Course Description
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.
This Course is For
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.
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 Provided
- Orton-Gillingham Plus Manual
- Orton-Gillingham Plus Teacher Guides (three books, grade level dependent)
- OG+ Spelling Teacher Guide (Grade 3+) (available for 2nd and 3rd grade instruction)
- Syllable Division Teacher Guide (available for 1st - 3rd grade)
- Orton-Gillingham Plus 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
- Asynchronous Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension webinar with digital practice packet (3 hours)
- Asynchronous Student-Centered Teaching Course (1 hours)
- Decodable Readers Fiction: Volumes 1 & 2, Nonfiction: Volume 1 (PDFs)
- Access to IMSE LAB (1 year)
- Access to OG+ Implementation Library
Schedule
This course starts on August 4th.
Participants will have access to this course until September 18, 2025.
Course Connection 4pm MST August 26 (Tues)
Course Connections are optional, live Zoom sessions where you can engage with your instructor to ask questions, clarify concepts, and discuss key topics from the course. These interactive meetings provide valuable insights and support for your learning journey.
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