Orton-Gillingham Professional Development and Training

  

What is Phonics First™ ?

RLAC’s nationally accredited Phonics First ™ is a dynamic and interactive professional development course that gives teachers the depth of knowledge and expertise to teach reading to beginning and struggling readers grades K-12 (regular education, special education and ELL). Based on Orton-Gillingham methodology, it is immediately applicable to a variety of learners in both classroom and small-group learning environments..

Phonics First ™ course participants learn the lesson elements necessary for delivering quality, multisensory, code-emphasis reading lessons for critical decoding and encoding skill development.



The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Concil

Accreditation through the International Multisensory Language Education Council ensures that teachers are receiving an approved curriculum that meets the needs of learners at all levels.

Phonics First™ Includes the Critical Literacy Components of:

  • Phonemic awareness
  • Decoding and spelling
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

Phonics First™ Uses Differentiated Instruction Techniques that are:

  • Prescriptive
  • Multisensory
  • Phonics-based
  • Systematic, structured and sequential

Phonics First™ Participants Learn:

  • Current reading research
  • Rationale for multisensory instruction
  • Stages of reading development
  • Reading readiness
  • Phonology
  • Vowel intensives
  • Five part lesson plan
  • Three-part drill
  • Multisensory spelling for phonetic and non-phonetic words
  • Syllabication
  • Oral Reading Strategies and comprehension integration
  • Lesson Planning

RLAC is pleased to offer graduate credits through Ashland University for all of our courses and continuing education credits through Wayne RESA for our courses located in Michigan. We also offer professional development credits in a number of states. Please contact us for more information.


For more info please contact us by phone at 800-732-3211 or e-mail at info@rlac.com.
Phonics First™ should be required for every teacher! It provided me with in-depth knowledge about teaching reading and an opportunity to practice what I was learning every step of the way. I know my students for years to come will benefit from my new-found expertise.

Phonics First™ Training Participant
Atlanta, GA