THE 2024 CTL TA AWARDS COMPETITION IS OPEN!

Each year, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) celebrates the contributions to teaching excellence at Georgia Tech made by our graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants. The annual awards process opens in January. CTL asks all schools/departments to conduct an internal competition to produce one person in each of the following categories, where applicable:

  • Graduate Student Instructor of the Year

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year

  • Online Head Teaching Assistant of the Year

  • Online Teaching Assistant of the Year

All school-level winners are invited to apply to the institute-wide TA of the Year competition to win a $500 prize. We honor all school/department award winners and reveal the institute-wide winners at the Annual TA and Future Faculty Awards Day Ceremony. The digital program is now available for the 2024 ceremony.

About the Award Categories

  • Graduate Student Instructor of the Year (GSI): A full-time graduate student who worked as an instructor of record for at least one term during the award year.
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year (GTA): A full-time graduate student who worked as a teaching assistant for at least one term during the award year.
  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year (UTA): A full-time undergraduate student who worked as a teaching assistant for at least one term during the award year.
  • Online Head TA Award (OHTA): A full-time student who worked as an online head teaching assistant in a fully online course for at least one term during the award year.
  • Online TA Award (OTA): A full-time student who worked as an online teaching assistant in a fully online course for at least one term during the award year.

Note: A fully online course means any course where at least 95% of class time is online. Award Year: Spring 2023 thru Fall 2023.

Important Dates to Remember

Schools select one person to submit for each relevant category. Schools use an internal selection process with no input/influence from CTL.

  • Outstanding TA Submission Period: Now thru March 8 | Designated persons from each school submit the names of internally selected outstanding teaching assistants to CTL. Submit HERE. ONLY ONE NAME PER CATEGORY PER SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT.
  • CTL TA Award Application Period: Until March 22 | School-level winners who wish to compete for the institute-wide award submit application packets to CTL. Submit HERE.
  • Teaching Endorsements Submitted: Until March 22 | Faculty/Staff/Students submit Teaching Endorsements to support a school-level winner participating in the institute-wide award competition. Submit HERE.
  • CTL Internal Review Period: March 25 thru March 29
  • Application Review Period: March 29 thru April 5 | Volunteer to serve as an application reviewer HERE.
  • Annual TA and Future Faculty Awards Day Ceremony: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (ET) | Exhibition Hall, Midtown Ballroom (also a virtual option) | Details coming soon!

Links to Submission Forms & Resources

Questions?

Please direct all questions to Dr. Tammy M. McCoy at tammy.mccoy@gatech.edu.