104-26 Virtual Orton-Gillingham Plus

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TITLE:  Virtual Orton-Gillingham Plus

EVENT #:  104-26

DATE(S):  Every Monday from Sept. 22 to Nov. 24, 2025

TIME(S):  5:00 pm - 8:15 pm

LOCATION(S):  Online via Zoom

PRESENTER(S):  Bailey Cavanah

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  General and special education teachers K-2 in addition to grades 3rd and beyond whose students require instruction in word recognition skills (e.g., phonology, decoding, spelling). This course can also be taken by any educator who wants to learn more about instruction in phonology and orthography.

FEE:  $1,150.00

PD HOURS:  30 PD Hours. (3 Hours each session excluding a 15 minute break.)

• REGISTER BY AUGUST 30, 2025. MEET 5PM-8:15PM EVERY MONDAY FOR 10 WEEKS.
  
  The IMSE Orton-Gillingham Plus Course is an interactive, hands-on training that provides educators with a deep understanding of IMSE's enhanced Orton-Gillingham program. This accredited Structured Literacy course equips teachers with the knowledge, strategies, and tools necessary to effectively implement IMSE's foundational literacy skills curriculum in the classroom.
  
  Through this course, educators will explore the structure and foundation of the English language, along with the body of research known as the science of reading. Teachers will gain an understanding of how to assess and instruct students across all three tiers of Response to Intervention (RTI), including those with dyslexia. The program is designed to be implemented across all RTI tiers, with explicit guidance on adjusting instructional scaffolds to support intervention or acceleration based on student needs. Additionally, resources and support for teaching English Learners are provided. Instructional areas covered include phonological awareness, phonics, word analysis, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing.
  
  The course provides daily lesson plans and structured routines for key literacy components such as phoneme blending and segmenting, word chaining, cumulative review, spelling, reading, vocabulary, and interactive read-alouds (focusing on oral language and comprehension). The training and curriculum materials will help prepare teachers to implement IMSE's Structured Literacy-based foundational literacy skills curriculum across all instructional tiers.
  
  Additionally, this course includes an asynchronous component that shares further research and strategies in the areas of fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, including a planning framework for comprehension instruction.
  
  PARTICIPANTS WILL:
  - Gain knowledge of the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy.
  - Gain knowledge about students with reading difficulties such as dyslexia.
  - Understand how ELL students can best learn English.
  - Identify and administer various types of assessments
  - Implement and create structured literacy lessons.
  
  MATERIALS / RESOURCES
  - Orton-Gillingham Plus Manual
  - OG+ Teacher Guides (three books, grade level dependent)
  - OG+ Fidelity Companion
  - Word-Building Kit
  - OG+ Phoneme/Grapheme Card Pack - Large
  - Blending Board
  - Customizable whiteboard
  - Red Word Book
  - Sensory screen
  - Small Bag of Sensory Sand
  - Syllable Division Teacher Guide (available for 1st - 3rd grade)
  - OG+ Spelling Teacher Guide (Grade 3+) (available for 2nd and 3rd grade instruction)
  - Decodable Readers Fiction: Volumes 1 & 2, Nonfiction: Volume 1 (PDFs)
  - Access to IMSE LAB
  - Access to OG+ Implementation Library
  
  NOTE: Participants need to ensure they can commit to all days of the training, as it is required that they attend all 30 hours to receive the certificate at the end of the course. They should not sign up if they have a conflict with any of the dates. They need to be in their own space (quiet and without distractions) and on their own device. They are not permitted to sit in the same room as someone else taking the course. They are not permitted to sit in the same room as another participant and watch me on a screen. Materials will be received prior to the first date of class, and all materials need to be with them for all dates of class. They will receive an unboxing email from IMSE giving them instructions about their supplies. Anyone with questions about the course can email Bailey Cavanah at [email protected].

QUESTIONS?  Please email [email protected] to contact Melinda, the Assistant Director of Professional Learning for the ROE 26 & ROE 33 Professional Development Consortium.

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