Awards

NCTE Affiliate Leadership Development Award

Award Details

**NOTE: Currently, there is no funding for this award; however, affiliates may wish to continue this recognition at the local level and support awardees with travel funds to the NCTE Annual Convention where winners will be recognized and presented with a certificate at the Affiliate Breakfast. The award is designed to encourage the participation of early career teacher leaders in both NCTE (beginning at the Annual Convention) and the affiliate (through all its activities). Should your awardee be unable to attend Convention, please contact NCTE so we can plan to recognize the winner at the Breakfast and send the certificate by mail.

Purpose 
To nurture the development of new leaders within state/regional/provincial affiliates and NCTE. 

Eligibility 
Any early career teacher (1–5 years experience) who has never attended an NCTE Annual Convention and who has demonstrated a capacity for professional leadership as well as a willingness to join and participate in the affiliate during the upcoming academic year. 

Frequency/Number of Awards 
Awards will be available to one awardee from each state, regional (e.g., District of Columbia, New England Association), and provincial affiliate of NCTE. 

Award Specifics 
Currently, there is no funding for this award; however, affiliates may wish to continue this recognition at the local level and support awardees with travel funds to the NCTE Annual Convention, where winners will be recognized and presented with a certificate at the Affiliate Breakfast. The award is designed to encourage the participation of early career teacher leaders in both NCTE (beginning at the Annual Convention) and the affiliate (through all its activities). Should your awardee be unable to attend Convention, please contact NCTE so we can plan to recognize the winner at the Breakfast and send the certificate. 

Procedures
Each state/regional/provincial affiliate will determine its own process for selecting its awardee; however, NCTE asks that affiliates make an effort to 

1. invite their membership to submit awardees and 

1. include awardees from underrepresented populations. 

NCTE will accept without further review all affiliate awardees that have met the above criteria and the deadline; however, NCTE reserves the right to request further information if needed to clarify the affiliate’s material on its awardee. 

Administration
The NCTE Affiliate Office will handle the initial publicity and notification to affiliates of the program, collect awardees from the state/regional/provincial affiliates, and administer the giving of the award. State, regional, and provincial affiliates will develop their own process for choosing awardees using the criteria listed above. 

Deadline
The final awardees and the NCTE Affiliate Leadership Development Award submission form must be submitted to NCTE no later than June 30 of the year of the award. 

Past Recipients

2021
Nebraska English Language Arts Council recognizes Alexis (Lexi) Gardner from Lincoln, Nebraska
Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts recognizes Maya Shaaban from Columbus, Ohio

2020
Nebraska English Language Arts Council recognizes Kelcey Schmitz
Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts recognizes Taite C. Ackley

List of Previous Winners