Overview
The Edwin A. Hoey Award recognizes exceptional English language arts teachers of grades 5-8 who have demonstrated excellence in teaching English language arts and inspired a spirit of inquiry and a love of learning in their students.
The award is sponsored by the Weekly Reader Corporation, and honors Edwin A. (Ted) Hoey, who brought limitless imagination and creativity to the pages of READ magazine during his nearly forty-year career as writer, editor, and managing editor of the renowned literature and language arts classroom periodical. Hoey's efforts enriched the work of both countless middle level teachers of English language arts and the lives of their students.
The award is presented at the Middle Level Luncheon during the NCTE Annual Convention each year and includes an engraved glass plaque; $2,500, plus up to $1,000 for expenses to attend the November NCTE Annual Convention. In addition, the award recipient receives a one-year complimentary NCTE membership; one-year subscription to Voices from the Middle; and the opportunity to present at the NCTE Annual Convention.
Criteria
Demonstrates exceptional abilities in these categories:
- Fosters a spirit of inquiry and a love of learning
- Utilizes scholarship from literature, writing, or other appropriate fields
- Utilizes the twelve interrelated NCTE content standards
- Participates in professional activities such as workshops, curriculum development, committees, other association activities, and the like
Eligibility
- Full-time English language arts teacher of students in grades 5-8 ("full-time teacher" is defined as a teacher with a standard number of contact hours with students for that school district)
- Educator who has taught graders 5-8 full-time for at least five years
- Teacher in public or private school in the United States, its territories, or Canada
- Member of the National Council of Teachers of English
- Nominated by supervisor or teaching peer who can provide credible evidence of nominee's achievements; self-nominations are ineligible
Nomination Process
Nominations packets including a cover form must be completed and postmarked no later than February 1, 2009. Send 2 copies of the completed nomination packet to:
NCTE Edwin A. Hoey Award Committee
National Council of Teachers of English
1111 W. Kenyon Road
Urbana, IL 61801-1096
Past Winners
2008—Deborah A. Peters, Northwestern Lehigh Middle School, New Tripoli, PA
2007—Lori Atkins Goodson, Wamego Middle School, Wamego, KS
2006—Jane Feber, Mandarin Middle School, Jacksonville, FL
2005—Sheila Newell, Jane Long Middle School, Houston, TX
2004—Barry Hoonan, Odyssey Multiage, Bainbridge Island, WA
2003—Nancie Atwell, Center for Teaching and Learning, Edgecomb, ME
2002—Cora Lee Five, Edgewood Elementary School, Scarsdale, NY
2001—Steven Layne, Butler Jr. High School, Oak Brook, IL
2000—Linda Rief, Oyster River Middle School, Durham, NH
1999—Elizabeth Close, Farnsworth Middle School, Guilderland, NY
1998—Rise Paynter, Binford Elementary School, Bloomington, IN