MRA began the year with a weekend retreat providing
a time to reflect on our core values and to consider our journey for the coming
year and the future. We had a very successful professional development day in
April with Tanny McGregor and our local council @RCGW hosted the MTSPD Day in
October with Donalyn Miller.
President Sandi Shaw-Lyons and the team led MRA to ILA’s
Award of Excellence Angie Burdette and
Lisa Carlson provided an I Love to Read initiative on Critical Literacy.
You can find more information on our website http://www.readingmanitoba.org. MRA will be hosting our 4th
Adolescent Reading Summit April 12-13, 2017, chaired by our new President Susan
Hayward. Save the Date as we have
confirmed Pernille Ripp, John Schumacher, Linda Christensen, and Richard Van
Camp as keynote speakers and have many other speakers joining us for the
summit. We will also be featuring an
author’s panel and a student panel.
Reading Council of Greater Winnipeg also hosted a
local clinician, Monica Wiebe, for a successful day program. Pembina Escarpment
Reading Council hosted a successful workshop with Sally Bender. MRA Crocus
Awards were combined with the RCGW Awards for a pilot and the evening was a
lovely celebration for literacy leaders.
A highlight of the year was our increased social
media presence. Our website was updated
more frequently and we have created a presence on Twitter. Tanny McGregor co-hosted a twitter chat with
us in January prior to her presentation on Reading Comprehension. Our local
board members Susan Hayward and Lisa Carlson hosted a twitter chat in May for #mbedchat.
You can find us on Twitter @mra_mb and our local councils @RCGWinnipeg
@PercReads and @MCRConline.
Future PD in Manitoba-
Laurie Elish-Piper is coming to Manitoba Oct. 6-7
hosted by the Manitoba Council of Reading Clinicians
The Two Sisters are coming for the RCGW MTS-PD
event in October and the event is already filled to capacity. RCGW is also
celebrating their 60th anniversary as it was one of the first councils formed
after IRA in 1956.
CSIG-L
Our Elmwood team from WSD are representing
Manitoba at the CSIG-L presentation on Saturdayat ILA16. MRA Crocus
Administrator of the year 2015 Award Winner Mike Babb, Leslie Dickson RCGW
Certificate of Merit Award Winner and Joanne Sabourin presented on their
School-Wide Literacy Plan.
A number of our board members are attending #ILA16
in Boston! We are also working with our local Manitoba ASCD affiliate to be
aware of speakers coming to Manitoba. Penny Kittle is an upcoming ASCD speaker
in the spring of 2017.
We tip our hats to Carol Hryniuk-Adamov who has
served as Provincial ILA co-ordinator for many years. She has brought so many
of us to MRA and local councils and we sincerely appreciate her contributions
and continued mentorship. Appreciation
is also sent to Louise Duncan, our outgoing past-president who has helped to guide
MRA for the past number of years.
We will continue to work towards Every Manitoban, a literate Manitoban.
