2008–2009 AAA COMMITTEES

INNOVATION IN ACCOUNTING
EDUCATION AWARD COMMITTEE

Charge:

Carry out the selection process for the Innovations in Accounting Education Award by recognizing significant programmatic changes or a significant activity, concept, or set of materials. Specifically:

1. Select the recipient(s) of the Innovation in Accounting Education Award, using the following criteria approved by the Executive Committee.
   • Innovation
   • Submissions that demonstrate educational benefits.
   • Submissions that show adaptability by other educational institutions or to other situations.
2. Summarize, describe and include on the Internet, projects or innovations nominated for the award.
3. Provide a final report to the AAA President, the Executive Committee liaison and the Executive Director in time to be included with the agenda material for the Spring Executive Committee meeting.

Membership

The Innovation in Accounting Education Award Committee is made up of members that have been appointed each year by the AAA President. 

Meetings

The committee will meet as needed.

Responsibilities

• The AAA Awards Coordinator (Arlene Oliver) will ensure the call for submission page is updated by the beginning of September.
• During the first part of October the AAA Awards Coordinator will assist with an email announcement of the Innovation in Accounting Education award call for submissions to the Chair of accounting departments. 
• The AAA Awards Coordinator will arrange for the call for submissions announcement to be included:
  • In the Fall and Winter edition of the Accounting Education News
  • On the AAA website, (alternating each award submission announcement on the front page of the website until submission deadline)
  • Multi-topic mass emails, (alternating each award announcement to be included in each multi-topic email until submission deadline)
• The committee will select award recipients based on award criteria. (link to award criteria)
• The submission deadline is January 31st and the Chair will notify the AAA Awards Coordinator of the winner at awards@aaahq.org by April 15th.  The AAA Awards Coordinator will notify the AAA President, Executive Committee Liaison and the Executive Director of the winner.
• The AAA President will send a congratulatory email/letter to the winner, copying the Executive Director and Committee Chair. 
• After the winner(s) has been notified by the President the AAA Awards Coordinator will invite the winner(s) to present their innovation at the Wednesday afternoon session.  The AAA awards coordinator will provide the information to the appropriate staff on annual meeting planning committee.
• After the winner(s) has been notified by the President of the AAA Awards Coordinator will collect biography information for the Annual Meeting Program.
• The Director of Communications will notify the Committee Chair, Ernst & Young representative and awardee(s) with annual meeting onsite presentation instructions. 
• The Chair will write a short article (200 words or less) to be included in the Fall Accounting Education News.  This article should be sent to awards@aaahq.org no later than June 1st. 
• The Chair prepares and sends a progress report twice every term-year, with deadlines of October 29th 2008 and March 4th 2009, to the Executive Committee Liaison, AAA President, and Executive Director regarding accomplishments or modifications.

Chair:

Monte Swain-1-8/2009
Brigham Young University
monte@byu.edu

Members:

EC Liaison:

Philip Reckers
Arizona State University-Tempe
philip.reckers@asu.edu

 

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