by the
competition or don’t compete in the state- deadline to compete at the national
level competitions at all — you, cannot conference. Your state does not do this for
compete in Public Speaking at the National you.
Conference this year. If you live in a state • All video files that are submitted in advance must be
that didn’t hold a Public Speaking state- uploaded to either YouTube or Vimeo and be linked on
level competition, you may register to the application form. Videos will not be accepted by
compete in that event at the Educators
mail. We recommend that all competitors also bring a
Rising National Conference. copy of the video file on a USB drive to the conference.
Division of Competition Educators Rising competitions comply with FERPA
• The breakdown of grades noted below is used to regarding student privacy and video security.
designate levels for competition entries. Not all Competitors are responsible for ensuring that their
competitions are open to all divisions. competition videos comply with local and state
o Middle School — Grades 7, 8 requirements regarding student privacy.
o High School Junior Varsity— Grades 9, 10 • Except when explicitly specified, the Internet may not
o High School Varsity level — Grades 11, 12 be used during a competition presentation at the
o Collegiate level – Undergraduates only Educators Rising National Conference. All relevant files
• Teams consisting of students from varying grade and resources should be brought to the competition
levels will be placed in the division for the grade site on a USB drive. All Prezi files should be
level of the most senior member. downloaded to the USB drive. Internet access may not
be available during the competition. Laptops and
Application and Submission projectors will be provided. Students should bring
• All submitted materials must reflect original work their own pointing device if needed.
from the 2024-2025 school year. Material that may Conference Registration, Attendance, and Participation in
have been created or submitted in previous years is Events
ineligible.
• All competitors must attend the Educators Rising
• To be scheduled to compete in a national National Conference and plan to arrive no later than
competition, all competitor applications, national 11 am on the first day of the conference. Conference
dues, and required materials must be submitted dates and locations will be posted on the Educators
online by the deadline stated on the National Rising website and Membership Portal.
Competitions page in the Student Resources
• Competitors must report to their assigned areas on
Section of the EdRising Membership Portal.
time. Failure to report at their scheduled time can
Deadline extensions will NOT be granted.
result in disqualification. Competition schedules will
o All competitions and contests require an be posted in the Educators Rising Membership Portal
online application submission even if no one month before the conference. Be sure to check
additional items need to be submitted. these schedules before planning your travel.
Competitors should plan to be available for
o For team competitions only one application
competitions from opening day through the awards
should be submitted, all participating
ceremony.
students are to be listed as team members
in all places indicated on the application • Competitors are expected to dress in business-casual
form. attire. (See the section Competition Dress Code for
details on what is acceptable.) Points may be deducted
o Each competition guideline will identify from the entrant’s score for failing to follow the dress
what materials are required for submission code.
before the competition. Failure to submit
the required materials by the submission • Spectators are only permitted in the competitions
deadline will result in disqualification. All marked “Open to Spectators.” This includes parents,
submitted materials must be in their final chaperones, teacher leaders, and other attendees.
form. Spectators may not coach or offer any verbal or
GENERAL COMPETITION INFORMATION CONT.
nonverbal assistance to a competitor during that • For Contests: Ribbons will be awarded to students in
competitor’s assigned time slot with the judges. A each category in each division with scores as follows:
breach of this guideline may result in the o Blue-Scores 98-100
disqualification of the competitor. o Red-Scores 94-97
• Teacher Leaders, Chaperones, and Parents are o White-Scores 90-93
prohibited from approaching judges to discuss scoring Inquiry Process
or feedback. All questions or concerns should be • Following the conference, the student scores will be
brought to the attention of a national office staff released directly to the participating student(s). The
member. scores will provide individual judges' scores, the
Judging and Scoring average score for the two judges, and the normalized
• All competitions will be recorded to allow for review score (if necessary.)
when determining placement. • Students will have 3 business days to file an inquiry
• Scoring is based on the posted individual competition regarding the validity of their score. Students will be
rubric. required to complete the online inquiry request form
and submit all required documentation for
• Final scores will be based on a scaled score. Scaled consideration. No appeal will be accepted after the 3-
scores are calculated through a number of methods day period.
including judges tie breakers and room normalizations.
• Staff will review the scoring and respond to the inquiry
• Judges will break ties in all competitive events. within 30 days. All decisions are final.
• To accommodate a large number of competitors, we Competition Dress Code
use multiple rooms each with its own set of judges. To
ensure fairness across these rooms, we employ a well- All competitors are expected to dress in business casual
