Setting an example: association names winners of Exemplary Reading Program Awards. (ideas for Administrators).(26 schools in Canada and United States received the award)

Each year, the International Reading Association presents Exemplary Reading Program Awards to honor outstanding schoolwide reading and language arts programs. The objectives of the program are as follows:

[check] to improve literacy in our society

[check] to recognize school staffs who demonstrate excellence in reading and literacy programs

[check] to encourage the development and refinement of exemplary reading/language arts programs

[check] to report to the public noteworthy efforts to improve reading/ language arts instruction

[check] to disseminate specific information about high-quality programs so that other professionals can use it to improve their own instructional efforts

Winning schools must meet the stringent criteria set by IRA's Exemplary Reading Program Award…