Plains Literacy Council
A Chapter of the Alabama Literacy Association
SERVING THE LITERACY ZEALOTS OF EAST ALABAMA
The mission of the Plains Literacy Council is to empower educators, to inspire students, and to encourage leaders with the resources they need to make literacy accessible to all; our mission is to transform lives through literacy.
The mission of the Plains Literacy Council is to empower educators, to inspire students, and to encourage leaders with the resources they need to make literacy accessible to all; our mission is to transform lives through literacy.
2023-2024 Accomplishments
Plains Leadership attends the ALA Summer Leadership Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, in August
Three Council Members present at the Fall Alabama Literacy Association 2023
Winter Writing Workshop 2024 with Village Writing Project Directors Mike Cook and Charlie Lesh
Plains Leadership attends the ALA Winter Leadership Meeting in February
Plains members attend the Opelika Book Festival featuring keynote speaker Rick Bragg
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletter distributed to Literacy Zealots
2022-2023 Accomplishments
Plains members gather at the public event An Evening with Lisa McNair in September at the Auburn Public Library.
Plains members gather at the public event An Afternoon with Wayne Flynt in October at the Dixon Conference Center.
Plains members gather at the public event Author Visit Series: Mindy McGinnis at the Opelika Public Library.
Plains members gather at the public event Author Visit Series: Sean of the South at the Opelika Public Library.
Angela Payne (Dean Road and Wrights Mill Road Elementary Schools, Auburn City Schools) is named an Outstanding
Literacy Teacher at the 2022 Fall ALA Conference
Four Council Members present at the Fall Alabama Literacy Association Conference 2022
Winter Writing Workshop 2023 with Poet Hank Lazer
Chocolate and Chapters April Meeting at the Opelika Public Library
Three Plains members attend Our Story: A Writing Symposium hosted by the Alabama Literacy Association in
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
2021-2022 Accomplishments
Next Book Podcast debuts as a monthly outreach to teachers and readers
Winter Writing Workshop 2022 held at Lee Scott Academy
Plains Literacy Council awarded the ALA-Star Award at the Alabama Literacy Association Fall 2021 for our "heroic
efforts to maintain the council in the wake of a world-wide pandemic...resiliency and brave service in dangerous times."
Three Council Members present at Fall Alabama Literacy Association Virtual Conference 2021
Emily Jennings (Wacoochee Elementary, Lee County Schools) is named an Outstanding Literacy Teacher at the Fall ALA
Conference
Chocolate and Chapters October Meeting at the Auburn Public Library
Chocolate and Chapters April Meeting at the Auburn Public Library
Plains members attend NerdCamp Georgia virtual conference
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
2020-2021 Accomplishments
ILA Virtual Workshop Making a Case for Reading Joy with Donalyn Miller
Virtual book club with Author Chantel Acevedo, Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse
Teacher and Community Virtual Book Clubs
November Chocolate and Chapters Flipgrid Book Talk
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
2019-2020 Accomplishments
Plains Leadership attends Summer ALA Leader Meeting for Local Councils
Council Members hear author Irene Latham at Auburn Public Library
Council Members attend NerdCamp in Lawrenceville, Georgia
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
Three Council Members Present at Fall Alabama Literacy Association Conference
Chocolate and Chapters November Meeting
Stories and Suds Service Project
Winter Writing Workshop 2020 held at Lee-Scott Academy
Media Talk Video Conference Spring Meeting May 16
2018-2019 Accomplishments
Plains Reading Council renamed Plains Literacy Council
Leadership Team of Council re-established
Monthly Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
Membership roster established
Winter Writing Workshop held in February, 2019, at Lee-Scott Academy
April 2019 Meeting features former teacher and author Ash Parsons
Plains Leadership attends the ALA Summer Leadership Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, in August
Three Council Members present at the Fall Alabama Literacy Association 2023
Winter Writing Workshop 2024 with Village Writing Project Directors Mike Cook and Charlie Lesh
Plains Leadership attends the ALA Winter Leadership Meeting in February
Plains members attend the Opelika Book Festival featuring keynote speaker Rick Bragg
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletter distributed to Literacy Zealots
2022-2023 Accomplishments
Plains members gather at the public event An Evening with Lisa McNair in September at the Auburn Public Library.
Plains members gather at the public event An Afternoon with Wayne Flynt in October at the Dixon Conference Center.
Plains members gather at the public event Author Visit Series: Mindy McGinnis at the Opelika Public Library.
Plains members gather at the public event Author Visit Series: Sean of the South at the Opelika Public Library.
Angela Payne (Dean Road and Wrights Mill Road Elementary Schools, Auburn City Schools) is named an Outstanding
Literacy Teacher at the 2022 Fall ALA Conference
Four Council Members present at the Fall Alabama Literacy Association Conference 2022
Winter Writing Workshop 2023 with Poet Hank Lazer
Chocolate and Chapters April Meeting at the Opelika Public Library
Three Plains members attend Our Story: A Writing Symposium hosted by the Alabama Literacy Association in
Tuscumbia, Alabama
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
2021-2022 Accomplishments
Next Book Podcast debuts as a monthly outreach to teachers and readers
Winter Writing Workshop 2022 held at Lee Scott Academy
Plains Literacy Council awarded the ALA-Star Award at the Alabama Literacy Association Fall 2021 for our "heroic
efforts to maintain the council in the wake of a world-wide pandemic...resiliency and brave service in dangerous times."
Three Council Members present at Fall Alabama Literacy Association Virtual Conference 2021
Emily Jennings (Wacoochee Elementary, Lee County Schools) is named an Outstanding Literacy Teacher at the Fall ALA
Conference
Chocolate and Chapters October Meeting at the Auburn Public Library
Chocolate and Chapters April Meeting at the Auburn Public Library
Plains members attend NerdCamp Georgia virtual conference
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
2020-2021 Accomplishments
ILA Virtual Workshop Making a Case for Reading Joy with Donalyn Miller
Virtual book club with Author Chantel Acevedo, Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse
Teacher and Community Virtual Book Clubs
November Chocolate and Chapters Flipgrid Book Talk
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
2019-2020 Accomplishments
Plains Leadership attends Summer ALA Leader Meeting for Local Councils
Council Members hear author Irene Latham at Auburn Public Library
Council Members attend NerdCamp in Lawrenceville, Georgia
Monthly Plain Talk Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
Three Council Members Present at Fall Alabama Literacy Association Conference
Chocolate and Chapters November Meeting
Stories and Suds Service Project
Winter Writing Workshop 2020 held at Lee-Scott Academy
Media Talk Video Conference Spring Meeting May 16
2018-2019 Accomplishments
Plains Reading Council renamed Plains Literacy Council
Leadership Team of Council re-established
Monthly Newsletters distributed to Literacy Zealots
Membership roster established
Winter Writing Workshop held in February, 2019, at Lee-Scott Academy
April 2019 Meeting features former teacher and author Ash Parsons