Richard W. Halle Award for Outstanding Middle Level Educator

The Richard W. Halle Award honors a junior high/middle level educator who has worked to promote understanding of the developmental needs and characteristics of young adolescents, especially in the English language arts. A middle level educator is defined as anyone who has worked to improve schools and schooling for the middle level—teacher, principal, curriculum specialist, or supervisor as well as anyone at the university or college level. The award was established in 1996 by the Junior High/Middle School Assembly to honor Richard 'Dick' Halle for his dedication to the Assembly and middle level education. It became a Middle Level Section Award in February 2002 when the Assembly was dissolved. The award recipient is presented a plaque at the Middle Level Luncheon during the NCTE Annual Convention.