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Illinois Reading Council
203 Landmark Drive, Suite B
Normal, IL 61761
Phone: (309) 454-1341
Toll Free: (888) 454-1341
Fax: (309) 454-3512
Email: irc@illinoisreadingcouncil.org
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Deadline Reminders:
Adult & Family Literacy Project Award
February 1, 2012
2012 Conference Early Registration
February 1, 2012
2012 Conference Housing
February 22, 2012
Submit info for May 2012
IRC Communicator
March 1, 2012
IRC Conference
March 15-17, 2012
IRC Board Meeting
April 21, 2012
IRA Convention
April 29-May 2, 2012
IRC Literacy
Support Grant
May 1, 2012
IRC International Grant
May 1, 2012
Prairie State Award
June 8, 2012
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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:
IRC Legislative Issues
Read 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!
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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