Volunteer Opportunities
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Open Positions
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- Awards Committee Member: Develops, maintains, and coordinates the process and procedures for nominating and selecting persons to receive Academy-wide awards; coordinates with SIGs and the JoPTE Editorial Board to confirm selection of Journal and SIG awards.
- Social Media Coordinator: Establishes a consistent, engaging and sustainable social media presence. Creates content at CSM via photos and tracks social media use.
- JoPTE Social Media Coordinator: Serves on the Communications Committee as the liaison to the JoPTE Editorial Board.
- Finance Committee Member: Develops an annual budget for Board review and approval, reviews investments, reviews and revises (as needed) financial policies for Board approval. Meets at least once per year. Three-year term.
- Professional Development Committee PTA Member: Reviews and develops goals and objectives for ongoing professional development of Academy members.
- Research Committee Members – Responsible for reviewing grant proposals and for reviewing and selecting abstracts for poster and platform presentations related to activities of the Academy.
- JoPTE Journal Club Chair: Serves as liaison between Academy leadership and Scholarship of Education SIG; keeps meeting notes, invites authors and identifies host of each Journal Club meeting.
- JoPTE Journal Club Vice Chair: Coordinates Zoom communication for committee meetings.
- JoPTE Journal Club Board Liaison: Communicates with the Editorial Board regarding article availability, provides questions for the session to be posed to authors, in the case of a lag in participation, implements the event.
- Webinar Committee Members: Review, approve and host webinars for Academy of Education members.
- Student Council Liaison: Serves as the Academy’s liaison to the APTA Student Council.
Contact Us
Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator with any questions or if you need additional information.
Volunteer Coordinator: Kristina Latva, PT, DPT, EdD