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Award Nominations Needed

Award Nominations Needed

Each year, the Orange County Reading Association (OCRA) proudly recognizes one deserving classroom teacher, school principal, literacy coach or other educator in Orange County who exemplifies OCRA’s spirit of outstanding leadership in literacy.

Do you have an outstanding colleague to nominate? Would you like to nominate yourself? Fill out the nomination form by Sunday, October 18, 2020.

 Award Criteria:

  • Must be an Orange County teacher, principal, literacy coach, or teacher educator
  • Must exhibit leadership skills, collaborative interactions, effective teaching practices, and successful teaching/learning relationships with students and teachers
  • Awarded money must be spent with in two months of receiving the award at the annual fall  conference
  • Awarded money must be used for the purpose of literacy promotion for the school or classroom
  • Recipient must send in 4 photos that display how the money was spent to be posted on OCRA’s web page: www.ocreading.org 

Click here to see past OCRA Award winners!

Online Learning Resources

Online Learning Resources

OCRA has put together some of our favorite resources to help support parents & teachers through this difficult time. Please reach out to us if you have any questions. We’re here to help! readwithOCRA@gmail.com

Orange County Department of Education resources, K-12

Learn to Code at Home

ST Math, K-6

Writing Tips from author, Kate DiCamillo

Make your own Document Camera

Digital Cooking Class Every Weekday

Over 30 Virtual Field Trips

History for Kids, K-6

Varsity Tutors, high school

Recommended Books & Activities from Ian Byrd

Lessons and Activities from Linda Clinard

Free Subscriptions for Kids!

Exercise with GoNoodle

Scholastic Resources for Teaching Remotely, K-9

Google Classroom “Cheat Sheet” for Teachers

EdTech for Teachers from Rowland USD

Watch Read Alouds Live on YouTube

Science Mini-lessons with Mystery Doug

Free SAT Practice, high school

Free Educational Technology Training for Teachers from CATESOL

Award Spotlight

Award Spotlight

Each year, the Orange County Reading Association recognizes one deserving classroom teacher, school principal, literacy coach or other educator in Orange County who exemplifies OCRA’s spirit of outstanding contribution to literacy.  This year, OCRA is proud to award Carrie Pavlik with the Outstanding Contribution to Literacy Award for 2019.

Carrie is the Library Technician at Jordan Elementary School in Orange Unified School District.  Colleagues and other educators in the district have described her as an innovative leader, someone open to new ideas and a person devoted to encouraging readers of all ages. She is known for hosting an annual In-n-Out party for her million word reader club members, buying Krispy Creme donuts for all students who pass 10 reading counts quizzes in the year, getting books as gifts for teachers and her students in addition to hosting fantastic themed book fairs. Her leadership and commitment to her students demonstrates her passion for promoting literacy for the betterment of their educational experience.  Congratulations, Carrie Pavlik!

As a non-profit association, one of our goals is to promote literacy both on a local and global scale.  In spring of last year, we celebrated the efforts of an organization that has made significant contributions promoting literacy worldwide. OCRA awarded The Little Green Monster Project with the Celebrate Literacy Award for spring 2019! The founder, Dr. Sharon Chappell, developed The Little Green Monster Project to help parents and children talk about cancer diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and loss through the arts. The project  strives to use the creative arts to process feelings and stress and assist with healing during the cancer journey. www.littlegreenmonster.org. 

Thank you Sharon for your commitment to spreading positivity through the use of literature!