American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - AAHPERD

Alliance Scholar Information

Criteria for Selection of the Scholar

Criteria used in the selection of the Alliance Scholar includes but is not limited to the following:

• The individual selected should have a scholarly/creative record as evidenced by publications and scholarly/artistic presentations.
• The individual should be an active scholar/creative artist in his/her discipline.
• The individual selected should provide evidence of in-depth study in a specific area of Alliance concern.
• The individual selected must be a member of the Alliance.
• The individual selected should be capable of communicating to groups in the various disciplines.

Nominations

Nominations for potential scholars may be submitted by any Alliance member or by a representative of an AAHPERD structure (state, district, association). A prescribed format to be used by the nominator shall include the following:

Sponsor's Statement (importance of scholarly work) (1/2 page)

• Personal Data (1/4 page)
• Education (1/4 page)
• Professional Experience (1/2 page)
• Honors (international, national, state, etc.) (1/2 page)
• Publications (provide a summary before listing under separate categories: (I) books or monographs; (II) refereed articles; (III) abstracts; (IV) chapters in books, etc; (V) non-refereed articles (maximum limit of six (6) pages)
• Creative Activities (choreography, dance presentations, literary works, artistic media productions, etc.)
• Invited Presentations (limit to the fifteen most important and summarize as to level, etc., national (maximum of one (1) page)
• Professional Organizations and Activities (indicate membership, offices held, and years of service) (maximum of one (1) page)

Nominations should not exceed ten (10) pages and should be emailed to: Alliance Scholar Committee Staff Liaison, Elsa Nygard, at enygard@aahperd.org.

Nominations must be postmarked by October 15.

Requests for a Presentation at Your Institution

The Scholar program will underwrite the costs of a presentation to your group. If your group wants to invite the Alliance Scholar to make a presentation, send a letter of request to the Office of the CEO. To qualify for an Alliance Scholar presentation:

• The prospective audience should represent as wide and varied a pattern of professional interaction as is commensurate with the size and location of the applicant group.
• The applicant group should be an AAHPERD sanctioned group.
• The applicant group shall not have hosted an Alliance Scholar during the five (5) years preceding the current application.
• The services of the Alliance Scholar must have the potential to enrich the applicant group in significant professional ways.
• The two applicant groups chosen shall be in different regions of the country.
• In the case the above criteria result in more than two applicant groups being considered, the groups whose applications have the earliest postmark shall have priority over those postmarked at a later date.