Get Involved
We are the organization we are today because of the expertise, time, and energy of our members. What role will you play in moving NCTE forward?
Serve
- Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Affiliates
- Standing Committee Against Censorship
- Build Your Stack® Committee
- NCTE Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction for Children
- NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee
- Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
- Standing Committee on Global Citizenship
- NCTE Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + (LGBTQIA+) Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children’s Literature Committee
- Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Committee
- Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
- Public Language Awards Committee
- Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
- Standing Committee on Research
- Achievement Awards in Writing Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Affiliates
- Standing Committee Against Censorship
- Build Your Stack® Committee
- NCTE Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction for Children
- NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee
- Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity
- Standing Committee on Global Citizenship
- NCTE Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, + (LGBTQIA+) Advisory Committee
- Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment
- Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children’s Literature Committee
- Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Committee
- Promising Young Writers Advisory Committee
- Public Language Awards Committee
- Committee Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of English
- Standing Committee on Research
Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Committee (REALM)
Charge
To advise the NCTE staff liaison on any changes that should be made in Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines, review judging criteria, develop and review criteria for selecting Highest Award winners, and to select Highest Award winners.
Current Members
CHAIR, Benjamin Lally (2025)
(Hopkinton High School, MA)
Jim Barnabee (2024)
(Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois)
Jennie Claiborne (2024)
(Connelly School of the Holy Child, Potomac, MD)
Alexa Garvoille (2024)
(Durham School of the Arts, NC)
Laura Gellin (2024)
(Park Tudor School, Indianapolis IN)
Amy Williams-Eddy (2024)
(Saint Mary’s Hall, San Antonio, TX)
Gillian Scheider (2025)
(Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL)
David Ragsdale (2025)
(Clarke Central High School, Athens, GA)
Executive Committee Liaison, Shelley Rodrigo
(University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)
Executive Committee Liaison, Antero Garcia
(Standford University, Palo Alto, CA)
NCTE Staff, Ashley Sisk