A great opportunity for school librarians to step up as literacy leaders.

Maria Cahill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
Texas Woman’s University
Denton, TX
Mcahill1@twu.edu<mailto:Mcahill1@twu.edu>
940-898-2605 phone
940-898-2611 fax

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To: Cahill, Maria
Subject: IRA Literacy Research Panel Call for Submissions

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Dear IRA Members:

Widespread implementation of the Common Core State Standards has provided a window of opportunity for teachers in the U.S. to reassert their authority and responsibility in ensuring that our students are involved in learning that will prepare them for entry into colleges and workplaces.

The Literacy Research Panel of the International Reading Association is issuing a call to teachers to join us in developing highly rigorous, highly engaging, research-based curricular/modules designed to accomplish these important goals.

We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to build a new set of interdisciplinary units that represent the best that our profession has to offer students and their families.

IRA will publish accepted units on Reading.org, with full attribution to the team who developed it.

Submissions will be accepted at any time, but a first round of submissions will close on November 30, 2012. Exemplary units will be selected for a poster session at IRA’s 2013 Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

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Questions can be directed to LRPUnits@reading.org<mailto:LRPUnits@reading.org>.

There is a growing need for research-based practices in the Common Core implementation. Won’t you join us in not only fulfilling that need, but also providing leadership as to how others might do the same?

Sincerely,

Dr. P. David Pearson, Ph.D., Chair
Literacy Research Panel

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