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"ED"ies Award
READING TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATION
“ED”ies Awardee Application
Granite State Reading Council, the state council for the International Reading
Association, is seeking nominations for the 2010 Reading Teacher of the Year that
will be awarded at the “ED”ies Celebration in June, 2010. Any member of the
Granite State Reading Council (GSRC) may be nominated. If a nominee is not yet a
member of GSRC, they may apply at any time. Please see the GSRC website for a
membership form (www.granitestatecouncil.org)
CRITERIA for the Reading Teacher of the Year:
· Innovative and positive teacher who encourages reading in a variety of
ways
· Uses current research to drive instruction in a creative and effective
manner
· Integrates reading instruction throughout the curriculum
· Differentiates instruction to meet the needs of all learners
· LOVES TO TEACH READING
· LOVES TO READ
DEADLINE: February 28,
2010
Download application
The Literacy Project Grant to be awarded this year will be to an individual
or a group that promotes literacy and proposes a project that enhances,
expands, or examines an area of literacy in a new way. A grant will be
awarded for $500 to be spent by the recipient to implement a project
impacting literacy skills. It may involve students, adults, and the
community.
Grant applicants must be current members of Granite State Reading
Council. The recipient of grant funding is required to share the results of
the implemented project. This may take the form of a workshop or a
detailed article for the GSRC newsletter.
Deadline: April 1, 2010
Click here for application
International Reading Association
2010 Literacy Award Nomination
The Awards and Grants Committee of the GSRC is seeking nominations for
the 2010 Literacy Award. This award is created to honor an individual or
a group of people that promote and support literacy among children and
adults in some extraordinary way in the state of New Hampshire.
Anyone who has had a special impact on literacy in NH can be considered.
Potential applicants may be: reading specialists, reading teachers, literacy
coaches, literacy teams, classroom teachers, administrators, librarians,
authors, organizations that promote and support literacy, etc…
Deadline: April 1, 2010
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Exemplary Reading Program Award
The Exemplary Reading Program Award recognizes outstanding reading
and language arts programs at all grade levels (elementary, middle, and
high school). Its purpose is to call the public’s attention to outstanding
programs in schools throughout Canada and the United States. Each
participating state and province can choose one winning school a year.
All public, private, and parochial schools in the United States and Canada
are eligible for the award, provided
- The state or province in which the school is located has an
Exemplary Reading Program Award Committee currently in place to
judge program applications from that state or province
- At least one faculty or staff member of that school is a current IRA
member
Applications must be postmarked no later than November 15 and received
at IRA Headquarters no later than November 22. Headquarters will then
forward applications to the state/provincial Exemplary Reading Program
Award Committees for review.