* Local affiliate of the International Reading Association and the Alabama Reading Association.

* Several meetings each school year with programs designed for teachers concerned with their students' reading, grades K-16.  Upcoming programs:  study groups and professional read-ins using new trade books for young readers.

* Special mailings regarding activities that the council co-sponsors with the Alabama Reading Association and the East Alabama Regional Inservice Center.

* Access to the council's web page at www.auburn.edu/rdggenie/plainscouncil.html.

Name _________________________________________________________________________

Address _______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________ Zip ____________________

Phone (Home) _____________________________ (School) _____________________________

School in which you teach _________________________________________________________

Check items which best describe your current position:

                          I.                                        II.

 ____ Preschool             ____ Classroom teacher
 ____ Grades K-3          ____ Reading teacher
 ____ Grades 4-6           ____ Reading supervisor
 ____ Grades 7-9           ____ Media specialist
 ____ Grades 10-12       ____ Administrator
 ____ College/Adult       ____ Chapter 1 teacher

Annual Membership:  $3.00.  Send check payable to Plains Reading Council to Terry C. Ley, Curriculum and Teaching, 5040 Haley Center, Auburn University, AL  36849.  (Membership for 1999-2000 ends August 31, 2000.)