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Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE

ALAN Foundation Grant
Members of ALAN may apply to the ALAN Foundation for funding (up to $1,500) for research in young adult literature. Application deadline is September 15.

Gallo Grants
The Gallo Grants were established in 2003 by former ALAN Award and Hipple Award recipient Don Gallo to encourage educators in their early years of teaching to attend the ALAN Workshop for the first time. Application deadline is September 1.

Smith/Carlsen Grant
The Smith/Carlsen Grant supports the attendance of a graduate student working in English Education, Literacy Education and/or Young Adult Literature to attend the ALAN Workshop. Application deadline is September 1.

Cart/Campbell Grant
The Cart /Campbell Grant offers funding and complimentary registration for practicing librarians toward attendance at the annual two-­day ALAN Workshop. Application deadline is September 1.

Ted Hipple Service Award
The Ted Hipple Service Award is given each year to an individual who has contributed to the ALAN organization.

The ALAN Award
Almost from its inception, ALAN has given the ALAN Award to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature.

The Walden Award
The Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award is an award in the United States for a book that exemplifies literary excellence, widespread appeal, and a positive approach to life in young adult literature.

 

Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar

ATEG Future Teacher Scholarship Award
The Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar, a grammar-focused assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English, is excited to announce The ATEG Future Teacher Scholarship Award, a $250 award to be given to a pre-service K-12 teacher with a particular interest in and passion for teaching English grammar. Interested in being considered for the award? Visit this link.

 

Children’s Literature Assembly

Children’s Literature Assembly Research Award
The Children’s Literature Assembly Research Award provides grants of $1,000 for original research addressing significant questions related to the field of children’s literature. Contingent upon available funds, as many as two grants may be awarded. Projects may be carried out using any research method or approach so long as the focus of the project is related to the field of children’s literature.

Bonnie Campbell Hill National Literacy Leader Award
Through the Bonnie Campbell Hill National Literacy Award, the Children’s Literature Assembly (CLA) will honor two outstanding teacher leaders annually. The award recognizes the contributions and leadership of the late Bonnie Campbell Hill. Award recipients include classroom teachers, literacy coaches, or teacher educators dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of reading and writing in real world contexts in grades K—8. The US $2,500 grant is intended to be used for professional development (not for materials, except professional books for a book study). Applicants must be members of both NCTE and CLA. The award is supported by Bonnie Campbell Hill’s family and colleagues.

Children’s Literature Assembly Early Career Award
The Children’s Literature Assembly Early Career Award recognizes the work of one early career CLA member who shows extraordinary promise as a researcher and leader in the field of children’s literature. It is awarded every other year.

To find out more information about the awards, please visit this link.

 

Early Childhood Education Assembly

Early Literacy Educator of the Year Award

The Early Childhood Assembly of the National Council for Teachers of English invites nominations for the Early Literacy Educator of the Year Awards.  These awards recognize one master teacher and one teacher educator in the area of early childhood focusing on language and literacy development. We encourage nominators to think broadly with regard to the definition of educator; administrators, literacy specialists, tutors are powerful teachers, and we encourage these and other educators to included in our nominations.  The Early Childhood Assembly will select nominees who demonstrate innovative, rich pedagogy in language arts in early childhood.  The awards will be presented during the NCTE Annual Convention. The winners will be recognized and given a plaque, a set of professional books, and a lifetime membership to the Early Childhood Education Assembly. In addition, interviews with the Early Literacy Educators of the Year will be featured in the Early Childhood Assembly Yearbook.  These awards are a wonderful opportunity to recognize creative, dedicated educators making an impact on the practice of English education in early childhood.

The Early Literacy Educator of the Year Awards:

  • recognize the work of outstanding early literacy educators;
  • bring recognition to the field of early literacy and its place in English education;
  • allow NCTE to recognize and acknowledge the importance of early language and literacy development;
  • invite outstanding early childhood educators to join the NCTE community to create networks of support and serve as advocates and in their field.

For information, please contact Dana Frantz Bentley: dbentley@bbns.org

Submissions are due on August 1st, 2018

 

Dr. Dinah Volk Pre-Service Teacher Scholarship
Dr. Dinah Volk has spent her career studying issues of bilingualism, multilingual education, and home and community language and literacy practices across diverse cultural contexts. She is a firm advocate for more culturally sustaining pedagogies in early childhood education. Dr. Volk draws upon her expertise in guiding preservice teachers to learn and honor the home and community literacies of young children in her tireless efforts to improve early childhood education. She brought this expertise to her role as 2014-2015 Chair of the Early Childhood Education Assembly (ECEA), dedicated to the ongoing growth of the Assembly, and promoting its role and national recognition as primary contributor to the field at large. This preservice teacher scholarship will be given to a preservice teacher who has shown commitment to better understanding how to use the rich resources children bring to school from their homes and communities as a platform for educational achievement in schools.

The Vivian Vasquez Teacher Scholarship
Throughout her career, Dr. Vivian Vasquez has advocated for critical literacy by supporting young children in deconstructing and reconstructing texts in their everyday worlds and situating inquiry within young children’s rich repertoires of interests and practices, such as technology and popular culture. Dr. Vasquez’s advocacy for teacher research conveys her perspective of teachers as professionals uniquely positioned to investigate and change classroom practices. This scholarship is awarded to an Early Childhood teacher or teacher researcher who honors the work of Vivian Vasquez by encouraging young children to be critical inquirers and activists for social change.

The Mariana Souto-Manning Teacher Scholarship
Dr. Mariana Souto-Manning’s work in early childhood education takes a critical approach to schooling in multicultural and multilingual contexts. Through collaborative research, Dr. Souto-Manning has provided opportunities for teachers and young children alike to critically interrogate how dominant school practices position diverse learners, and how they can take action to (re)position themselves. This scholarship is awarded to an Early Childhood teacher who honors the work of Mariana Souto-Manning by exploring critical perspectives of early schooling experiences among diverse children and families.

 

International Writing Centers Association

Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award
Named after its first recipient, the Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award recognizes outstanding service that has benefited the international writing center community in significant and broad-based ways. The award is given at every other IWCA conference.

IWCA Outstanding Article Award
Members of the Writing Center community are invited to nominate articles about writing center theory, practice, research, and history for the IWCA Outstanding Article Award. The IWCA Outstanding Article Award will be presented at the IWCA Annual Conference.

IWCA Outstanding Book/Major Work Award
Members of the Writing Center community are invited to nominate books/major works for the IWCA Outstanding Book/Major Work Award. Given once a year in the past, the Outstanding Book/Major Work Award will be given once per biennium to correspond with the IWCA conference held in the fall of even years.

Research Grants
Professionals and graduate students whose research focuses on writing centers, awarded twice a year—proposals due January 1 and July 1.

Speaker Grants
Given to regional IWCA affiliates, awarded once a year upon request to the Treasurer.