CCIRA July Newsletter 2021
News for Members
What does CCIRA do for you?
CCIRA is here to empower literacy educators. See below for PD opportunities, conference updates, and more related to our mission and vision work.
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!
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!
We are SO excited to feel this energy with you all again!
July Conference Update from Chair, Pam Minard


Thank you to all of the educators who would like to present at the 2022 conference! If you haven't completed the proposal form, and you have a session you'd like to present, please complete the speaker proposal form below as soon as possible. We're excited to go through the proposals with our program directors and accept as many speakers as we can. Just a reminder that our conference space will be amazing, but a little bit smaller than the DTC Marriot Hotel, so if your proposal is not accepted please try again in 2023.  

I hope to see you at the conference in 2022!!
Pam Minard
Conference Chair 2022
Highlight on Featured Speakers!
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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, Ellen Oliver Keene, Jennifer Seravallo, and Colorado Department of Education. Click on each picture to learn more! CDE will presenting sessions to support your district in new state mandates.
Meet the Executive Council
Meet Sarah Lindholm! CCIRA's newest board member!
Sarah (Assistant Principal at Soaring Eagles Elementary) works tirelessly to plan the Pikes Peak local council of CCIRA, and is working with CCIRA to create a more robust local chapter to benefit the kids and educators in the Pikes Peak Region. Sarah is also responsible for all of our social media posts, we appreciate that she keeps our members informed with #PPIRA and #CCIRA news and events. Her creativity and outside-the-box thinking about how to best meet the needs of teachers is unmatched, and she is looking into many new and exciting ways to provide professional development opportunities to members. Sarah has recently joined our Executive Council as a member at large. She is already benefitting our organization with all her creativity and hard work!
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.

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.