Garside Institute for Teacher Training at The Carroll School

This course fulfills the Academy’s 60-hour coursework requirement for Associate Level Certification. The additional 30 hours of coursework include supplementary Orton-Gillingham theory and practice, and seminars on assessment giving an overview of the new WISC-V, as well as other curriculum-based assessment tools.

Trainees will teach reading and spelling skills using the Orton-Gillingham approach, a structured alphabetic-phonetic system that employs visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic pathways to learning. Reading and spelling are treated as interacting disciplines. Using the Orton-Gillingham approach, trainees will learn to individualize tutoring sessions with students. Throughout the course, trainees will attend a weekly two-hour coursework seminar.

Practicum: 260 hours of supervised practicum

Prerequisite: Bachelor’s Degree
Fellow: Heather Lufkin, F/OGA