2008–2009

Adolescent Literacy Committee

Charges:

1. Identify promising middle school and high school literacy programs. Design a plan for disseminating information about these programs to IRA members and others.

2. Develop a plan for communicating IRA's adolescent literacy position statement to state governors, school superintendents, and other relevant state policy makers.

3. Review recent IRA publications related to adolescent literacy issues, and recommend the development of additional publications related to adolescent literacy learning, subject to established IRA submission, review, and approved procedures.

4. Recommend initiatives that will expand IRA membership among those whose primary professional responsibility is the education of adolescent students.

Cynthia R. Shanahan, Chair
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Education EPASW Bldg MC 147
1040 W Harrison St
Chicago, IL 60607-7129
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Taffy E. Raphael, Board Liaison
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States

LaQuanda Y. Brown
Bibb County School District
Locust Grove, GA, United States

William G. Brozo
George Mason University
Vienna, VA 22180-5950

Heather A. Casey
Rider University
Edison, NJ, United States

Donna L. Knoell
Educational Consultant
Prairie Village, KS, United States

Maria Lourdes Ladrido
University of the Philippines in the Visayas
Iloilo, Philippines

Sarah H. Martin
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY, United States

Jan Rozzelle
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA, United States

Pirkko Tiuraniemi
University of Turku
Turku, Finland

Beth Cady, Ex Officio
Assistant Director, Council & Affiliate Services
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States

Richard Long, Ex Officio
Director, Government Relations
International Reading Association
Washington, DC, United States

Daniel Mangan, Ex Officio
Director, Publications
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States

Barbara Conklin Teter,
Ex Officio
Director, Development
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States