The Orton-Gillingham Academy Principals

Diagnostic Presciptive

Instruction is a dynamic continuous, adaptable process of monitoring student work and giving corrective feedback based on the learner's profile and ongoing performance.

Individualized

Instruction is individualized to meet the different needs of learners who may be similar, but not exactly the same.

Simultaneous Multisensory 

Instruction uses the associations of the auditory, visual, and kinesthetic neural pathways.

Direct and Explicit

Concepts are clearly stated, presented, and modeled.

Sequential, Incremental, and Cumulative, but Flexible

Instruction moves from simple to complex. Lessons spiral back to reinforce skills. Instructional decisions are based on the learner.

Synthetic and Analytic

Synthetic instruction progresses from the parts to the whole.

Analytic instruction progresses from the whole to its parts.

Cognitive

Instruction engages learner in active understanding of what they are learning, why they are learning it, and how to apply their learning in a thoughtful way. In encourages thinking and reasoning rather than route memorization.

Language-based and Alphabetic/Phonetic

Instruction begins at the simplest level with phonemes and the relationship of sounds to letters and progresses through complex word and text structures.

Emotionally Sound

Instruction builds confidence and trust by ensuring that the learner achieves regular success.