Deadline: November 15

The Exemplary Reading Program Award recognizes outstanding reading and language arts programs at all grade levels (elementary, middle, and high school). Its purpose is to call the public’s attention to outstanding programs in schools throughout Canada and the United States. Each participating state and province can choose one winning school a year.

All public, private, and parochial schools in the United States and Canada are eligible for the award, provided the state or province in which the school is located has an Exemplary Reading Program Award Committee currently in place to judge program applications from that state or province. At least one faculty or staff member of the school must be a current IRA member.

Applications must be postmarked no later than November 15 and received at IRA Headquarters no later than November 22. Headquarters will then forward applications to the state/provincial Exemplary Reading Program Award Committees for review. 

Application for the Exemplary Reading Program Award
Committee Chair:
Stephan Sargent, Ph.D.
(918) 747-4211
5829 S. Delaware PL.
Tulsa, OK 74015