Comparison of Professional Organizations by Lauren Zachry https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl ILA, NTCE, LRA, AND TESOL en-us 2019-03-12 15:05:54 UTC 2019-03-16 16:02:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Their mission is to encourage literacy that will further Texas residents in life personally and economically. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340459992 2019-03-12 15:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340459992 ILA offers many different types of memberships. These include regular membership ($54), online membership ($44), students ($39), retired ($39), and the developing economy membership laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340463729 2019-03-12 15:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340463729 LRA has many different membership types such as a professional membership ($150), emeritus member ($115), 2nd family member ($100), and student ($50). laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340469438 2019-03-12 15:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340469438 NCTE offers a standard regular membership for $50.00 a year or a standard green membership for $45.00 a year. They also offer a regular student membership for $25.00 a year or a green student membership for $22.50 a year. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340470943 2019-03-12 15:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340470943 TESOL offers many different types of memberships. These include a professional membership for $98 a year or $166 for 2 years, lower income professional for $65 or $111 for 2 years, new professional $60 or $102 for 2 years, global professional for $35 or $60 for 2 years, TESOL student for $35 for 1 year or $60 for 2 years, and TESOL retired professional for $57 a year or $94 for 2 years. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340472780 2019-03-12 15:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/340472780 The ILA have had many conferences held around Texas. The latest conference that was held was March 1st and 2nd, 2019 in Waco, Texas. There are also others conferences across the country and some are offered in Eurasia, Caribbean, Oceania, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341973042 2019-03-16 05:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341973042 By being a member it allows you to have the resources and connections that will help you take action. Some benefits are member magazines (Literacy Today), discounts on professional books, insurance programs, discounts on hotels, ILA E-ssentials, and ILA bridges. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341973139 2019-03-16 05:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341973139 The ILA provides educators and resources to help and support the student and family's needs and success. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341973589 2019-03-16 05:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341973589 They believe that adolescents need access to engaging content to successfully help with their development. For example, offer web-based learning experiences, expand the focus on disciplinary literacies, and provide appropriate professional development for educators. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974100 2019-03-16 05:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974100 The ILA provides a document for beginning reading instruction that addresses and specifically helps with the literacy issues that are implanted in the Common Core State Standards that are proved to be confusing or challenging. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974254 2019-03-16 05:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974254 The mission of the NTCE is to improve the teaching and learning of English and language arts at all levels of education. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974362 2019-03-16 05:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974362 The NTCE has many conferences across the U.S. and they also offer many web seminars. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974455 2019-03-16 05:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974455 They offer many membership benefits such as member only webinars, preferred pricing, subscription to a members only magazine, digital journals, lesson plans, and connections members around the world. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974497 2019-03-16 05:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/341974497 TESOL offers a variety of conventions, internationally and statewide. They also offer online seminars and conferences, certificate programs, and leadership training. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342013921 2019-03-16 15:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342013921 There are many different membership benefits such as scholarships, virtual seminars, conferences, online courses, TESOL resource center, TESOL academies, and a TESOL online career center. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342014217 2019-03-16 15:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342014217 Their mission is to advance the expertise of professionals who teach English to speakers of other languages in multilingual contexts worldwide. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342014601 2019-03-16 15:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342014601 The LRA is dedicated to promoting research that increases the knowledge, understanding, and development of lifespan literacies in a multicultural and multilingual world. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342015145 2019-03-16 15:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342015145 They offer many membership benefits such as reduced conference prices, one-year subscription to Journal of Literacy Research and an extra copy of it, opportunities for service and leadership in the LRA, voting privileges for exec. members and LRA ballot issues, and access to research and updates. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342015362 2019-03-16 15:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342015362 They offer an annual conference in Tampa, Florida. They have had 68 of these and their 69th Annual Conference will take place December 4-7th, 2019. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342015778 2019-03-16 15:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342015778 The LRA has concluded that beginning reading instruction is started with phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and comprehension. They favored guided oral reading, teacher professional development, and use of computer technology. They have a STAR (Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research Institutions) program to mentor scholars who are beginning their journey. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342016486 2019-03-16 15:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342016486 For adolescent literacy, Kathy A. Mills and Lens Unworth created iPad Animations, the first journal that shows practices for adolescent literacy. It shows how the teacher and students show different emotions and how the students expand their vocabulary while showing different types of feelings. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342017178 2019-03-16 15:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342017178 For students or adolescences that are dealing with literacy, many begin to develop literacy resources or challenges. As they shift to this, it is important that they get help from teachers to improve their confidence and skills that are necessary for academic literacies. They are very big on The Student's Right to Read. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342017856 2019-03-16 15:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342017856 For beginning literacy, they believe that people begin by developing knowledge that they can use for a lifetime. For them to fully understand their literacy they must learn to understand what they are reading and be able to use the spoken language and learn about the world through interactions with others around them. laurenzachry3 https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342018423 2019-03-16 16:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenzachry3/9m5n1y8h0udl/wish/342018423