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| American Library Association (ALA) |
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The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 64,000 members. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information. ALA offers professional services and publications to members and nonmembers, including online news stories from American Libraries and analysis of crucial issues from the Washington Office.
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| International Reading Association (IRA) |
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The International Reading Association is the world’s leading organization of literacy professionals. Members rely on IRA for the professional development resources they need to reach our shared goal: Teaching the world to read.
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| National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) |
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The NCTE's mission statement is to promote the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language.
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| North Sound Reading Council (NSRC) |
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NSRC is a regional association of dedicated educators who are interested in learning more and supporting one antoher in the area of literacy teaching for students at all grade levels. The NSRC is a regional assoication under the Washington Organization for Reading Development (WORD), which is a state level organziation under the International Reading Association (IRA).
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| Washington Organization for Reading Development (WORD) |
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WORD is a body of over 1,800 educators, parents, and other literacy enthusiasts from throughout Washington state comprise the membership of WORD. Their goal is the promotion of literacy through activities through conferences, various publications, and various local, statewide and international projects and activities to attack illiteracy wherever it is found.
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| Pacific Northwest Children's Literature Clearinghouse |
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The Pacific Northwest Children’s Literature Clearinghouse of Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education provides access to many new books for educators who love children’s and young adult literature. Every year over 40 publishers are generous enough to send them (free of charge) their latest and greatest selections. The books are available for the Woodring and Western community as well as the education community at large to review and to use with children and teens.
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