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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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