Description
PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-register process only. Once training is verified, you will be provided with a private link to register for the actual Educational Assistant Course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
IMSE’s Educational Assistant Course is a hands-on, interactive, and personalized class that provides an understanding of IMSE’s enhanced Orton-Gillingham methodology and the tools necessary to support its implementation in the classroom. The course is designed for educational assistants working with teachers who have completed IMSE’s Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham Plus 30-hour training. Participants will learn how to implement IMSE’s Three-Part Drill for review as well as IMSE’s processes for teaching letter formation, word dictation, sentence dictation, red words (i.e., irregular words), and syllable division. In addition, participants will learn how to utilize IMSE’s decodable readers.
Please note: This course only covers concepts m–ending blends [concepts #1–42] in IMSE’s sequence. For those participants interested in the full K–2 sequence, the 30-hour Comprehensive OG Plus Course is recommended.
COURSE IS FOR:
This course is appropriate for instructional support personnel in K–2 general and special education as well as instructional support personnel in Grades 3 and beyond whose students require instruction in word recognition skills (e.g., phonology, decoding, spelling).
Please note: This course is only for instructional support personnel working with teachers who have completed IMSE’s Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham Plus 30-hour training.
MATERIALS / RESOURCES:
- IMSE’s Educational Assistant Training Manual
- IMSE’s Educational Assistant Originals (PDF)
- Small Phoneme/Grapheme Card Pack (m-ending blends) by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
- Syllable Division Tent by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
- Educational Assistant Practice Packet
- Decodable Readers Fiction Volume 2 m–ending blends (PDF)
- Procedural Routine Flipchart
- OG in a Bag (includes items such as a sand tray, mini bag of sand, dry-erase paddle, Desktop Essentials, Red Work booklet, and multisensory screen)
- Checklist for Teacher/Support Staff communication (PDF)
- OG+ Printable Grapheme Picture Card Set (digital access)
- Access to IMSE’s Resource Portal, which will include a sounds video for m-ending blends and a video implementation library with modeled components of IMSE’s methodology
Schedule
The Educational Assistant Course costs $375. It will run from 8:00 am - 3:30 pm for three days. Please plan on six hours of instruction per day.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-register process only. Once training is verified, you will be provided with a private link to register for the actual Educational Assistant Course.
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