2019 FALL ORTON-GILLINGHAM TRAINING OPTIONS:
1. Kindergarten Training
This 3 day/15 hour course is designed for individuals working with Kindergarten students and those students at the early-literacy level. Instruction is designed to support individuals intending to utilize our online lesson plans.
Course content provides participants with evidence-based practices on the following critical foundational literacy skills:
- phonological and phonemic awareness
- letter recognition and print concepts
- early phonics skills: common word families, short vowels, consonant digraphs (h-brothers), blends/clusters and long vowels
- high-frequency words
- fluency
- handwriting
2. Basic OG Training (All other Teachers, Interventionists and Instructional Assistants who serve Grades 1 and Up)
In addition to the content included in the Kindergarten Training (defined above), this 4 day/20 hour course covers the following more advanced Orton-Gillingham literacy skills:
- six syllable types (open, closed, magic e, r-controlled, vowel team, and consonant +le)
- syllable division strategies
- spelling generalizations
- morphology (common prefix and suffixes)
IDOE Approved Reading Specialist
If you are interested in attaining the IDOE Reading Specialist Certificate, you must complete the 4 day/20 hour Basic OG Training and a 10 hour independent module.
In addition to the content included in the Kindergarten and Basic OG Training (defined above), this course covers the following topics:
- reading science
- written expression
- diagnostic assessments
- prescriptive lesson plans
The registration window will close 2 weeks prior to the training start date or when session is full
For Technical Support, please contact Frank Fults at frankfults@marooneyfoundation.org