About us

Headwaters Reading Council is a professional organization for individuals who are concerned with the improvement of literacy instruction and who are dedicated to promoting reading, writing, and a lifelong love of literacy. HWRC is one of 24 local reading councils in Wisconsin and is affiliated with the Wisconsin State Reading Association and the International Reading Association.

Headwaters has been in existence since 1967. Our membership includes reading specialists, teachers (some retired), librarians, parents, paraprofessionals, student teachers and administrators. Headwaters was proud to be an Honor Council in recent years. Our council reaches members in the following five counties: Forest, Langlade, Lincoln,Oneida, and Vilas.

Our Council's goals our described below:

• Providing ongoing professional growth opportunities for HLC membership

• Continuing to build our membership network

• Developing community service projects/partnerships