NCTE James R. Squire Award

Overview
The James R. Squire Award, formally called the NCTE Executive Committee Award was established in 1967.  In 1999, the Executive Committee renamed the award to honor former Executive Secretary, James R. Squire  for his contributions to NCTE and the profession at large. 

This award is given by the Executive Committee in recognition of outstanding service, no only to the stature and development of NCTE and the discipline which it represents, but also to the profession of education as a whole, internationally as well as nationally. 

Criteria
The James R. Squire Award is a special award given to an NCTE member who has had a transforming influence and has made a lasting intellectual contribution to the profession.  

The NCTE James R. Squire Award does not need to be awarded each year―this award should be bestowed only when the subcommittee decides that nominations warrant presentation of the award.   

Selection Committee
The selection committee will consist of the outgoing Past President and a committee of three Past Presidents of the Council appointed by the outgoing Past President. 

The James R. Squire award selection committee will select an award recipient.  The Executive Committee will approve the committee’s selection.    

Nature of the Award

• A specially designed plaque and an engraved silver platter or sculpture (not to exceed $500 for both) is given to the winner of the James R. Squire Award.
• The recipient will also receive a complimentary NCTE lifetime membership. 
• The recipient will be invited to attend the Annual Convention where they will be presented with the plaque.  The award will be announced at the Thursday Opening Banquet at the Annual Convention and the plaque and platter will be presented to the recipient on Friday during the Board of Directors meeting. 

The recipient will also receive:

• domestic travel to the Annual Convention
• complimentary hotel rooms and meals (from Friday through Sunday of the Annual Convention). 

Past Recipients

2007       Kenneth S. Goodman
2006       Janet Emig
2005       Geneva Smitherman
2004       Courtney Cazden
2003       Shirley Brice Heath
2002       Louise Rosenblatt
2001       Peter Elbow
1999       Edmund J. Farrell
1980       Robert F. Hogan
1974       John Gerber
1971       J. N. Hook
1967       James R. Squire