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Getting Involved:
Benefits of IRA CL/R SIG Membership
Benefits through IRA CL/R SIG Directly
Indirect Benefits through IRA
Intangible Benefits
Benefits through IRA CL/R SIG Directly
Benefits of membership include the opportunity to help shape the policies and practices of the IRA CL/R SIG by
• voting,
• joining the IRA CL/R SIG Network
• participating in committee work
• serving in leadership capacities
Because members of the IRA CL/R SIG are also members of IRA, they
• receive a bimonthly newspaper entitled Reading Today,
• they are charged reduced prices when attending the annual convention
(and frequently receive price breaks at various state and regional conferences), and
• they have the opportunity to purchase other excellent IRA publications at reduced prices.
IRA, the parent organization, also publishes six major journals:
• The Reading Teacher
(preschool / elementary; 8 issues per year),
• The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
(8 issues per year),
• The Reading Research Quarterly
• Lectura y Vida
( Spanish quarterly)
•Thinking Classrooms
( Quarterly)
• Peremena
( Russian quarterly)
Members also have the satisfaction of knowing that their dues and subscription fees help support the work of the largest educational nonprofit service organization in the world which is dedicated to improving reading instruction and promoting lifelong literacy (approximately 100,000 members). Members collaborate in numerous projects in various local councils, states/provinces, and national affiliates which collectively provide an amazing array of opportunities for professional growth, networking, and leadership.
©2002-present. IRA Children’s Literature
and Reading Special Interest Group (IRA CL/R SIG).
All rights reserved. Website:
http://www.csulb.edu/org/childrens-lit
Dr. Kaye West, Webmanager
Date modified:
May 15, 2004
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