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Other Information:
IRC Legislative Issues
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the latest update from the IRA Government Relations Division as of January 1, 2012. The IRA is hosting a Webinar on January 10th from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. EST with IRA President Vicki Risko on Making Sense of Reading Teacher Education Research and Prospects for Future Research and on January 18th at 1:00 p.m. EST with Nell K. Duke on Informational Texts in CCSS. To register, visit the IRA website!
Books Created for Illinois Students, By Illinois Students
Illinois
students and teachers are invited to participate in this unique
literacy project that is designed to gather information about statues,
memorials, or monuments in communities throughout Illinois. The books will be printed into two volumes. Volume 1: Who Is That? Statues Across Illinois. Volume 2: What Is That: Monuments and Memorials Across Illinois. Submissions are due December 16, 2011.
CIRP Awarding $50 Stipends
CIRP is awarding $50 stipends to full-time education majors to attend the 2012 IRC Conference.
Applications are due by January 24, 2012.
Young Authors' Conference
ILLC and IRC are cosponsoring the 38th Annual Illinois Statewide Young Authors' Conference on May 19, 2012 at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. The conference guidelines and registration forms are available online now. Registration materials must be received no later than Friday, April 6, 2012. Volunteers are needed!
IRC Studies and Research Committee Survey Results
The IRC Studies and Research Committee is compiling an inventory of materials, resources, and instructional approaches used by Illinois school districts in their elementary reading programs. Results for 2010-2011 and the survey questions are available.
Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life.
IRC has joined Scholastic, Inc. in their global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life. Visit the Scholastic website that has valuable resources for parents and teachers, including The Reading Bill of Rights: A Child's Right to Read; literacy events for schools, including free webcasts exclusively for schools; and for everyone?You are What You Read: A Community About Books where you can share your BookPrint and the FIVE books that shaped your life. You can also share what literacy and reading in the 21st Century means to you.
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