· FCRC History ·

With its initial meeting on Friday, October 22, 1972, the Florida State Reading Council came into official existance. It grew out of the hard work of Mrs. Jane Bethel, the first President, and Mrs. Mary Landsman, both of Santa Fe Community College.

Many of the problems and issues that were present then are still the problems and issues of today. The purposes of the council stated in the original bylaws were as follow:

• To encourage the study of reading problems in all educational levels.
• To stimulate and promote research in developmental, creative, corrective, and remedial reading.
• To study the various factors that influence progress in reading.
• To publish the results of pertinent and significant investigations and practices.
• To assist in the development of more adequate teacher training programs.
• To act as an intermediate clearinghouse for information relating to reading.
• To disseminate knowledge helpful in the solution of problems related to reading.
• To sponsor conferences and meetings planned to implement the purposes of the council and national association.
• To promote mutual understanding and cooperative work among educators in the elementary grades, junior high, high school, special areas, college, and leadership positions.

For over thirty years, the council has been working toward those objectives and goals. The statements are as relative now as then.

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