Course Offerings

This course is ideal for reading specialists, special educators, literacy coaches, classroom teachers, tutors, and ELL teachers who work with students in Grade K-12. Participants will learn about the reading brain and dyslexia, phonology, basic morphology, fluency, and spelling patterns.

Participants will be provided with an overview of the Level I and Level II OG curriculum and will practice teaching the basic concepts:

• The six-syllable types

• Basic syllable division strategies

• Basic morphemes

• How to write a Level I and Level II decodable text

• How to follow a comprehensive scope and sequence for teaching the OG approach

• Participation in the 100-hour practicum and additional 30-hour course will lead to Associate Level certification and will prepare you to teach the curriculum in a 1:1 setting. Ask me for details.

2 graduate-credits are available through Fitchburg State University for an additional fee.

The OG Associate Level course and 100-hour practicum provides teachers with the opportunity to apply the principles of Orton-Gillingham instruction in 1:1 and small group settings. Teachers need to complete the first 30-hour course to be eligible for the practicum. The participant will attend the second thirty-hour course and design and teach 100 lessons over the course of a school year.

The practicum experience requires a minimum commitment of 8 consecutive months during which the participant will receive 10 formal observations followed by a feedback conference.

After successful completion of the course and practicum, students will be prepared to apply for Associate Level certification in the Orton-Gillingham Academy.

5 graduate-credits are available through Fitchburg State University for an additional fee.