2025 CTL TA AWARDS COMPETITION

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. 

Award Eligibility

  • All TA Awards participants much be enrolled at Georgia Tech at the time of the TA Awards Ceremony in March 2025.
  • 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.

*A fully online course means any course where at least 95% of class time is online. Award Year: January 2024 through December 2024.

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. Dates are subject to change.

  • Outstanding TA Submission Period: October 21st, 2024, through February 7th, 2025 | Designated persons from each school submit the names of internally selected outstanding teaching assistants to CTL. ONLY ONE NAME PER CATEGORY PER SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT.
  • CTL TA Award Application Period: Until February 14th, 2025 | School-level winners who wish to compete for the institute-wide award submit application packets to CTL. 
  • Teaching Endorsements Submitted: Until February 14th, 2025 | Faculty/Staff/Students submit Teaching Endorsements to support a school-level winner participating in the institute-wide award competition. 
  • Application Review Period: February 21st through February 28th, 2025 | Volunteer to serve as an application reviewer.
  • Annual TA and Future Faculty Awards Day Ceremony: Monday, March 10th, 2025 | 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.