The Subscriber Level course is an introduction to the Orton-Gillingham (OG) instructional methodology and the first level of study in the Orton-Gillingham Academy. Participants will receive an overview of the approach and instructional techniques as presented by a Fellow of the Association of Orton-Gilligham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE) covering: Introduction to Orton-Gillingham, Characteristics of Dyslexia, Neurological Basis for Multisensory teaching, Phonology, Structure of the English language, and the OG Lesson format. Subscriber members become informed consumers but are not qualified to teach using the OG approach. A Subscriber designation indicates that a member has completed a course of at least six hours duration based on the Academy’s required curriculum at the Subscriber level.

Course Dates:

• Tuesdays from 6:30–8:30 p.m.
• September 11, October 9 and November 13

Course work: Satisfies 6 hours of Orton-Gillingham course work

Location: Swift School

Price: $195

This one-week comprehensive course is designed to satisfy the Classroom Educator curriculum for the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. This course will offer participants exploration of typical milestones in motor, language, and reading development. The class will compare these milestones with those of the student with dyslexia and other language disorders impacting reading and spelling acquisition. Participants will learn to evaluate a student's strengths and weaknesses related to reading and spelling and provide effective multisensory instruction for remediation. The syllabus covers:

• Characteristics of Dyslexia Related to Typical Development of Reading and Writing
• The Principles of the Orton-Gillingham Approach
• History and Structure of the English Language
• How to Teach Decoding
• Syllable Types and Syllabication
• Strategies for Reading Comprehension and Written Expression
• Teaching Strategies and Lesson Planning for Effective Remediation

Course Dates:
Swift School will be offering two Classroom Educator courses this year:
June 4–8, 2018*
July 16–20, 2018**
(The Classroom Educator curriculum is delivered during the first week of the Associate Level course.)
Tuition: $800
Course work: Satisfies 30 hours of Orton-Gillingham course work
Time of Class: 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; Monday - Friday
Location: Swift School

*Open to education professionals only.
**Open to all interested individuals who hold a Bachelor's degree in any area of study.

This two-week comprehensive course is designed to satisfy the Associate level curriculum for the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. The syllabus covers:

• Characteristics of Dyslexia and Language Processing
• Historical Perspective on the Orton-Gillingham Approach
• History of the English Language
• Phonology/How to teach decoding
• Syllable types and Syllabication
• Morphology/Anglo-Saxon, Latin and Greek Elements of our Language
• Reading Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Teaching strategies and Lesson planning for effective remediation

Course Dates:
Swift School will be offering two Associate Level courses this year:
June 4–15, 2018*
July 16–27, 2018**
Tuition: $1,500
Time of Class: 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; Monday - Friday
Course work: Satisfies 70 hours of Orton-Gillingham course work
Location: Swift School

*Open to education professionals only.
**Open to all interested individuals who hold a Bachelor's degree in any area of study.

This 100-hour course is designed to strengthen a teacher's knowledge of language development, reading development and written expression. A teacher will learn to work with any age student with various learning differences. The class will investigate basic phonics programs and the development of language skills in children with learning problems. Teachers will study morphology in depth and learn to use their knowledge of language in helping students to broaden and improve their reading and writing skills. Teachers will learn specific strategies to plan lessons, using morphology, to teach reading, writing and vocabulary skills.

Course Dates:
Contact Joan Gerken, AOGPE Fellow, or Natalie Felix, AOGPE Fellow-in-Training
Course work: 100 hours of Orton-Gillingham course work
Location: Swift School