Yoshimoto Orton Gillingham Secondary Literacy Training

How do we meet the needs of struggling readers and writers once they become 4th graders – high schoolers? How do we ensure that they have the tools that they need to comprehend what they are reading and meet grade level standards when they are multiple years behind?

First, we train teachers to teach the skills adolescents need for success. 

 Then we meet the students where they are with high quality instruction that gives them the tools they need.  

The Y-OG training focuses on the data-driven, teacher-guided Yoshimoto Orton Gillingham approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling in whole classroom, small group, and one-to-one settings. Upon completing this course, participants will have acquired the skills necessary to fully implement this Science of Reading, data-driven solution for improving literacy skills for all students.  Teachers implementing the Yoshimoto method with fidelity are demonstrating consistent and significant growth that is being replicated across the U.S. and internationally.  Perhaps more significant is that teachers love the course, the materials, and the success they are seeing in their classrooms and interventions.

The course covers the five pillars of literacy, including  the three levels of decoding and spelling: letter/sound, syllable, vocabulary and morphology; syntax, written expression, and comprehension.  Examples are taken from secondary ELA, math, social science, and science content areas.  Morphology emphasizes increasing vocabulary for all students, including struggling older readers  and special education students. Instructional strategies are based on Dehaene’s four pillars of learning: attention, active engagement, corrective feedback, and consolidation.  The comprehensive instruction results in students having all the necessary skills required to read, write, and comprehend adolescent texts -- the goal for quality reading instruction. Further, the system supports outcomes within the Common Core. We also discuss Dyslexia, the reading brain, and early and ongoing identification of struggling students.

All materials needed for implementation of the full program are included in the cost of the course. Extensive additional materials are provided, including: prefix/root/suffix cards, games, worksheets, 2  thumb drives with about 6,000 printable worksheets for practice with syllabication, morphology tools, letters/sounds, spelling rules and generalizations, fluency, writing, beginning decodable stories, learning games, and much more.  With each session, we provide links to peer reviewed research, free assessments, and other related materials.

About the virtual course:

This comprehensive course is fully hands-on and interactive.  The goal is to have as much interaction and practice implementing the approach as possible. Our trainers facilitate that with small group breakouts and ample instructor interaction.

This is not an asynchronous class. You must attend each day of the course sequentially in order to attend the next day.  Should you need to miss a day you will need to reschedule to maintain the continuity of the training.

Participants who have completed the course may audit any session in the future to refresh their skills.

All materials required for full implementation of the program are included in the cost of the course.  

Certificate of Attendance or Graduate Credit Certificates of attendance are provided to all participants. Graduate Credit is also available by separate registration with Adams State University.  Registration details are provided during class.

Paying by purchase order?
Register each participant separately using the by check option and follow registration instructions on the form.