The New York State English Council has been named one of nineteen recipients of the 2020 Kent D. Williamson Affiliate Membership Recruitment Award given by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Established in 1987, this award recognizes NCTE affiliates that have increased their memberships over the past year. Awards are calculated as a percentage of increase based on membership lists submitted by the affiliates in both the year of and the year prior to the award.
Other winners this year include Association of College English Teachers of Alabama, Colorado Language Arts Society, Connecticut Council of Teachers of English, Greater San Diego Council of Teachers of English, Indiana Council of Teachers of English, International Council of Teachers of English, Kansas Association of Teachers of English, Language Arts Department of Southwest Missouri, Maine Council for English Language Arts, North Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English, Oregon Council of Teachers of English, Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, Southland (CA) Council of Teachers of English, Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English, and Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English.
The award winners will be announced at the 2020 NCTE Annual Convention, which will be going virtual this year, during the Affiliate Roundtable Breakfast on Sunday, November 22.
For more information about the Kent D. Williamson Affiliate Membership Recruitment Award, see https://ncte.org/awards/affiliate-membership-award/.