NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
Selection Committee

 
Charge: To recommend on a regular basis every three years beginning in 1985 a living American poet to the NCTE Executive Committee for the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children in recognition of his or her aggregate work; to sustain the collection of poetry books of award winners, past and future, in the University of Minnesota, Kerlan Collection; to recognize and foster excellence in children's poetry by encouraging its publi­cation; and to explore ways to acquaint teachers and children with poetry through such means as publications, programs, and displays.

If you would like to be considered for future volunteer service with this group, please send an e-mail to and provide the following information in the body of your e-mail: (1)     Name (2)     Member number.  (If you are not currently a member, please provide your address and phone number.) (3)     Name of the role for which you wish to be considered (4)     Preferred e-mail address (if other than the one used to submit this request.) For more information about volunteering with NCTE, please visit www.ncte.org/about/over/vol.

Current Members

2006-2009 

CHAIR, Ralph Fletcher
(Lee, NH)

Kathleen Armstrong
(MICDS, St. Louis, MO)

Georgia Heard
(Singer Island, FL)

Jonda McNair
(Clemson University, SC)

Janet Wong
(Hopewell, NJ)

Executive Committee Liaison, Joanne Yatvin
(Portland, OR)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2007

Executive Committee Liaison, Kyoko Sato
(California State University, Northridge)

2006

CO-CHAIR, Peggy Oxley
(St. Paul School, Westerville, OH)

CO-CHAIR, Sylvia Vardell
(University of Texas-Arlington)

Georgia Heard (200)
(Singer Island, FL)

Janice Kristo 
(University of Maine, Orono)

Gail Wesson-Spivey
(Brooklyn, NY)

Janet Wong
(Hopewell, NJ)

Daniel Woolsey
(Houghton College, Houghton, NY)

Executive Committee Liaison, Randy Bomer 
(University of Texas at Austin)

NCTE Administrative Liaison, Linda Walters

2005

Executive Committee Liaison, Patricia Lambert Stock
(Michigan State University, East Lansing)

2000-2003

CO-CHAIR, Shirley B. Ernst
(Eastern Connecticut State University)

CO-CHAIR, Amy A. McClure
(Ohio Wesleyan University, OH)

Barbara Chatton
(University of Wyoming)
 
Janice Kristo 
(University of Maine, Orono, ME)

Barbara Lehman
(The Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus)

Peggy Oxley
(St. Paul School, Westerville, OH)

Glenna Sloan
(Queens College - CUNY)

Deborah Thompson
(School of Education - TCNJ)

Sylvia Vardell
(University of Texas-Arlington)

Daniel Woolsey
(Houghton College, Houghton, NY)

Executive Committee Liaison, Kathryn Mitchell Pierce
(Wydown Middle School, Clayton, MO)