Okaloosa Reading Council Your Passport to
Literacy!
Thank you Florida Senator Don Gaetz for supporting the Okaloosa Reading Council
and our Spring Literacy Conference!

Are You Ready for the Common Core?
Join the ORC
Saturday, November 10, 2012
and spend the morning with Dr. Gibson.

Registration Information
 

The ORC Literacy Conference
Was Wonderful!

A Big Thank You to all Speakers, Presenters, Vendors and especially ORC Members!
Karen Ott, Lauren Goodpaster, Dr. Alexis Tibbetts, Angelle Crosby, Eleanor Harrington and Dr. Mary Bigler, Keynote Speaker.
 
Text Complexity from
Top to Bottom
After working in teams using a rubric to determine level of
text complexity , all attendants enjoyed a useful, cross grade level presentation,
and went home with a personal copy of
"Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens.
 
ORC Treasurer Eleanor Harrignton and President Angelle Crosby accept Honor Council Award at the IRA Conference in May, 2011.
 

2011 - 2012 Children's Book Award List

 

The Okaloosa Reading Council is a Professional Organization that:

  • Promotes quality literacy instruction
  • Advocates lifelong reading
  • Clarifies educational issues for decision makers
  • Supports research in literacy
  • Serves as a liaison between educational institutions, communities, and families we serve.