Have a great idea to present at

the 2025 CCIRA Conference?

Fill out the form below to submit a presentation proposal for the 2025 CCIRA Conference, The Sky is Never the Limit. We want attendees to gain knowledge and gather tools that will help them take their students to new heights. Do you have a presentation idea that falls within the areas of

Teamwork, Technology, Pedagogy, or Wellness?

If so, submit a proposal by May 15th!

📢Votes were tallied and winners were announced for the 2024 Colorado Children's Book Award!📚

Thank you to all who participated!

2024 Picture Book Winner

2024 Junior Book Winner

2024 Picture Book Runner Up

2024 Junior Book Runner Up

Local Activity Grant - Due August 1

Does your council have a great idea for an activity involving reading/writing instruction or promoting literacy in schools? If so, you can fill out the application for the Local Activity Grant (formerly the Council Development Grant). Click the button below to go to the grants page of the CCIRA website. This grant is awarded three times a year. Due dates for applications are August 1, February 1, and April 1. Contact Jessica Endres with any questions you may have.

CCIRA Literacy Conversations

Learn from some of our previous conference speakers and others in our library of podcasts! There are episodes from Cornelius Minor, Charles R. Smith, 

Whitney La Rocca, Krista Griffin, Melanie Conklin, Pernille Ripp,

Gordan Korman, and more! Click the button below and listen in!

CCIRA Professional Development Blog

All Things Literacy

The CCIRA blog features a wide variety of nationally renowned literacy experts, as well as talented practitioners from across Colorado. Check out the posts on https://ccira.blog/  

📢New Blog Alert!!📢

Take a look at The Top 5 Posts of 2023 and the newest post, Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Families Know by Nawal Qarooni. Other blog posts you will find are Scrape the Mud Off and Hike On! by Katie and Maria Walther, Inviting Growth: The Teacher’s Role in Affirming, Acknowledging, Shifting, & ExpandingStudents’ Literate Identities by Dr. Jennifer Scoggin and Hannah Schneewind along with Scott McLeod's Student (dis)engagement. You can also read Holding on to the Axe by Kylene Beers, Word Histories in Your Word Study-Stories and Processes by Shane Templeton, Making the Case for Slow Reading by Maria Nichols, and Reflection is Where the Learning Sticks: A Conversation and Resources for Sustainable Movement-Making in Schools by Kass Minor. Carl Anderson's Teach Writing With Mentor Texts! and Look After Your Twisted Ankles: Professional Development in Troubled Times by Kate and Maggie Roberts are also there for your reading enjoyment. Most of these authors are 2024 CCIRA Conference presenters!!

📃If you are interested in submitting a guest post to the CCIRA blog, please contact Hollyanna Bates.📃 hollyannabates@gmail.com

CCIRA's next Board of Directors Meeting will be held at the Lone Tree Hub on April 20th from 9:00-1:00. Please plan on being there if you serve on your local council so we can have important conversations and make decisions. An RSVP form will be sent out soon. Reach out to Michele Warner at warnermichele4@gmail.com with any questions.

CCIRA is a non-profit organization that works to empower literacy educators. As a non-profit organization, we appreciate support in a variety of ways:

• Donate
• Support a Conference Scholarship Opportunity
• Leverage fundraising programs to earn CCIRA money
• Volunteer with CCIRA

Featured Fundraiser!

CCIRA Partners in Empowering Literacy Educators

TOP REASONS TO PARTNER WITH CCIRA

• Over 2000 conference attendees will learn about your partnership with CCIRA.
• Our educator community will see your support on our webpage.
• Visitors to the CCIRA website will learn about your organization and its events.
• Our combined support of literacy will impact students across our state and neighboring states.

CCIRA collaboratively encourages, supports, and advances literacy through research-based instructional practices to increase literacy access to all.

All people will be empowered to critically engage in our changing world by developing and utilizing literacy skills throughout life.

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