Find the resources you need to take your school's performance to the next level.
Student performance. Teacher performance. School performance. Every year the expectations are higher and the cuts are deeper. But the missing link between expectation and execution becomes how to improve the quality of literacy instruction when budget cuts have left you with fewer teachers and little or no funding for their professional development.
That's where the International Reading Association can help. At IRA, we've recently expanded our membership benefits to include a variety of online content and support that will give you and your teachers the resources you need to take your school's performance to the next level—despite the challenges of the current economy.
For as little as $29, you can join the International Reading Association and receive immediate access to exclusive content from the leaders of the literacy field in our Members-Only web area and a 24/7 lifeline to Engage—IRA's exciting new social media community.
- Navigating Nonfiction: Guidelines and TOP 5 Strategies for Helping Kids Comprehend Informational Text (from the monthly Members-Only column Best Ever Literacy Survival Tips for New Teachers! by Lori Oczkus, March 2011)
- Using Video and Film in the Classroom (from the monthly Members-Only column Engaging the Adolescent Learner by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, April 2011)
- License to Rhyme including three teaching tips celebrating National Poetry Month (from IRA Inspire, April 2011)
You can add one or more of IRA's journals to your membership. Here's a sample article from the latest issues of The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy
- Intentional Spelling: Seven Steps to Eliminate Guessing by Michelle Newlands (from The Reading Teacher, April 2011)
- Digital Literacies: Embracing the Squishiness of Digital Literacy by Zac Chase and Diana Laufenberg (from the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, April 2011)
- A Teaching Tip on swapping electronic Glogs for paper posters from Diane Lapp
- An audio podcast about the Book-a-Day Almanac, a new children's literature resource perfect for teachers, from former Horn Book editor Anita Silvey
- An interview with Holly Black, co-author of The Spiderwick Chronicles
- A video blog post by Megan McCafferty about her new book, Bumped! A signed copy of the book will be given away!
- A guest blog post by M.T. Anderson, bestselling YA author of Feed
For less than 8 cents a day for online members, can you afford not to have access to resources like these? Join IRA today!
- Members-only access to Engage, IRA's professional networking site for literacy educators
- Exclusive content in our Members-Only web area
- IRA Inspire, our monthly e-newsletter
- Reading Today, our bimonthly newspaper
- Savings of up to $110 on registration for our Annual Convention
- 20% discount on all of IRA's books and videos
It's time to take the next step toward improving your school's performance... Join IRA today...and encourage your teachers to join with you.