The IMSE Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham Plus Course and Program is a hands-on, interactive, and personalized class that provides a complete understanding of IMSE’s enhanced Orton-Gillingham method, the essential five components to literacy, and the tools necessary to apply it in the classroom. After participating in this accredited Structured Literacy course, teachers will have an understanding of the structure and foundation of the English language as well as the research behind the science of
reading. Teachers will have a basic understanding of how to assess and teach students with dyslexia as well as students in all three tiers of RTI. Teachers will be able to evaluate and teach students in phonological skills, phonics/word recognition, spelling, writing, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. This course includes an asynchronous component for fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The Comprehensive OG Plus course is appropriate for teachers whose students are emergent and beginning readers as well as readers struggling in word recognition. Thanks to the McKinney-Vento Grant the cost to attend this training is $150/participant which includes lunch and snacks each day along with materials for the training. This training will be held on June 12th - 16th, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the ROE #3 Professional Development Center in Vandalia. Registration will begin at 7:30 on Monday, June 12th. Thirty-five professional development hours will be provided to all participants who complete the course on Friday, June 16th.