About The Orton Gillingham (O.G.) Courses Offered

Overview of Training

  • The Classroom Educator Course

    This course offers training to enable teachers to use the Orton-Gillingham approach, which encapsulates Structured Literacy, in a classroom setting or specialized tutoring intervention practice. This course requires 30 hours over 4.5 days of training delivered via Zoom (in person sessions offered in summer months). Attendees will learn about:

    • Dyslexia & reading disorders, signs & symptoms

    • Strategies for multi-sensory instruction

    • Formal & informal testing

    • How to use information for tutorials and lessons

    • How to plan an Orton-Gillingham lesson

    • Fundamental elements of the Orton-Gillingham approach including an introduction to phonology and basic phonics

    Attendees will work collaboratively to demonstrate a mock tutoring session

  • All course instruction is delivered by TFRC’s Director of Teacher Education:

    Dr. Valdine Björnson (EdD)

    Certified Reading Clinician, FIT/OGA
    IDA Certified Dyslexia Specialist
    C-TESL; Spec. Ed. Cert.

    Certified Reading Specialist, Accredited Dyslexia Specialist FIT/AOGPE

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