CCIRA September Newsletter 2021
News for Members
What is CCIRA doing for you in September...
  • Sharing opportunities to engage in your local council
  • Hosting and sharing a podcast with Tanny McGregor on Sketch Notes for comprehension
  • Offering ways to donate and give back to the literacy community
  • Local Council Opportunity for Professional Learning
  • Early bird registration options and prices for #CCIRA22
CCIRA is here to empower literacy educators.
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.
CCIRA Upcoming Professional Learning Offerings
Click on....CCIRA Reads to find out how you can get involved in an amazing book study!
PPIRA 2021 Mini Conference
“The Gift of Oral Communication”
When: Saturday October 16, 2021
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Erik Palmer, author of Digitially Speaking: How to Improve Student Presentations with Technology, Well Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students, and Teaching the Core Skills of Speaking and Listening joins us this year to share the gifts of oral communication. 
Students have been remote, hybrid, and in-person through the better part of the last two school years, and while many of our students are more tech-savvy than they ever before, their oral communication and listening skills can and should still be a focus.

Erik has graciously donated an enhanced copy of his book, Digitially Speaking: How to Improve Student Presentations with Technology, for all attendees.

Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/v4vpw65e


2021-2022 Program is Open for Registration!  
 
For the 3rd year in row, Panasonic Corporation of North America has generously collaborated with the Foundation for Impact on Literacy and Learning (FILL) to provide the Panasonic Student Eco Citizenship Program to Colorado 5th - 8th grade teachers to empower students to be Eco Citizens in their community!
 
The program continues to be FREE, aligned to teaching standards and is offered in a virtual or in-person learning format.


Are you ready to get started with the program?


  1. Click above to register.
  2. Review the program website (ecocitizenship.org).
  3. Start discussing environmental topic project ideas with your students.
  4. Mark your calendar: competition submissions are due May 6, 2022.
A welcome box will be mailed to you shortly after you register. A small gift card will also be mailed to those teachers who sign up by September 1 to use towards student projects. 

If you have any questions about this year’s program, email or call us any time. 

Kim Svoboda 
Program Director, Panasonic Student Eco Citizenship Program 
Foundation for Impact on Literacy and Learning (FILL) 
(718) 483-4262
Kim@Fill.foundation 
Remember to check out the CCIRA Blog!

Reading CCIRA.blog every week—perhaps over lunch or a cup of coffee—builds a quick dose of professional learning into your routine. Who knows what ideas or inspiration this might spark!

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/


If you might be interested in submitting a guest post to CCIRA.blog, please contact Hollyanna Bates (hollyannabates@gmail.com).
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CCIRA Conference 2022!
See below for in-person conference prices! Get ready to register for #CCIRA22
Highlight on Featured Speakers!
CCIRA is happy to offer a variety of speakers and sessions for the 2022 conference on literacy. To ensure that we empower literacy educators, we will be hosting from top left, Pernille Ripp, Gerry Brooks, and Elana K. Arnold. Click on each picture to learn more!
Financial Opportunities
Shop Year Round!
Make sure you check out the Shop With Scrip website and do some shopping online for a gift
card.... and benefit CCIRA
at the same time! *
Do you buy gift cards for your friends and family? Give a card to Starbucks or Amazon as a thank you to your favorite aunt? What if at the same time you could support CCIRA without spending an extra cent? That’s what you can do now by participating with Shop with Scrip, an online fundraising site. Since 1994, ShopWithScrip has been supporting schools and other non-profits in this unique way to fundraise. Just buy a gift card at one of the 750 retailers and know that a percentage is sent to CCIRA. It’s an easy way to support our work with literacy while you shop. For more information, visit https://www.shopwithscrip.com/ and then sign up to become a supporter of our organization.

When you are ready to make your purchase please use this enrollment number:
 A34A3B6D69223  

*CCIRA endorses this fundraising activity.
CCIRA Featured Partner
The Colorado Writing Project empowers teacher writers and writing teachers to engage and inspire students to be lifelong writers. Using research-based writing workshop, CWP brings joy to the teaching and learning of writing. Started in 1986 as a partnership between Colorado Department of Education and the University of Colorado at Boulder and now under the leadership of a small group of Colorado teachers, it has grown to offer summer workshops, both virtual and face to face, a Young Writer’s Camp, and seminars throughout the year.


We want to hear from you!
Contact Us!
CCIRA Executive Committee

Jessica Rickert, President: jessrccira@gmail.com
Pam Minard,Conference Chair 2022: pam.minard@gmail.com
Michele Warner, State Coordinator:
warnermichele4@gmail.com
Corina Kaskey, Secretary: Corina.Kaskey@summitk12.org
Jessie Meeks, State Membership Coordinator: jessie.meeks@jeffco.k12.co.us
Emily Goldenstein, Marketing Coordinator: ccira.emily@gmail.com
Stevi Quate, Partnership Chair: steviq@gmail.com
Cathy Lynskey, Treasurer: clynskey2000@gmail.com
Lisa Kahn, Administrative Assistant: lisakahnccira@gmail.com
Anne Folsom, Member at Large:
Anne.Folsom@jeffco.k12.co.us
Sarah Lindholm, Member at Large:
slindholm1002@gmail.com
Is your local council, state committee, school, or community doing something extraordinary for literacy in Colorado? Do you have a great idea to share with other educators on how to enhance literacy in the classroom? Do you know of a conference or event that CCIRA members might be interested in attending? If so, please contact Emily Goldenstein (ccira.emily@gmail.com) to submit information for publication.