This Associate Level course is designed for teachers specifically interested in teaching students with Dyslexia or a Language-Based Learning Disability or Reading/Spelling Difficulty.

*Prerequisite for Associate:

1.Completion of Classroom Educator course (no exceptions).

2. One formal observations (lesson plans, video recordings, & consult time) of small group to whole class practice. This can be applied to the formal OGA practicum. (Effective for November 2022 Associate course)*

Teachers will learn to work in a 1:1 setting using diagnostic and prescriptive strategies to allow for maximum student growth. The course includes all topics from the Classroom Educator level as well as:

• Learning to read and interpret neuro-psychological testing

• Grammar and writing skills

• Intermediate phonics and morphology

• Latin roots

• Vocabulary, reading comprehension, and fluency

• Mock tutoring session with evaluation and critique

Your course fee covers all aspects of the workshop including online access to Latin cards and all resources and materials.

Associate Training is a minimum of 60 hours of training designed for those interested in learning all topics taught in Classroom Educator as well as writing, grammar, and advanced phonics.

Please also Review the Associate Training Syllabus.

Additional Note: This is an accreditation-track course approved by the Academy of Orton Gillingham Practitioners and Educators and taught by a highly experienced AOGPE Fellow and Fellow-in-Training.

Additional expense: TEN formal observations (including 5 formal lessons in the CE practicum, if completed), by a Fellow of the Academy, a student profile, a reading list along with an application form are also required before applicants apply for accreditation at the Associate level to be submitted to the Academy. Teachers will then be accredited to work with groups of students and/or 1:1 in and outside of a school setting.

The Associate trainee adheres to the Academy’s Code of Ethics and understands the privileges and responsibilities of the Associate member.

Trainees will demonstrate understanding of and ability to teach the following instructional topics:

1. Reading Acquisition in All Learners including the brain basis of reading and the essential components of good reading instruction.

2. Dyslexia

3. The Orton-Gillingham Approach

4. Assessment

5. The Lesson Plan

6. Adaptation of Orton-Gillingham for Classroom Instruction

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More information regarding regarding the Classroom Educator and Associate level courses.

Required Readings for Optional Practicum:

• • https://app.box.com/v/AOGPE-Associate-Reading-2016

Background:

The Orton-Gillingham Approach was developed by Samuel T. Orton, June Lyday Orton, Anna Gillingham, Bessie Stillman, and Paula Rome. By reason of their various specialties, they provided strength in neurobiology, medical evaluation, and the psychology and pedagogy of education. All courses and practica considered essential for membership in the Academy derive directly from the work of these pioneers. Many students of Sam and June Orton, Anna Gillingham, Bessie Stillman, and Paula Rome generated their own excellent programs and instructional materials based on the foundations of their multi-disciplinary training. Those programs and materials, which the Academy recognizes as Orton-Gillingham based, may be used in addition to the primary works listed as required readings, but should not replace them.

Purpose:

At the Associate level, the readings are designed to add a broad background and knowledge base to communicate the essentials of effective literacy instruction, components of the Orton-Gillingham Approach, and the structure of our language.