IRA Conference

I just finished an IRA conference today

IRA stands for International Reading Association.

I was invited to go by a co-worker about two months ago. It is very expensive and the district was paying for it so I decided I would go.

I am so happy I decided to go.

I have learned so much from just the three days I was there - and we only went to morning classes.

I have so much information in my head right now I need to organize it all so I don't forget anything! So I will be posting about what I learned in my teacher blog - check it out if you want to. Just click on my profile picture and you can get to it from there.

IRA does conferences all across the country (and sometimes outside the country) 2010 there is a World conference in New Zealand!!!

Anyway

I was talking to my co-worker and telling her that it would be fun to go to one of these conferences in another state - In November there is a conference in New Orleans.

Well - this co-worker is the one who handles all the title one money for our school.

She said that she would try and budget the money so we can go to New Orleans. The money would pay for the conference and hotel and flight and food - all of it!!!

It would be awesome to go. I am not going to get my hopes up too much. But the thought of it is cool. It would definetly be a way to travel!!!