Programs - 2001

Each year the IRA Literacy and Social Responsibility SIG (IRA L-SR SIG) sponsors a program at the annual national IRA convention.

This program is open to all conferees, with interests from preschool through adult education.Those interested in greeting, meeting, and networking with program presenters and others with similar interests are especially encouraged to attend the program, business meeting, and/or informal social gathering. IRA members are also invited to become members of this SIG.

2001 IRA L-SR SIG Program Thursday afternoon, May 3, 2001 Rosedown Room at the Doubletree Hotel New Orleans, LA Open to all conferees (with interests preschool through adult)
Program Chair		Dolores Fisette, Principal Brookside Elementary, Willits, CA
Introduction of Keynote Speaker		Dr. Kaye Anderson California State Universtiy, Long Beach
Keynote Address	Topic	Helping Children with Everyday Anxieties
	Speaker	Michelle Edwards, Author
	Sponsor	Harcourt Children’s Books
Panel Presentations		Setting the Standard for Standards Speaker: Dr. Kit Marshall, Action Learning Systems School/Community Partnership for Improving Student Literacy By Integrating Assessment with Teaching and Learning: Speakers: Gaye Leia King and Becky Williams, Bureau of Indian Affairs Integrating Language Arts into Classroom Meetings Speaker: Marion Short, Brookside Elementary, Willits Unified School District Student-Led Conferences: Increasing Student Accountability Speaker: Gary D. Soto, Action Learning Systems Parent/Child Literacy: An Intergenerational Literacy Class in a Community College Speakers: Elinor Hirsch-Williamson and Patrick McLaughlin University and Middle School E-mail Collaborative: Preservice Teachers and Eighth Graders Learn Through Writing Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Kaminski, Clemson University University Service Learning: Promoting Social Responsibility Through Tutoring Literacy Speaker: Bonnie Armbruster, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Literacy Network: A Conduit to Literacy Speaker: Bonita Ley War and Peace in the 20th Century Through Children's and Young Adult Literature Speaker: Andrea Karlin, Lamar University
Conclusion		Dr. Eleanor Black, UCLA Ed. Ext. and California State University, Los Angeles
Business Meeting		A short business meeting will follow the program. Eleanor Black, IRA L-SR SIG President presiding

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