Manitoba Reading Association Awards

The Manitoba Reading Association is honoured to recognize Manitobans each year with the MRA Crocus Literacy Award for Administrators and the MRA Crocus Awards for Literacy Advocacy. MRA also awards the International Literacy Association's Celebrate Literacy Award.

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MRA Crocus Literacy Award for Administrators

MRA Crocus Awards for Literacy Advocacy

​ILA Celebrate Literacy Award

​This award will be presented to an administrator who has promoted literacy in his/her school. Nominations must include a description of the administrator’s actions in support of literacy, supporting letters from staff, and documentation not exceeding two pages in length. The criteria for the award include:

The administrator:

• Should be a role model for students and staff
• Promote and support innovative and effective school literacy plans, initiatives and programs by allocating resources, providing opportunities for ongoing teacher collaboration and professional learning, and funding for Professional Development
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of and commitment to fostering literacy development for all learners
• Encourage balanced and comprehensive literacy assessment, teaching and learning across all curriculum areas
• Facilitate outreach to strengthen parent partnerships and community connections
• Facilitate outreach to establish community connections​

This award will be presented to a person(s) other than a literacy educator who advocates for literacy within a local council’s region. Each council may nominate a candidate outlining their advocacy of literacy in the region.

Nominations must include a description, not exceeding three pages in length, which shows:

• The nominee’s belief regarding the need for literacy in the community.
• The nominee’s leadership role taken to promote advocacy.
• The nominee’s contribution for literacy advocacy.
• Specific examples of the advocacy.
• Significant results and impact of the advocacy on literacy in the community​

The Celebrate Literacy Award recognizes organizations, institutions, and individuals who have made significant literacy contributions at the local, state, or provincial level. We hope the celebration will familiarize the public with literacy activities in the community and call attention to the work that is being done by the schools and the International Literacy Association to promote literacy worldwide.

Information about this award can be found at the ILA Celebrate Literacy Award webpage.