OCTELA Awards
Each year the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA)
present several awards to nominated members. These awards recognize the special
contributions made in teaching English language arts and in supporting the
organization's goals.
OCTELA also promotes competitions sponsored by affiliate organizations,
especially the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
These competitions are open to nominated students from preK through
college and to adults involved in teaching and/or the organization.
The competitions are designed to encourage reading and writing,
whether creatively through story or poetry, or journalistically
through publications like that in the NCTE Exceptional Student
Literary Magazine award.
Additionally, links listed on the Resource Page of OCTELA's website
inform visitors of other potential competitions that encourage
and reward participants who are interested in all aspects of the
English language arts.
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Among the awards OCTELA promotes are:
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Adults:
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The Bonnie Chambers
Award for Exemplary Beginning Teaching - Presented to a nominated
teacher in grade K-6 who are in their second through fourth year of teaching.
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Outstanding English Language Arts
Educator - Presented to a nominated OCTELA member or building
principal and selected by committee.
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NCTE Awards - several
categories of awards exist which recognize contributions in teaching,
writing, leadership and support or the organization
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Students:
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NCTE Program to Recognize Excellence
in Student Literary Magazines - intended as a means of recognition
for students, teachers, and schools producing excellent literary magazines;
as an inducement for improving the quality of such magazines; and as
encouragement for all schools to develop literary magazines, seeking
excellence in writing and school-wide participation in production.
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NCTE Promising Young Writers -
for eight graders - represents NCTE's commitment to early and continuing
work in the development of writing. The program was established to stimulate
and recognize student's writing talents and to emphasize the importance
of writing skills among eight graders.
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NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing -
started to encourage high school students in their writing and to recognize
publicly some of the best student writers in the nation, given to graduating
high school seniors who are nominated and cited as excellent writers by
judges.
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Buckeye Book Award - The
Buckeye Children's Book Award program is designed to encourage children
in Ohio to read literature critically, to promote teacher and librarian
involvement in children's literature programs, and to commend authors
of such literature. Books read by students are then nominated for the
award and voted on by individual students, classroom representatives or
school representatives.
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