MRA Goals

Mission Statement
The Michigan Reading Association is a dynamic and diverse organization whose mission is to promote literacy.

Belief Statements
• Reading is the key to learning.
• Everyone has the responsibility to promote literacy.
• Diversity contributes to understanding and positive social action.
• Literacy practice and policy demand knowledgeable decision makers.

Goals and Objectives
Goal I: Promote MRA as a literacy organization that leads in developing, supporting, and communicating an evolving definition of literacy.
Objective 1: Promote the MRA mission, goals and objectives.

Goal II: Maintain a consistent, proactive voice in literacy and educational policy-making issues.
Objective 1: Promote MRA positions in regard to literacy
and educational issues.
Objective 2: Encourage MRA members to become actively
involved in state and national literacy and education issues.

Goal III: Support and disseminate research on, as well as application of, the best curriculum, instructional, and assessment practices for literacy development.
Objective 1: Encourage teachers to conduct action research
and share their results.
Objective 2: Identify and disseminate research implications
for educators.

Goal IV: Provide accessible professional development.
Objective 1: Provide additional opportunities for professional
development inservices other than the annual conference.
Objective 2: Identify and develop uses of technology to
promote professional development.

Goal V: Establish collaboration, networking, and partnerships among MRA Board membership and various other organizations.
Objective 1: Expand communication within MRA.
Objective 2: Identify and develop uses of technology to
promote professional development.

Goal VI: Engage the larger community including students, parents and other agencies in literacy activities on advocacy.
Objective 1: Develop and establish communication channels
that match the literacy needs of the communities to their
available resources.

Goal VII: Actively support the efforts of councils, maintaining strong ties with them and the International Reading Association.
Objective 1: Provide an effective information system to
councils to promote MRA grants, recruit new members, and
provide for professional development ideas.

Goal VIII: Maintain continuous improvement by providing leadership for councils, members, and others in the learning community.
Objective 1: Provide local councils with assistance in
attaining MRA and IRA Honor Council status.
Objective 2: Ensure that the board of directors is composed
of capable leaders.
Objective 3: Ensure diversity of composition of the Board
of Directors.
Objective 4: Ensure responsible fiscal management.

Adopted April 2001

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