Join the RCRA today and become active in an association, which promotes, strengthens, and extends language literacy throughout our community.
Upon joining the RCRA, you will have the following Professional Opportunities and Local and State Membership Benefits:
· Subscription to the Tennessee Reading Teacher, a professional journal published twice a year.
· Members also receive Reading Matters, our council newsletter that contains information about state and local council activities. Sent to members at least twice a year.
· Leadership conferences are planned annually to provide training for new officers and committee chairs at the state and local level.
· Networking opportunities to meet and talk with people interested in reading.
· Tennessee Reading improvement grants awarded annually.
· Reduced conference rate for our annual state conference.
· Opportunities for staff development.
"The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cast out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived." ~Howard Pyle
Our Council Members
- President: Cyndi Summers / Blythe-Bower
- President-Elect: Grace Dyrek / Cleveland Middle School
- Vice-President: Jennifer Nelson / Blythe-Bower
- Secretary: Cynthia Morrow / Ocoee Middle
- Treasurer: Christy Miller / Michigan Avenue
- Past President: Mandy Whitaker / Michigan Avenue
- City Head Membership Chair: Glenda Taylor / Blythe-Bower
- County Membership Chair: Shane Brown / North Lee
- Celebrate Literacy: Dr. Laura Anderson / Lee University
- Newspaper in Education: TBA
- To increase awareness of the benefits of being a member of the Red Clay Reading council, Tennessee Reading Association and the International Reading Association.
- To regain lost membership in our local council.
- To conduct meetings that will enrich the quality of reading and language arts instruction in Bradley County and encourage membership growth and retention.
- To give to a worthy cause which encourages literacy and reading in our community.
- Arnold Elementary..............................Cheryl Matthews
- Blythe-Bower Elementary.............................Glenda Taylor
- Cleveland Middle.........................Grace Dyrek
- Cleveland High...........................Rachel Dooley
- Mayfield Elementary...................Katy Buckner
- Ross Elementary....................
- Stuart Elementary....................Phyllis Brown
- Yates Elementary..........................Jannuth Carroll
- Tennessee Christian Academy...........Julie Griffith and Kathi Douglas
- Cleveland State Community College......
- Lee University.....................Laura Anderson
- Black Fox Elementary.............................
- Blue Springs Elementary.........................
- Bradley High..........................................
- Charleston Elementary..............................
- Hopewell Elementary................................
- Lake Forest Middle.................................
- Michigan Avenue..................................
- Ocoee Middle School........................