VATE Conference 2008 Highlights
The 39th Annual Conference Fiction in Truth, of the Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Suspending Our Disbelief: Truth in Fiction, was held October 24-26 in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Crystal Haskins receives NCTE Leadership Development Award
Recognizing Crystal Haskins' leadership qualities and interest and involvement with her state affilite, the VATE board nominated her for the NCTE Leadership Development Award. She has been chosen to receive this award.
The NCTE Leadership Development Award is supported by Pearson Prentice Hall Education. In an effort to nurture new teachers, NCTE and Pearson P H Ed award 33 teachers with the NCTE Leadership Development Award each year.
The program provides early career teachers, such as Crystal Haskins, with $500 to attend the 2008 NCTE
Annual Convention. NCTE state, regional, and provincial affiliates nominate early career teachers who have not previously attended the NCTE Annual Convention and, in addition, have met the following criteria: demonstrated capacity for professional leadership and willingness to serve the affiliate during the 2008-09 academic year.
As a stipulation of the award, the teacher and affiliate negotiate a term of service which includes duties such as presenting at an affiliate conference, writing an article for an affiliate publication, serving on the affiliate board, assisting a board member, and/or assisting with a workshop for new teachers. Winners also receive a ticket to the NCTE Affiliate Roundtable Breakfast where they are recognized.
Read Crystal's Professional Bio
Leila Christenbury's Retracing the Journey to receives awards
Retracing the Journey: Teaching and Learning in an American High School has been chosen to receive the 2008 James N. Britton Award. The award is sponsored by the Conference on English Education (CEE) of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Retracing the Journey: Teaching and Learning in an American High School has also been chosen to receive the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in Teaching for 2008. This award, among the most prestigious of National Council of Teachers of English awards, is made annually to “published research in English and the teaching of English” during the 5 years prior to January 1st of the award.
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