Virginia Junior Academy of Science
Research Symposium
Virtual, Saturday, May 4, 2024 (Day of Presentations)
See below to read more about our need for Judges.
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NOTE: Sign up is done through Reviewr (our online platform). You must create and/or log in to your Reviewr account first to get to the form.
CALL FOR JUDGES - VJAS 2024 RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
The Virginia Junior Academy of Science will hold its 2024 VJAS Research Symposium virtually on Saturday May 4, 2024. The purpose of this meeting is to give approximately 750 students in grades seven through twelve from throughout the Commonwealth the opportunity to present papers, which will report original research they have conducted. At least a month before the virtual presentations, judges will receive research papers to read and score online, via the Reviewr web platform. On Saturday May 4, Judges will be asked to come at 8am for a preliminary meeting than papers will be virtually presented every 15 minutes from 9 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. with a five minute break for judges to score. More information about the online judging process and virtual presentations including web links, will follow in early Spring.
How can we accomplish this goal? In order to achieve this monumental task many volunteers are needed, who are experts from all fields of science. We are looking for volunteers in both the Reader round and the Judging round. All reading and scoring research papers will be done online via Reviewr platform. Please make sure all scores and comments are filled in.
A READER is a volunteer with expertise to screen, read, and score submitted research papers (15-25 papers), from March through early April. The purpose of this round is to determine cutoff scores for students to be accepted into each of our categories (we can only accept a finite number of submissions for the May Research Symposium). You will be notified if selected as a reader since we are streamlining this process.
Only the accepted papers are then distributed to JUDGES. A JUDGE is a volunteer who will read and evaluate no more than twenty-two papers, from mid April to May. The judges are asked to be present the entire time in the virtual meeting (on Saturday, May 4), who will listen to live oral presentations given by the students who authored the research papers, to complete the scoring. We hope you will be on screen to make it more personable.
If you wish to serve both as a Reader and a Judge, we will do our best to place you as a Judge in the same category as a Reader, to maximize overlap of research papers when possible. As you submit your application please realize you may be selected as a head judge which entails overseeing the schedule to stay on time, all judges in your section results. We will have a final check out room for you and your team to come and make sure all record keeping is done so that students and teachers benefit from the experience.
Help us to make this an event to remember and register today by filling out and submitting this form. Registering today will secure your first choice in categories. You will, at a later date typically February/March for readers and March/April for judges, receive notification of your status including category you will be reading and/or judging, access to online research papers to read, scoring rubric, schedule, and other important information. We truly appreciate all that you do and hope that you will be willing to contribute your time and effort again.
Please pass this information on to any others who may be interested in assisting VJAS. The entire program is made possible by your volunteer efforts, and its success rests on your willingness to help. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 1-757-897-3104 (phone). Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Susan Booth, VJAS Director, director@vjas.org
Please complete by February 15, 2024 or you may not receive your first choice.
The Virginia Junior Academy of Science will hold its 2024 VJAS Research Symposium virtually on Saturday May 4, 2024. The purpose of this meeting is to give approximately 750 students in grades seven through twelve from throughout the Commonwealth the opportunity to present papers, which will report original research they have conducted. At least a month before the virtual presentations, judges will receive research papers to read and score online, via the Reviewr web platform. On Saturday May 4, Judges will be asked to come at 8am for a preliminary meeting than papers will be virtually presented every 15 minutes from 9 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. with a five minute break for judges to score. More information about the online judging process and virtual presentations including web links, will follow in early Spring.
How can we accomplish this goal? In order to achieve this monumental task many volunteers are needed, who are experts from all fields of science. We are looking for volunteers in both the Reader round and the Judging round. All reading and scoring research papers will be done online via Reviewr platform. Please make sure all scores and comments are filled in.
A READER is a volunteer with expertise to screen, read, and score submitted research papers (15-25 papers), from March through early April. The purpose of this round is to determine cutoff scores for students to be accepted into each of our categories (we can only accept a finite number of submissions for the May Research Symposium). You will be notified if selected as a reader since we are streamlining this process.
Only the accepted papers are then distributed to JUDGES. A JUDGE is a volunteer who will read and evaluate no more than twenty-two papers, from mid April to May. The judges are asked to be present the entire time in the virtual meeting (on Saturday, May 4), who will listen to live oral presentations given by the students who authored the research papers, to complete the scoring. We hope you will be on screen to make it more personable.
If you wish to serve both as a Reader and a Judge, we will do our best to place you as a Judge in the same category as a Reader, to maximize overlap of research papers when possible. As you submit your application please realize you may be selected as a head judge which entails overseeing the schedule to stay on time, all judges in your section results. We will have a final check out room for you and your team to come and make sure all record keeping is done so that students and teachers benefit from the experience.
Help us to make this an event to remember and register today by filling out and submitting this form. Registering today will secure your first choice in categories. You will, at a later date typically February/March for readers and March/April for judges, receive notification of your status including category you will be reading and/or judging, access to online research papers to read, scoring rubric, schedule, and other important information. We truly appreciate all that you do and hope that you will be willing to contribute your time and effort again.
Please pass this information on to any others who may be interested in assisting VJAS. The entire program is made possible by your volunteer efforts, and its success rests on your willingness to help. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 1-757-897-3104 (phone). Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Susan Booth, VJAS Director, director@vjas.org
Please complete by February 15, 2024 or you may not receive your first choice.