established mathematical method to normalize scores. attire when competing. Refer to the guidelines below for a
This method helps balance judge subjectivity and detailed explanation of what is and is not permissible as
business casual.
ensures all competitors have a fair shot, regardless of
their assigned room. • Slacks, Pants, and Suit Pants
o In each competitive event, each competitor Slacks that are similar to Dockers and other makers of
gets an average score from the judges. That cotton or synthetic material pants, wool pants, flannel
score is averaged with the partner judge. If pants, dressy capris, nice-looking dress synthetic pants
there is a deviation of more than one and jeans without holes are acceptable. Inappropriate
slacks or pants include jeans with holes, sweatpants,
standard deviation between rooms, the
two rooms are normed against one another exercise pants, Bermuda shorts, short shorts, shorts,
to that deviation. Final scores used for bib overalls, leggings, and any spandex or other form-
ranking are the normalized (also known as fitting pants that people wear for biking.
scaled scores). • Skirts, Dresses, and Skirted Suits
o When normalizing scoring, perfect scores Casual dresses and skirts, and skirts that are split at or
will be excluded from the normalization below the knee are acceptable. Dress and skirt length
process. If more than one student in the should be at a length at which you can sit comfortably
same division in the same competition in public. Mini skirts, skorts, sun dresses, and
receives a perfect score, a second set of spaghetti-strap dresses are inappropriate.
judges will review the recorded • Shirts, Tops, Blouses, and Jackets
presentations for those students to make a Casual shirts, dress shirts, sweaters, tops, and polo
final decision. shirts are acceptable. Educators Rising polo shirts are
Awards encouraged. Inappropriate attire includes tank tops;
midriff tops; shirts with political messaging and/or
• For Competitions: Medals and certificates will be potentially offensive, terms, logos, pictures, cartoons,
presented to the top three entries in each division for or slogans; halter tops; tops with bare shoulders;
individual competitions. Trophies and certificates will be sweatshirts, and t-shirts unless worn under another
presented to the top three entries in each division for blouse, shirt, jacket, or dress.
team competitions. All places will receive electronic
certificates after the conference.
GENERAL COMPETITION INFORMATION CONT.
• Shoes and Footwear Electronic Devices
Conservative athletic or walking shoes, loafers, clogs, • Recording devices are not allowed in competitive
sneakers, boots, flats, dress heels, and leather deck- events.
type shoes are acceptable. Flashy athletic shoes,
thongs, flip-flops, and slippers are not acceptable. • All electronic devices—including but not limited to,
cell phones, iPads/tablets, electronic readers, smart
• Hats and Head Covering watches, etc.—must be turned off unless otherwise
Hats are not appropriate inside the building. Head noted in specific event regulations.
covers that are required for religious purposes or to
honor cultural traditions are allowed. • No electronic communication devices of any kind are
permitted during competition.
Citations, References, and Copyrighted Material
Student Responsibilities for Competitions
• All ideas, text, images, and sound from other sources
used for the competition must be cited in competition • Students who participate in any Educators Rising
submissions. competitive event are responsible for knowing all
deadlines, updates, changes, and clarifications related
• Competitors are strongly discouraged from using to that event. Students and advisors must routinely
copyrighted material in their competition entries. If check the EdRising Membership Portal for updated
copyrighted material is used, written permission must information.
be obtained to display and present media-related
materials at the Educators Rising National Conference • Entrants grant Educators Rising the right to use and
and post-media-related materials on the Educators publish the submission in print, online, or in any media
Rising website. All permissions obtained to use without compensation.
copyrighted material must be included with the entry • Entrants grant Educators Rising the right to post
submission. (Note: This requirement applies to music photos of students for promotional purposes on the
used in videos, graphics taken from the internet, and Educators Rising website, Membership Portal, and
other media-related materials. It does not apply to social media sites.
artifacts collected for a project.)
• Plagiarism is strictly prohibited in all documents
submitted. Judges can disqualify students from
competing if it is determined that any part of their
documents have been plagiarized.
Use of AI
• Unless specifically stated in the guideline, the use of
artificial intelligence (AI) software and programs is
strictly prohibited in creating and preparing all
materials submitted for Educators Rising competitions.
This includes but is not limited to, documents,
graphics, speeches, videos, and presentations. All
submitted work must be the original and independent
creation of the participant. Use of spelling and
grammar check is allowed.
• Students competing will attest that they did not use
any AI in the development and delivery of their
competition. Students who are found in violation will
be disqualified from the competition.
DEADLINES AND CHECKLIST
Ready to compete at Nationals?
Here is a checklist to help you get prepared, registered,
and on the official schedule for nationals!
SUBMISSIONS OPEN: FEBRUARY 1, 2025 8:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMPETITION APPLICATIONS: APRIL 7, 2025 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME
DEADLINE FOR COMPETITORS TO REGISTER FOR CONFERENCE: APRIL 7, 2025 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME

