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 (District of Columbia, New England Association, Inland Northwest Council), and provincial affiliate of NCTE.

Award Specifics
CURRENTLY UNFUNDED. The award will be $500 to help defray costs of attending the NCTE Annual Convention in the year it is given and a ticket to the Affiliate Breakfast at which awardees will be recognized. Award checks (with registration and meal fees deducted) will be available for awardees to pick up at the Convention Registration desk.

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
2. 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 May 1 June 30 of the year of the award.  Please include a copy of the form with any documents you’ll be sending in support of this application. Email the documents to affsec@ncte.org or mail to NCTE Affiliate Office, 340 N. Neil Street, Ste. 104, Champaign, IL 61820.

Past Recipients

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