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Our 41st Year

The Tennessee Reading Association (TRA) has a membership of more than 2,000 people dedicated to promoting reading and literacy. The membership includes classroom teachers, instructional assistants, reading specialists, technical support personnel, administrators, parents, students, college educators and others who work to promote improvement in reading. The mission of the Tennessee Reading Association is to promote the development of literacy among all segments of the population in the State of Tennessee in order to foster an informed, productive citizenry.

TRA is an affiliate of the International Reading Association, which is composed of more than 88,000 members in 116 countries throughout the world.

Our state council is composed of local councils throughout the state which work to further the goals of TRA. Anyone interested in supporting the goals and activities of the TRA may become a member.

From last year's celebration of our 40th Anniversary.

Some More Photos

Congratulations to the following for awards/honors from International Reading Association:
Hoyte Snow
Benton County, Mid-Cumberland, Middle Tennessee, North Central, Smoky Mountain, Tennessee Tech, and Sevier County local councils
Angie Parton

Upcoming Events

TRA will not have an Annual State Conference in 2008. We are co-sponsors of the 26th Annual IRA Southeast Conference in Nashville December 7-10.

May 4-8, 2008
53nd Annual IRA Convention
Atlanta

December 7–10, 2008
26th Annual IRA Southeast Conference
Nashville, TN

To report problems with the web site or to communicate with TRA, please e-mail the web editor: TRA-mikeroe@u-c.net (Remember to remove the TRA- from the address.) Please start the subject line with TRA:

TRA wishes to thank Graphic Designer Chris Alexander for the Literacy Compass conference logo.