 Review the full national competition guidelines and rubric. Check the Resources Section in the
EdRising Membership Portal. Some processes may be different from your state/regional conference.
 Update your contact information in the EdRising Membership Portal for the summer. It is recommended
that students use a personal mail address where they can receive Educators Rising email communication.
Confirmations and reminder emails will be sent to the email listed on the competition application. Often
school emails do not allow for Educators Rising emails to be received.

 Step one: Go to the National Competition page in the EdRising Membership Portal. Step two: Click on the
title of the competition for which you are signing up to compete. Step three: Read the guidelines and
rubrics. Step four: Click Apply, which will take you to the national competition online application
platform. All competitors must submit the online competition application even if no additional
documents need to be submitted. This only registers you for the competitions, you will still need to
register for the conference separately.
 Complete the online application, upload any required documents/video links, and submit by the stated
deadline. Depending on your competition, some of these items are judged before the conference so make
sure they are in their final form. Recommendation: Have someone proofread your documents before
submitting them. Only competitors who register by the deadline will scheduled to compete.
For competitions that have multiple students participating only one application should be submitted and
all students need to be listed as team members in all places indicated on the application form.
 Print and save your confirmation email and application number. You will need the application number when
you register for the conference.
 Register as a competitor for the Educators Rising National Conference. All national conference
information, including how to register, can be found on the Educators Rising National website.
 Find out when you are scheduled to compete onsite. Competition schedules will be posted in the EdRising Membership
Portal one month prior to the conference. Go to the Resources section to find the posted schedules. Be sure to check
these schedules prior to planning your travel. Competitors should plan to be available for competitions from 1 PM
(conference time zone) on opening day through the awards celebration on the afternoon of the last day.
 Practice, practice, practice! The best way to prepare for your on-site competition is to practice in front of
your peers. Recommendation: Reread the National Competition Guidelines and Rubric for your
competition.
 Head to Nationals! National placers will be announced at the National Conference Awards Celebration on the final day of
the conference. Don’t miss your chance to be recognized! Be sure that when you plan your transportation for the
conference you can attend this final celebration.
EXPLORING EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION CAREERS
COMPETITION
COMPETITION TYPE: Individual — Closed to spectators
ELIGIBILITY LEVELS: Middle School, High School Junior Varsity, High School Varsity
EDUCATORS RISING STANDARDS:
• Standard II: Learning About Students
• Standard VII: Engaging in Reflective Practice

Contest Purpose
Successful operation of an educational institution requires competent administration. Administrators provide
direction, leadership, and day-to-day management of educational activities in schools and other educational
institutions. The purpose of this competition is to learn more about education administration careers through job
shadowing and interviewing a current education administrator. Some common education administration jobs include
the following:

• School Principal • School District Administrator (Chief


• Assistant/Vice Principal Academic Officer, Assistant Superintendent,
etc.)
• District Superintendent
• Private School Dean
• College/University Administrator

Competitors will select one education administrator who works within their school district or local college or
university and will receive permission from the administrator to job shadow him/her for a total of eight hours. The
eight hours are not expected to be consecutive; rather they are accumulated over a period of several days or weeks
and occur when the administrator is actively engaged in his/her work.

Competitors will complete and submit when registering for the competition, the following two career-exploration
documents:

• Administrator’s verification form


• Interview form

Competitors will also create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation no shorter than five minutes and no longer than
seven minutes that will be presented on-site to a panel of judges, followed by a discussion featuring questions from
judges. Presentations should reflect on the experiences and insights gained into the career.
Competition Guidelines

A. The administrator’s verification form must be bring their presentation on a USB drive. Note:
completed and submitted online when Competitors should not bring portfolios or
registering for the competition. other materials to onsite judging. These items
will not be reviewed by judges.
B. The competitor must conduct a 15-minute
interview with the administrator. Competitors E. One judge will also serve as timekeeper.
will also submit the interview form online when Speakers will receive a visual, non-verbal
registering for the competition. The interview indication that there is one-minute remaining
form must be typed. Handwritten forms will not when they reach the six-minute mark of their
be accepted. speeches. Speakers will be stopped at seven
minutes.
C. All documents must be typed in English.
F. Competitors will respond to judges’ follow-up
D. Competitors will deliver a PowerPoint or Prezi
questions. The entire presentation and question
presentation no shorter than five minutes and
session will last a total of no more than 15
no longer than seven minutes reflecting on their
minutes.
experience and insights gained into a career in
education administration. Competitors should
EXPLORING EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION CAREERS
COMPETITION
ADMINISTRATOR’S VERIFICATION FORM

• This form should be completed by the administrator who participated in the Exploring Education Administration Careers
Competition.
• The competitor will submit the completed form with the other competition entry documents. This form must be typed for
submission.

