When leaders of one veteran writing project site set out to apply what they knew about effective professional development practices in writing to the area of reading, they found they needed to make some adjustments. Learn about the understandings they gained when they applied their proven professional development practices and NWP core beliefs about writing, learning, and teaching to their workshops, institutes, and inservice programs on reading. This workshop’s activities go beyond the best-practice, handy-tip level, helping participants re-experience the reading process for themselves and explore, from a writing project perspective, what should count as knowledge in current professional development in reading.