Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers

09/02/2026

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We’re officially less than TWO WEEKS away from the end of Early Bird Registration for the 2026 Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) Conference! 📚✨

Join literacy educators, researchers, scholars, practitioners, and leaders from across the country in St. Petersburg, Florida, November 5–7, 2026, for three days of learning, connection, collaboration, and community.

🐦 Register during Early Bird Registration and SAVE 15% on your conference registration!
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📅 Conference: November 5–7, 2026
📍 St. Petersburg, Florida
💰 Early Bird Savings: 15% OFF
⏳ Only 13 days remaining!

Register TODAY and take advantage of the Early Bird discount!

09/01/2026

Please join us for ALER's Pre-Conference Collaborations & Conversations! See the attached flyer for the details and share widely. Bring a friend!

This is an event for bringing literacy teacher educators and researchers together to collaboratively explore literacy topics that matter to us and to the field. Collaborations from previous years have resulted in ALER presentations, publications in scholarly journals, editorials, practitioner pieces, book chapters, practical classroom strategies, ongoing projects, and more!

During this Pre-Conference Collaborations & Conversations event, we will:
🔹Welcome everyone
🔹Hear updates from collaborations & celebrate progress
🔹Discuss burning issues
🔹Form groups
🔹Make a plan & get started

Ongoing working groups can use this as a working session (data analysis, writing, etc.).

We can't wait to see you at the 2026 ALER Conference!

See you soon,
Roya (with Elizabeth, Courtney, & Marliese)

08/28/2026

📣The Awards Committee will be accepting nominations for the ALER awards listed below.

A nomination email should include:
1) the award and the individuals name;
2) their CV attached or an active electronic link to their CV in the message;
3) a statement on why they are a “fit” for the award.

ALL Awards:
🔹A. B. Herr Award
🔹Albert J. Mazurkiewicz Special Services Award
🔹ALER Laureate Award
🔹Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award
🔹Judy Richardson Literacy as a Living Legacy Award
🔹Mary F. Roe Equity in Literacy Education Award

Learn: https://www.aleronline.org/page/awards

Please send your nominations to Ashlee Horton, Awards Committee Chair, at [email protected] no later than August 31.

08/28/2026

📣The Awards Committee will be accepting nominations for the ALER awards listed below.

A nomination email should include:
1) the award and the individuals name;
2) their CV attached or an active electronic link to their CV in the message;
3) a statement on why they are a “fit” for the award.

All Awards:
🌟A. B. Herr Award
🔹Albert J. Mazurkiewicz Special Services Award
🔹ALER Laureate Award
🔹Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award
🔹Judy Richardson Literacy as a Living Legacy Award
🔹Mary F. Roe Equity in Literacy Education Award

Learn: https://www.aleronline.org/page/awards

Please send your nominations to Ashlee Horton, Awards Committee Chair, at [email protected] no later than August 31.

08/27/2026

📣The Awards Committee will be accepting nominations for the ALER awards listed below.

A nomination email should include:
1) the award and the individuals name;
2) their CV attached or an active electronic link to their CV in the message;
3) a statement on why they are a “fit” for the award.

All Awards:
🔹A. B. Herr Award
🔹Albert J. Mazurkiewicz Special Services Award
🔹ALER Laureate Award
🔹Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award
🔹Judy Richardson Literacy as a Living Legacy Award
🔹Mary F. Roe Equity in Literacy Education Award

Learn: https://www.aleronline.org/page/awards

Please send your nominations to Ashlee Horton, Awards Committee Chair, at [email protected] no later than August 31.

08/27/2026

📣The Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the ALER awards listed below.

A nomination email should include:
1) the award and the individuals name;
2) their CV attached or an active electronic link to their CV in the message;
3) a statement on why they are a “fit” for the award.

🔹A. B. Herr Award
🔹Albert J. Mazurkiewicz Special Services Award
🔹ALER Laureate Award
🔹Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award
🔹Judy Richardson Literacy as a Living Legacy Award
🔹Mary F. Roe Equity in Literacy Education Award

Learn: https://www.aleronline.org/page/awards

Please send your nominations to Ashlee Horton, Awards Committee Chair, at [email protected] no later than August 31.

08/26/2026

08/20/2026

📣The Awards Committee will be accepting nominations for the ALER awards listed below.

A nomination email should include:
1) the award and the individuals name;
2) their CV attached or an active electronic link to their CV in the message;
3) a statement on why they are a “fit” for the award.

🔹A. B. Herr Award
🔹Albert J. Mazurkiewicz Special Services Award
🔹ALER Laureate Award
🔹Jerry Johns Promising Researcher Award
🔹Judy Richardson Literacy as a Living Legacy Award
🔹Mary F. Roe Equity in Literacy Education Award

Learn: https://www.aleronline.org/page/awards

Please send your nominations to Ashlee Horton, Awards Committee Chair, at [email protected] no later than August 31.