ABOUT THE COMPETITOR

Competitor’s Name Name of Competitor’s School

ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATOR

Administrator’s Name Administrator’s Job Title

Name of Education Institution

Total Number of Job Shadowing Hours Competitor Completed

Dates During Which Job Shadowing Took Place

Administrator’s Signature Date


EXPLORING EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION CAREERS
COMPETITION
INTERVIEW FORM
This form should be completed by the competitor.

• The competitor is to conduct a 15-minute interview with the administrator participating in the Exploring Education
Administration Careers Competition. The interview can take place before, during, or after the job shadowing experience.
• The competitor will ask the following five questions and will summarize responses to the interview questions into one
paragraph for each question. All responses should be typed.
• The competitor will write three or more additional questions and will summarize the responses into one paragraph for
each question. All questions and responses should be typed.
• The completed form must be submitted with the other competition entry documents. The competitor can use the form
provided or may recreate this form in a separate document if more space is needed for responses.

DATE OF INTERVIEW:

TO BE ASKED OF THE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR:

1. What kind of preparation did you have for this job?

2. What have you learned since becoming an administrator that you didn’t know before you took the job?

3. What is the best part about being an administrator?

4. What is the most challenging aspect of your job?

5. What is your advice to someone considering a career in education administration?


EXPLORING EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION CAREERS
COMPETITION
INTERVIEW FORM CONT.

Competitor will write in at least three additional interview questions and will record summaries of the administrator’s
responses. Please type all questions and responses. Responses to interview questions should be summarized in one paragraph
format.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS:

1.

2.

3.

Note: Be prepared at the on-site competition to summarize, reflect on, and draw conclusions from the content of your
interview — do not merely repeat the interviewee’s words.
EXPLORING EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION CAREERS
COMPETITION
LEVEL (MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY, HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY)
DETAILED SCORING RUBRIC

Judges should use this rubric as a guide to assigning points on the Feedback & Tally Sheet.

PRE-SCORED COMPONENTS
Verification form
Points 5 0
Available

Verification Competitor submitted a verification form with all fields Competitor did not submit a verification form or all
form completed and signed by the administrator. fields were not completed and/or were not signed by
the administrator.

Interview Form Content


Points 20-16 15-11 10-6 5-1
Available
Accomplished Commendable Developing Needs Improvement
Interview Form The document reflects The document reflects The document reflects The document is
Content consistent thoughtfulness focus and a commitment compliance but a little inconsistent in its
and professional-caliber to capturing the more. More thorough thoroughness or
thoroughness. The interviewee’s ideas. More responses on the professional appearance.
competitor brings out key nuance and depth would document would Responses may reflect an
insights with clarity and make the document reflect demonstrate a deeper incomplete understanding
nuanced understanding. professional-caliber understanding of the of the content.
thoroughness. career being explored.

Interview Form Mechanics


Points 5 3 1
Available
Flawless One to two errors More than two errors
Interview Form Mechanics — including grammar, Mechanics — including grammar, Mechanics — including grammar,
Mechanics spelling, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
etc. — are without error. etc. — contain one or two errors. etc. — contain more than two errors
and distract from the content and
quality of the work.
COMPONENTS SCORED ON-SITE

