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Currently under
revision (July 2009)
Overview: The Honor
Council Program annually recognizes local councils that organize and conduct
well-rounded programs serving the council members, the community, the Florida
Reading Association, and the International Reading Association. The requirements
for this award are to be completed between March 1 of one year and March 1 of
the next. The Intent to Participate form is due by September 1 of
the current year.
Eligibility: In order to
qualify for Honor Council status, the council must be in good standing with FRA
and IRA. Specifically, the council must demonstrate that (a) all council
officers are members of the Florida Reading Association, and (b) also members of
the International Reading Association.
Deadlines: The “Intent to
Participate” form must be postmarked no later than September 1. All documented
data must be postmarked no later than March 1. However, councils may submit the
information to IRA State Coordinator any time prior to the deadline—and are
encouraged to do so.
A council can achieve FRA Honor Council status by completing
the following items:
6 REQUIRED ITEMS (*Items also required by IRA)
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1. |
Report of local council officers
returned by May 1 or FRA Leadership Conference. |
May 1 |
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2. |
Attend the FRA Leadership Conference |
Spring |
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3. |
Conduct at least 3 council meetings
during the year. |
March 1 |
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4. |
Meet the FRA membership goal of 5
new FRA members. |
March 1 |
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5. |
Invite and have in attendance at one
local council or board meeting an FRA officer.,
District Director, or IRA State Coordinator. |
March 1 |
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6. |
Contribute to the FRA Marie
Silverman Scholarship Fund |
March 1 |
4 OPTIONAL ITEMS
| Plan and carry out a Celebrate
Literacy Project (items 1-8): |
1. |
Establish criteria/standards for and
give council literacy award(s) to individuals or
groups who contribute to literacy. |
March 1 |
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Contribute tutoring time or books to
meet the special needs of students who are at-risk,
homeless, abused, hospitalized, etc. |
March 1 |
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Conduct an adult literacy project. |
March 1 |
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Carry out a community project such
as story telling or read-aloud activities in a store,
mall, public library. |
March 1 |
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Conduct a Young Authors Conference. |
March 1 |
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Conduct a mini/theme/drive-in
conference. |
March 1 |
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Sponsor or assist with participation
of a school or group in a RIF project. |
March 1 |
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Conduct a summer literacy project. |
March 1 |
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9. |
Participate in Newspaper in
Education Week. |
March 1 |
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10. |
Publish a newsletter |
March 1 |
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11. |
Feature an article from The
Reading Teacher, Journal of
Reading or The Florida
Reading Journal during one council
program. |
March 1 |
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12. |
Build council membership and
participation of a target group such as school
administrators, school board members, non-public
school educators, secondary, community college, or
gender and ethnic minorities. |
March 1 |
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13. |
Conduct a parent education project. |
March 1 |
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14. |
Have council member(s) participate
in Classroom Action Research. |
March 1 |
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15. |
Appoint a building representative
for each school in the school district (Provide
documentation) |
March 1 |
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16. |
Contact legislator about reading
issues or funding of education, or have individual
council members write editorials or letters to the
editor. |
March 1 |
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17. |
Contribute to FRA International
Project. |
March 1 |
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18. |
Document that an individual or
school from your council area has been nominated this
year for a Florida Reading Association or
International Reading Association award described in
the FRA Scholarships, Awards, and Grants booklet. |
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Intent to Participate form (PDF) | FRA
Honor Council information (PDF)
 The downloadable intent to
participate and application information is in Portable
Document Format (PDF) and requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free of charge from Adobe.
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