Awards

NCTE Student Affiliate Excellence Award

Award Details

Purpose
To establish high standards of performance for student affiliates and to honor those affiliates who meet these standards. Qualifications for the award represent standards of excellence to which all student affiliates should aspire. 

Eligibility 
Each NCTE student affiliate may achieve this level of excellence annually. Any NCTE student affiliate in good standing is eligible to participate. Only affiliate activities from May 1 of the previous year through the program deadline on June 30 of the current year are eligible. 

Frequency/Number of Awards 
There is no limit to the number of awards. Awards will be given to as many student affiliates as qualify, and student affiliates may win the award each year, if qualified. Awards will be presented at the Affiliate Breakfast during the NCTE Annual Convention. Note: Student affiliates are encouraged to apply for this award each year. All NCTE student affiliates are eligible to receive the award each year, even if they received it for the previous year. 

Award Specifics 
The award consists of a certificate presented to each winning student affiliate and 20 name badge stickers for winning affiliate members to wear at the NCTE Annual Convention (students pay a reduced Convention registration rate) and/or at affiliate meetings. Extra name badge stickers are available for a minimal cost from the NCTE Affiliate Office. 

Award Criteria 
NCTE student affiliates nominate themselves by completing the submission form and providing descriptions of programs, publications, and other appropriate documentation. 

Submissions will be judged on the following criteria (updated in 2022): 

• The student affiliate creates structures for the development and succession of leadership. 
• The student affiliate clearly articulates board position roles and responsibilities. 
• The student affiliate demonstrates fiscal responsibility that adheres to professional business standards. 

• The student affiliate maintains clear and regular communication of relevant information with their affiliate members. (This criterion includes all ways an affiliate might communicate: social media, an online presence, and print communications.) 
• The student affiliate participates in NCTE and/or state affiliate programs as a way to continuously improve their organization through ongoing professional learning to ensure a shared and consistent message to members. 
• The student affiliate designs and implements consistent and relevant programming for their members in alignment with their mission and vision. 
• The student affiliate has a faculty coordinator who is actively involved in the guidance and activities of the organization. 

Scoring Rubric (updated in 2022)

Administration
The NCTE Standing Committee on Affiliates will administer the award. The Committee will appoint a member to handle the judging and the award specifics. The Committee will also provide annual feedback on ways to improve the program so that it runs smoothly. The NCTE Affiliate Office will handle the initial publicity and notification about the program to affiliates. 

Judging
A subcommittee chaired by a member of the NCTE Standing Committee on Affiliates will read each affiliate’s submission form and supporting materials. The subcommittee will choose an unlimited number of deserving affiliates to receive the award. 

Deadline
The NCTE Student Affiliate Excellence Award submission form and supporting materials must be submitted by June 30 in the year of the award. The winning student affiliate(s) will be notified in late summer so that they may have a representative present to receive the award at the Affiliate Breakfast during the NCTE Annual Convention. This representative is expected to purchase a breakfast ticket with Convention registration. (Students pay a reduced Convention registration rate.) 

NCTE student affiliates must complete all sections of the submission form in order to apply to receive the NCTE Student Affiliate Excellence Award.