Presentation
Points 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1
Available
Accomplished Commendable Developing Needs Improvement
Content of The content of the slides The content of the slides The content of the slides The content of the slides
Slides reflects consistent reflects a commendable reflects compliance but reflects inconsistent focus
thoughtfulness and commitment to sharing minimal insight. The and quality. The images or
thoroughness. The key facts and details of the images employed may be text may distract the
competitor expertly competitor’s experience basic or not entirely audience from the
leverages the visual and research through a effective at amplifying the competitor’s intended
medium to bring out key basic slide deck. competitor’s messages. message, or that message
insights with clarity. may lack focus. Content
may be missing, off-topic,
or superficial.
Presentation of The presentation of the The presentation of the The presentation of the The presentation of the
Slides slides reflects consistent slides reflects a slides reflects compliance slides reflects incomplete
thoughtfulness and commitment to sharing to the guidelines but does understanding or focus.
thoroughness. The key facts and details of the not explore the material The presentation may be
competitor expertly competitor’s experience with sufficient depth to basic or contain moments
leverages the medium of a and research. The achieve strong impact. that distract from the
slide deck presentation to competitor utilizes a basic competitor’s messages.
bring out key insights with slide deck to share Those messages may lack
clarity and information. The clarity or focus.
professionalism. The slides presentation could benefit
amplify — and never from a small number of
distract from — the clear tweaks to be consistently
and substantive messages professional-caliber.
being communicated.
Presence The competitor’s sustained The competitor’s mostly The competitor’s The competitor displays
eye contact, effective sustained eye contact, inconsistent eye contact, effort but his/her eye
posture, clarity of voice, positive posture, clear posture, clarity of voice, or contact, posture, clarity of
and professional voice, and pleasant demeanor may reflect a voice, or demeanor could
demeanor, expertly demeanor complement straightforward recital of benefit from significantly
complement the substance the content of the speech the material. more practice and
of the presentation to quite well. The competitor coaching so that the
The competitor could do
deliver the maximum may appear to slip in and speaker’s presence
more to fully capitalize on
possible impact to the out of professional consistently complements
the added impact possible
listener. character when beginning the content.
with a focused, sustained
and concluding the speech.
presence.
With further practice, the
speaker could develop into
an accomplished public
competitor.
Presentation Cont.
Points 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1
Available
Accomplished Commendable Developing Needs Improvement
Depth of The competitor The competitor offers The competitor depends The presentation offers
Analysis synthesizes his/her good ideas and insight significantly on reciting the very little or no insight or
learning from the career about the career interviewee’s words or quality analysis into the
exploration experience exploration experience but providing a limited analysis competitor’s takeaways
with skill, clarity, and stays primarily at a surface of the career exploration from the career
depth. level for analysis. experience. exploration experience.

Q&A The competitor’s The competitor’s The competitor’s The competitor’s


responses in the Q&A responses in the Q&A responses in the Q&A responses in the Q&A
session demonstrated session demonstrated session reflected a broad session reflected limited
consistent thoughtfulness thoughtfulness and spectrum of levels of understanding or
and professional-caliber reflected successful quality from answer to misunderstanding of the
insight, rooted in the deep attempts to address most answer. presentation guidelines,
experience of exploring of the material posed to expectations, or the career
this career path. The him/her. The competitor to be explored.
competitor displays displays some substantive
impressive, professional- knowledge and
level depth of knowledge understanding of the
and understanding given selected career based on
his/her experience and his/her experience and
research. research.
Overall Impact The presentation is The presentation is The presentation reflects a The presentation requires
thoroughly professional commendable for its effort developing effort to a significant re-examining
caliber in the expert and the presenter’s desire explore the selected of the career exploration
blending of style, to take on this challenge career. Additional depth or process undertaken for the
substance, and impromptu the competitor makes articulating understanding competition. Limited
responses to questions. direct, straightforward would improve the depth or misunderstanding
points that could convey presentation significantly. hindered the presentation
greater impact with guided from offering the level of
practice in presentation insight that it could.
creation and delivery.

Length
Points 5 3 1
Available

Length Initial presentation (before Q&A) is Initial presentation (before Q&A) is Initial presentation (before Q&A) is
between 5 and 7 minutes. at least 3 minutes and less than 5 less than 3 minutes or had to be
minutes. stopped at 7 minutes.
EXPLORING EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION CAREERS
COMPETITION
LEVEL (MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY, HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY)

Student Name:________________________________________________________________________

Student’s School, City, State:______________________________________________________________

Organization & Job Title of Student’s Interviewee:______________________________________________

• Judges will use the Detailed Scoring Rubric as their guide to score students’ competition entries.
• Points and feedback will be emailed to the student competitors no later than two weeks after the conference.

PRE-SCORED COMPONENTS
Verification form
Submitted Not submitted or missing items

Verification form 5 0

Interview Form Content


Accomplished Commendable Developing Needs Improvement Score

Interview Form Content 20-16 15-11 10-6 5-1

Interview Form Mechanics


Flawless One to two errors More than two errors Score

Interview Form 5 3 1
Mechanics
VERIFICATION AND INTERVIEW FORM PRE-SCORE______/30
COMPONENTS SCORED ON-SITE
Presentation
Accomplished Commendable Developing Needs Improvement Score

Content of Slides 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1

Presentation of 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1


Slides
Presence 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1

Depth of Analysis 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1

Q&A 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1

Overall Impact 15-13 12-9 8-5 4-1

Length
5 - 7 Minutes. 3 – less than 5 Minutes Less than 3 Minutes or had to Score
be stopped at 7 Minutes
Length 5 3 1

PRESENTATION ON-SITE SCORE______/95

TOTAL SCORE______/125

FEEDBACK FOR STUDENTS: Write two or more sentences.

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