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| Message from Cindy Wilson, IRC President
Welcome to the website of the Illinois Reading Council! We are thrilled to be among the most vital literacy organizations in the country and hope that, if you are not a member, you will consider joining. In addition to a highly successful literacy conference that our organization hosts each March in Springfield, we work hard throughout the year to support local reading councils across the state in providing a rich variety of resources and programs for educators. Members receive our highly acclaimed journal and a quarterly newsletter. Both of these publications are packed with relevant and interesting articles. The Illinois Reading Council has an exceptionally strong grant program in place -- one that allows us to provide funding to support our members work with children and young adults in both public and private educational settings. IRC has a variety of committees focusing on topics as varied as international projects, family literacy, newspapers in education, and legislation just to name a few. Explore this website to learn more about the Illinois Reading Council or call our office at 1-888-454-1341 to learn more about literacy and service in Illinois. We look forward to working with you to promote lifelong literacy.
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Other Information:
RtI/Common Core Survey
The RtI/Common Core Committee is looking for feedback on ways the committee can provide support during the transition to the Illinois Common Core Standards and implementation of RtI. Please complete the brief survey online or persue the many resources that are available for Common Core/RtI issues.
IRC Legislative Issues
Read the latest update from the IRA Government Relations Division as of February 24, 2012. Links to past webinars are available on the IRA website!
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, registration forms, student packets, and author bios are available online now. Registration materials must be received no later than Friday, April 6, 2012. Volunteers are needed!
CIRP awards Stipends for 2013 IRC Conference
The College Instructors of Reading Professionals (CIRP) is awarding fifteen $100 stipends to full-time education majors attending a college or university in Illinois to attend the 2013 IRC Conference, Literacy for Life, March 14-16, 2013 in Springfield, Illinois.
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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