Find Your Local Council
Everyone’s welcome to join local reading councils and the North Carolina Reading Association. Check the map and supporting details to find the closest local council. When you join a local council, you become a member of NCRA, automatically.
Benefits of Membership:
Annual Professional Development Conference with top literary experts
Opportunity to meet pre-service and new teachers for literacy discussions
Opportunities to volunteer directly with the state organization
Annual Young Author contest, publication, and celebration
CEUs for attendance at professional meetings
Affiliation with the International Literacy Association
NCRA website access to blogs, association updates, and newsletters
State and national award opportunities
Opportunity for literacy service work
Opportunity to present at state and local council events
Area 1 - Mountains
Area 2 - Piedmont Northwest
Area 3 - Piedmont Southwest
Area 4 - Piedmont Northeast
Area 5 - Piedmont Southeast
Area 6 & 7 - Coast
Guidelines for Developing a Council
NCRA’s primary goal is to promote literacy among educators and within the community. If you are interested in forming a local Literacy Committee or “Chapter” of NCRA, please consider the following:
Consist of 5 or more individuals. (Do not have to be teachers, educators or school/university based)
Create a Mission that will support the NCRA Mission
Be members of NCRA and/or local/NCRA
Hold a minimum of 3 yearly meetings (programs, presentations, community-based literacy activity, etc)
Participate in Young Authors (if applicable)
Attend the Leadership Institute sponsored by NCRA in June
Designate a contact person but is not required to establish a formal slate of officers.