LLA Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching Award - National Council of Teachers of English

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Literacies and Languages for All (LLA) Awards

LLA Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching Award

 

Award Details

The LLA Awards program is on hold for 2024. Please check back in early 2025 for an update on submitting nominations.

Purpose:  This award honors a preK-12 teacher that inspires authentic progressive literacy learning.

Award Specifics:  The recipient receives a certificate, Summer Institute registration, and one-year complimentary NCTE/LLA membership presented by the LLA President at the Opening Session during the Literacies for All Summer Institute.

Judging
The award is presented at the discretion of the LLA Executive Board and at the recommendation of the Awards Committee.

LLA Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching Award Recipients

2023 Jennifer Smalarz, Berkeley County School District, South Carolina
2022 Not awarded
2021 Sharon Ball, Guided Way ~ Child’s Play
         Valente’ Gibson, Jackson Greek Elementary School
         Chris Hass, Center for Inquiry, Richland 2 School District
         Margarita Pomare-McDonald, Windsor Forest Elementary School
2020 Sue Anderson, Downers Grove, Illinois District 58, Hillcrest Elementary School
2019 Sara Suber
2018 Morgan Belcher, Starke Primary School, Pekin, Illinois
2017 Elisa Waingort, Academia Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador
2016 Shelli Thelen, Mary Paxton Keeley Elementary, Columbia, MO
2015 Kathryn Moore, Har-Bar High School, Fayetteville, AR
2014 Caryl Crowell, Borton primary Magnet School, Tucson, AZ

 

Past Award Recipients