Find the Right Orton-Gillingham Training for You
RIE Training offers several Orton-Gillingham-aligned certification programs for educators, support staff, and interventionists. Each program is delivered online through live Zoom sessions and provides expert-led instruction tailored to your role.
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Compare the Classroom Educator and Associate Level Orton-Gillingham training programs in depth.
Classroom Educator Level
For educators providing whole or small group instruction
- The Rationale of Orton-Gillingham
- Phonological awareness & phonics
- Syllable types & spelling patterns
- Fluency, comprehension & vocabulary
- Informal assessment & lesson planning
- Gain practical tools for classroom structured literacy
- Eligible to pursue OGA Classroom Educator Certification
Associate Level Coursework
For educators providing intensive instruction in individual or group settings
- Written expression
- Formal & informal assessment interpretation
- Morphology, etymology & English language structure
- The Reading Brain & Science of Reading insights
- Decodable Text
- Confidently serve readers with diverse and intensive needs
- Eligible to pursue OGA Associate Certification
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While there are many wonderful Orton-Gillingham based programs addressing the literacy crisis, training directly with RIE gives you access to the source of the approach that inspired those programs. Rather than teaching you to follow a script, this Orton-Gillingham training empowers you to become the expert. You’ll develop the knowledge and confidence to design, implement, and adapt any resource to meet the unique needs of your students, making you more versatile and effective than any single program could ever be.Thank you for being here, for joining me, and for supporting my business as we work together to combat the literacy crisis. Because every child deserves to learn to read, and every teacher deserves to feel equipped to teach them.
The Classroom Educator level is a 35 hour training that focuses on the fundamental principles of the OG approach. Participants will engage in understanding the characteristics of the dyslexic learner as well as learn about specific strategies, procedures, and lesson planning for teaching those whom reading and spelling does not come easy. This training primarily prepares participants to provide and adapt literacy instruction for the whole class or for small groups needing supplemental support in a general education setting. Students with greater deficits in reading will need more intensive instruction delivered by a practitioner trained at the Associate level or above. The Classroom Educator course is a stand alone course. CE coursework hours do not apply toward Associate Level training.
The Associate level is a 70 hour course that also covers all fundamental principles, strategies, and procedures of the OG approach. Additionally, in this course, participants are able to take a deeper dive into systematic and explicit instruction with vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, morphology, and more. This training is intended for practitioners working with struggling readers of all ages, including those with dyslexia, in individual or group settings. The Associate practitioner is not certified to provide OGA training or supervision.
Upon completion of the Orton-Gillingham coursework, participants will receive a certificate of completion recognizing the hours of professional development focused on the Science of Reading and the Orton-Gillingham approach. However, to become a certified member of the Orton-Gillingham Academy (OGA), participants must also complete a supervised practicum.
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