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WORD honors educators, authors, and others involved in
reading and literacy efforts awards and grants. An overview of
each award—with lists of past recipients, guidelines, and
application forms—can be found here.
This award recognizes an administrator
who has effectively motivated, inspired, and supported others in
the promotion of literacy. The award will be presented at
the Annual Awards Banquet/Luncheon, at the time of the State
Leadership Workshop.
The Washington Organization for Reading Development
recognizes a local council for advocating for literacy at the
local, state or national level.
This award recognizes a Washington author, illustrator or
storyteller for outstanding contributions to children's
literature. The award will be presented at the Annual Awards
Luncheon/Banquet during the State Leadership Workshop.
IRA will award a Honor Council award to outstanding local councils.
The Literacy Award recognizes organizations, institutions,
and individuals who have made significant literacy contributions
at the state level. The recipient must be a past or present
recipient of a local council's Celebrate Literacy Award. The
award will be presented at the Annual Awards Banquet/Luncheon
during the State Leadership Workshop.
This award recognizes a newspaper or radio/TV station which
has recently demonstrated support or promotion of literacy. The
award will be presented at the Annual Awards Luncheon/Banquet
during the State Leadership Conference.
This award recognizes a group, business, or agency for
joining with a local or state council and providing, to the
community and to literacy, an outstanding service, project or
event. The award will be presented at the Annual Awards
Luncheon/Banquet during the State Leadership Workshop
Conference.
Recognizing a clearly outstanding classroom teacher or
teacher educator of reading/language arts/literature honors Sam Sebesta. The
recipient of the award must be a classroom teacher or university
educator who works directly with students in a school or
college/university setting. In addition, the applicant/nominee
must have taught for five (5) full years in Washington and be
nominated by at least four persons through letters of support.
Applicants/ nominees must have been WORD members for a minimum
of 5 years and have current WORD and IRA memberships.
This fund is maintained through donations from out local
councils and is designed to aid our members in special projects
or activities. To be eligible, the member's council or the
council itself must have donated to the fund by mid-January each
year. The number and amount of awards depends on the amount of
money available in the fund.
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