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	What's New! Nominate the next Vice President of the FRA Nominee Selection Criteria: 1. The candidate must be a member of IRA, FRA, and a local council. List other reading groups, educational groups, or professional organizations. 2. The candidate should be actively interested in reading and express such interest through participation in various activities such as attendance and/or presentations at IRA conferences or other reading symposia, participation on committees, chairmanship of committee(s), or special events work so as to be well known as an activist promoting reading awareness. 3. The candidate should list any publications he or she has authored. 4. The candidate should have proven experience in working with a Board of Directors in local, state, or national affiliates. 5. The candidate should be in a situation which affords him/her the opportunity to be present at all Board meetings of FRA. 6. The candidate who has been defeated for Vice President may not be nominated again for the same office until a lapse of three intervening years. How to Recommend Candidates: 1. Submit nominations in writing using the Nomination Form. Each nomination must have the consent of the nominee and must have a vita submitted to the Past President of the FRA (frapastpres@flreads.org). 2. Send nomination forms to the immediate Past President of FRA, who is Chair of the Nominating Committee prior to August 1. Vice President Nomination Form Become a member of the Florida Reading Association! Benefits of FRA membership include: Up-to-date journals, that focus on innovative research, and best practices Being part of a community of reading professionals Reduced conference registration rates Government representation Special awards, grants, and scholarships Join the Florida Reading Association today or renew your membership Join Now! FRA Publications: FRA Newsletter Florida Reading Journal Teachers on the Cutting Edge Please give use feedback on the FRA publications. Call for Manuscripts for the upcoming issues of Florida Reading Journal Instructions for Authors Follow us on Facebook to keep up and discover more about the Florida Reading Association Follow our Twitter feed Follow @flreads Share your adolescent literacy ideas with others, participate in the collaborative projects!	Conference Registration Information Coming Soon Children's Book Award Winners for 2012-2013 Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery Honor titles The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian more... FRA Newsletter 2013 V32 N4 Winter 2012 Reading Teacher of the Year Elementary - Cynthia Griggers, Hickory Tree Elementary School. Osceola Middle- Rowena "Dood" Wood-Griffin, Addie R. Lewis School, Okaloosa High- Carol S. Strachan, Riverview High School, Hillsborough Reading Leader of the Year Elementary - Sheila Lightbourne, Shalimar Elementary School, Okaloosa Middle - Sue Sparkman, Pacetti BayMiddle School, St. Johns County High- Robert J. McCue Jr., South Lake High School, Lake County Joye Coy Shaffer Past President's Scholarship Laura Steere, McIntosh Middle School, Sarasota County Florida Teen Book Map Project for Adolescent Literature
The Florida Reading Association is an affiliate of the International Reading Association (IRA), a 90,000 member nonprofit educational organization devoted to the promotion of lifetime reading habits and the improvement of language and literacy instruction.

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