Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee

The Achievement Awards in Writing program encourages high school sophomores and juniors to write and to publicly recognize the best student writing. The ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Achievement Awards in Writing program makes use of an advisory committee and state coordina­tors.

Advisory Committee:  To advise staff on the nature, policies, and procedures regarding the ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ Achievement Awards In Writing, including the following issues: development of a specific plan for involving more public schools in the awards, especially those with large nonwhite populations; revision of the structure of the award to mitigate the negative effects of competition on student identity and learning; consideration and development of diversified awards: that recognize remarkable improvement or growth in writing; that recognize multimodal composition (digital or non-digital); and that recognize remarkable risk-taking with the process of writing, instead of the exclusive focus on the final draft; and consideration of revising the Achievement Awards procedure, to eliminate the test-like, single-draft, timed essay as part of the award criteria, since recent developments in high-stakes assessment already privilege those who write quickly; and to consider and make recommendations for ways that the work might interface with ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ’s .

If you would like to be considered for possible membership on this committee, please send the following information to ÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵCommittees@ncte.org.

• Name
• Member Number (If you are not currently a member, please provide your address).
• Email Address
• A brief biographical statement
• Resume/CV and any relevant experience