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Writings in prose or verse.

• Approaches to Professional Development
  Typical inservice models of professional staff development are the training model and the reflective practice model. Outcomes for both models are suggested.
• Best Practices Programs
  Various approaches to the teaching of reading, all considered best practice in literacy teaching and learning, include Project READ, The Kamehameha Early Education Program, Follow Through, Reading Recovery, and SRA/Open Court Reading. This piece is part of a larger NCREL publication entitled Professional Development for Teachers of Reading (2001) by Peggy A.
• Coaching and Mentoring
  Three programs of coaching and mentoring are currently found in school settings. These include peer coaching, building resource teachers, and the Success For All program.
• Developing Vocabulary With Contextual Redefinition
  Contextual Redefinition is a strategy that stresses the importance of context in predicting and verifying word meanings. This helps to use those clues as an aid in deriving meaning from print.
• Focusing on Reading First Core Programs
  This article describes how schools in Nevada choose their core reading programs under Reading First.
• History of Professional Development in Reading Instruction
  Focus is given to the role of the teacher, the nature of literacy instruction, and the nature of professional development from 1800 through the beginning of the 21st century. Links to reports and articles on expertise in teaching reading are included.
• List-Group-Label: A Simple Strategy for Improving Vocabulary
  The rationale behind List-Group-Label is based on the notion that categorizing words can help children organize new words and experiences in relation to previously learned words and seems appropriate for children at all grade levels across the curriculum.
• Professional Development Policies
  This article highlights goals, characteristics, gaps, future directions, and federal leadership related to professional development. An appendix to this piece includes guidelines from the U.S.
• Semantic Feature Analysis
  This article deals with Semantic Feature Analysis and its relevance in exploring and reinforcing vocabulary concepts.
• The Evolving Role of the Literacy Specialist
  In conjunction with the Nevada Reading Excellence Act (NREA), members of the Grant Advisory Committee conducted research on various aspects of the grant’s implementation and effectiveness. Because of his previous experiences as a literacy specialist in elementary classrooms, the author chose to focus his research on the role of the literacy specialist during the NREA grant.