The New York State Reading Association has three publications: ReAD, a monthly electronic newsletter, The Empire State Reading Scene, and The Language and Literacy Spectrum journal. You will receive all of these publications with your membership. The following paragraphs describe each of these documents.

ReAD is sent to every NYRSA member who is registered on the Forum section of our webpage. Submissions are accepted up to the first of the month and the newsletter goes out around the middle of each month. (Current issue and archive - Members Only)

The Reading Scene (Current issue and archive - Members Only ) is a newsletter published two to four times per year. Currently it is available on line. A black-line master is shared with each council for distribution to those members without e-mail access. This newsletter provides information about organizational business such as awards and nominations, legislative initiatives, committee requests, calls for manuscripts, council events, State Education Department updates and so forth. The newsletter is mailed to the membership quarterly. Sample issue.

The Language and Literacy Spectrum (Sample Issue) is published annually by the New York State Reading Association (NYSRA). Subscriptions to the journal are granted as part of the membership fees for members in the New York State Reading Association. This is a peer reviewed journal and is currently available to all for a limited time- no password required: Language and Literacy Spectrum Curent Issue and archive.

You must be a member of the NYSRA in order to access the current issues and archives of our publications. If you are a member of the NYSRA and do not have a access key please contact Jan Peters (janice_peters@verzion.net).

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Editors Seek Submissions for NYSRA Journal

Reading in Many Languages
International Reading Associations’ 2010 Conference Theme

Deadline: January 30, 2010

The term ‘language’ like ‘literacy’ has taken on connotations in the 21st century that reach far beyond fluency in geographic-based linguistic systems. Digital literacies, multiliteracies, ICT (Information Communication Technologies), NCLB, ELL, and RTI are just a few of the information systems that present new communicative challenges to teachers. In this issue we will explore: How do reading teachers, literacy coaches, and classroom teachers keep current on the policies, trends, and procedures, as well as the policy specific language, that are evolving at an exponential rate? What literacy languages have had an impact on your classroom instruction and/or research? How has the language of on-line communication influenced classroom practice? How have mandated state assessments impacted ELL policies and practice? For this issue we invite you to submit articles that focus on the many languages that populate today’s classrooms and the impact they have on instruction. We also welcome articles from K-12 practitioners on how they negotiate the complexities of multiliteracies in their classroom. Research in ELL, digital literacies, and reading/literacy policy are also encouraged.

 

Student Work
Deadline: Ongoing

Please submit student work [K-16] related to the issue topic. Poems, book reviews, editorials and artwork related to digital literacies, second language learning, and Information Communication Technologies are welcome. Please submit any artwork as high-resolution photographs.

Book Reviews
Deadline: Ongoing

The Language and Literacy Spectrum welcomes reviews of new fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and online resources for the K-12 classroom. In addition we welcome reviews of recent books on reading/literacy research, practice, and pedagogy.
 

Submission Guidelines

• Length requirements: 500 to 10,000 words depending on type of submission. We expect submissions will be well-edited, and well-proofread prior to submission
• All submissions should follow APA format
• All submissions should be submitted as Word documents that are single-spaced and in 12pt Times New Roman font
• All submissions should include an author biography of 50 to 75 words that includes an email address where readers can contact them
• All article submissions should include an abstract of 150 words or less
• All submissions will be put through our peer-review process
• Submissions should be sent to:
  mdrucker@utica.edu and Donna.Mahar@esc.edu

 Call for Editorial Reviewers

 

The Language and Literacy Spectrum is a peer-reviewed publication. We invite K-12 teachers, teacher educators, and university researchers to join our editorial review board. Reviewers are asked to review several articles per year and provide feedback regarding suitability for publication.

The Editorial Review Board is essential to ensuring the high quality of the Language and Literacy Spectrum. With your help we can continue to publish a high-quality journal that provides relevant and timely information to the NYSRA community.

To become a member of the Editorial Review Board please send a letter of interest and current CV to Dr. Mary Drucker and Dr. Donna Mahar.

You can expect to receive articles for review and revision between August 2009 and April 2010.