The Wisconsin State Reading Association Membership

Join or Renew for $45 for a WSRA Membership
Join or Renew for $10 for a Full-time Undergraduate Student WSRA Membership

WSRA members receive a handy membership renewal notification via email that comes with a convenient link that lands on the renewal online form.  Membership renewal has a 30-day "grace period" within which members may renew.  Membership expires at the end of the 30-day grace period. If your membership has not yet reached the end of the 30-day grace period, please click here to renew your membership.  Local council members:  Please contact your council's Membership Director to obtain the discount code. 

Click here to download a PDF of WSRA's membership application/renewal form. Please note WSRA has a change of address.

 Minutes

In compliance with state law, WSRA members may contact WSRA to read archived minutes. Contact: [email protected] with the month and year of the minutes desired. 

WSRA member benefits:

  • WSRA Update, WSRA’s report of upcoming events, special projects, and association, legislative, and/or DPI news.
  • WSRA Journals, which address current topics and present education strategies for classroom instruction in English Language Arts.
  • Free access to the archived webinar recordings.
  • Reduced rates for WSRA conferences and institutes.

WSRA members:

  • May join one of WSRA’s committees through which our goals are accomplished. The WSRA Leadership team is composed of Local Reading Council Officers, WSRA Committees, and the Board of Directors. 
  • Stay current with trends in the field
  • Grow professionally
  • Gain new insights into reading instruction
  • Meet new colleagues who share similar interests and concerns.
    WSRA's Mission Statement The Wisconsin State Reading Association provides leadership, advocacy, and professional learning for implementing effective literacy practices, understanding the complex nature of literacy, honoring the unique needs of our diverse students, and engaging them to apply their literacies in meaningful ways in a changing world.

 

Beliefs 

Expertise Matters!

Research Grounds Us!

Literacy is a complex process requiring a comprehensive approach and a mindset shift.

 

Goals

Advocacy:

Develop tools, strategies and interest to motivate WSRA members to engage in advocacy efforts to improve literacy research, policy and practices that best serve students, families and educators.

Professional Development:

Promote professional growth opportunities for educators, administrators,
families, and community members.

 

Communication:

Provide leadership in addressing issues and trends in literacy to inform educators,
administrators, families, and community members.

 

Partnership:

Create partnerships that foster literacy in the home, school, community, and workplace.

 

Membership:

Develop and strengthen an active and diverse membership.

 

Research:

Promote and disseminate research findings that will strengthen and support the best
practices for instruction and assessment in literacy.