Hello Literacy Leaders!! We are currently looking for a passionate, innovative, creative and just plain fun person to take our Vice President position next year! Step out of your box, take a chance and become an officer in one of the greatest organizations!! Please contact Dawn Bodtke for more information!

Cindy Cook, principal at Sunnyside Elementary School is a longtime member of North Central Reading Council. Cindy is passionate about meeting the needs of all students and when it comes to literacy she has been a leader in Minot Public School District. She supports teachers by writing grants to promote literacy in the school, district, and in the Minot community. Under Cindy’s direction, Sunnyside was the first school in the district to create a large library of leveled books and use assessment results to differentiate reading instruction. Cindy worked with the Minot Area Community Foundation and North Central Reading Council to bring Little Free Libraries to several schools and parks in the Minot community. Cindy stays up to date on reading research and uses that research to offer teachers professional development that focuses on helping students both achieve academic success and gain a love for reading. It is evident that Cindy Cook truly Celebrates Literacy everyday with staff, students, and the entire community.

It was with great pleasure that I was finally able to meet up with Margaret Lee from the Taube Museum and present her with NCRC's donation!

Due to the facelift that downtown Minot has been getting, the museum's basement flooded, more than once! With our donation they are using it to fix a part of that basement, so that it can be once again open to our community.

Thank you for your continued support - our members are the best!

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Thank you to everyone who applied!

What a great year to be a NCRC member!!

Who is Kayla Delzer you ask? 

Kayla Delzer is a 2nd grade teacher and Project Lead the Way Lead Teacher in West Fargo, North Dakota. In August, she began her 8th year of teaching 2nd grade. She holds her master’s degree in Elementary Education and just started the process to become National Board Certified, the highest mark of professional accomplishment. On July 23, 2015 she delivered her first TEDx Talk, Reimagining Classrooms: Students as Leaders and Teachers as Learners.

Kayla is a technology enthusiast, and she works as a consultant for several school districts. She frequently travels around the United States to speak at EdTech conferences. Kayla is a highly connected educator, and her classroom Twitter account, @tweetingtopdogs, has allowed her students to learn virtually with hundreds of classrooms and experts from all over the world.

She is an exclusive blogger for Creative Teaching Press, a writer for EdSurge, TAP Champion, and has been a featured “Educelebrity” during numerous education Twitter chats. She is highly sought after by educational and technology companies to preview and review their products. She is in the beginning stages of authoring her first book for educators.

Class starts at 7:30pm at Central Campus!

In order to receive credit for the Reading Connections class, a one-page reflection (in addition to the attendance requirements) will be due no later than midnight on Sunday, November 15. I will submit grades first thing Monday morning, November 16. You may First Class them to me or email them to heather.ell@minot.k12.nd.us. The pony is another option. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Mark your calendars - Kayla Delzer's presentation on 21st Century Classrooms will be Tuesday, November 10th at 6:30pm at Central Campus!
Get a sneak peek by checking out Kayla on Twitter @MrsDelz or on Instagram at topdogteaching
Due to the date change we understand that there might be conflicts for credit requirements. Please email Heather Ell at heather.ell@minot.k12.nd.us for further information.

At tonight's NCRC EdCamp we raised $214 for The Taube Art Museum! Wow!!

Join us Monday night for NCRC's Ed Camp