This role is different from the Session Coordinator. If you are a Session Coordinator, click here for your instructions. 

For each NACTA Oral Presentation Session, a moderator is selected who will oversee the session and provide assistance as appropriate. Oral presentation slots are no less than 1 hour long and within that time frame parallel sessions are scheduled. Each of these sessions contains 4 or more consecutive presentations. The presentations will be grouped thematically as best as possible.

The layout of each session will be:
00:00 opening by the session moderator
00:00 presentation #1, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
00:15 presentation #2, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
00:30 presentation #3, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
00:45 presentation #4, 10 min talk + 5 minutes Q&A
...
Then wrap up and closure by the session moderator

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the 4+ presenters PRIOR to the session and explain the process for the session. If you are an oral moderator and you do not know who your presenters are, please contact support@nactateachers.org. 
• Verify that all presentations are properly loaded on the session room laptop.
• Open the session by welcoming the speakers and the audience and notify participants of the closest exit in case of an emergency.
• Remind participants to turn their cell phones off as a professional courtesy.
• Introduce each speaker by name, institution, and title of the presentation.
• Guide the discussion and Q&A after the presentation. Please prepare the abstracts of the presentations in your session in advance so that you are prepared.
• Remind participants about session evaluations that will be coming via email.
• Keep each presentation and the session as a whole on time by making sure the presentations start exactly on 00:00, 00:15, 00:30 and 00:45 so that the meeting participants who want to switch rooms in between presentations will not miss the beginning of the next lecture.

Important: If a presentation is canceled (no-show), please:

• Do not move forward with the next speaker but postpone the session for 15 minutes.
• Do not change the order of presentations.
• Do not allow presenters to ‘combine’ two or more presentations into one longer presentation. Meeting participants who want to switch rooms in between presentations will count on the presentations as listed in the program!

Close the session by thanking the speakers and the audience for their presence and contributions.