Teacher training
Learn the method, not just the tricks.
Orton-Gillingham has been locked behind expensive specialist certification for a long time. That made sense when the only people teaching it were clinicians. It makes much less sense now, when the person sitting next to a struggling reader every day is usually a teacher, a tutor, or a parent.
Our training is built for that person. It teaches the same structured, multi-sensory approach, in an order you can actually follow, with the reasoning attached — so when a learner does something you didn’t expect, you know what it means and what to do next.
Who this is for
Classroom teachers
You have a handful of readers who aren't moving, and the core curriculum wasn't written for them. This gives you a sequence and a set of moves that work for those students without abandoning everyone else.
Tutors and interventionists
You already work one-on-one and want the method behind what you're doing — why this sound before that one, and what to do when a learner stalls.
Schools, co-ops, and district teams
Training a group together means everyone shares a vocabulary and a scope and sequence. Get in touch and we'll talk about what a cohort looks like.
Parents who got asked to help someone else's child
Plenty of our teachers started by teaching their own child and got asked to help a friend's. That's a real path, and it deserves real training.
What makes it Orton-Gillingham
Explicit
Nothing is left for the learner to infer. Every sound, rule, and pattern is taught directly.
Systematic and cumulative
Skills build in a deliberate order, and nothing new arrives until what came before is solid.
Multi-sensory
Seeing, hearing, saying, and writing at once — because a single channel isn't enough for the learners who need this most.
Diagnostic
You watch what the learner actually does and adjust. The sequence is fixed; the pace is not.
Where to start
Level 1 — Phonological Awareness Training is the entry point. It covers the alphabet, the sounds, the tools, and the vowels, and every later level assumes it. Work through it at your own pace.
What this training is and isn’t
This is instructional training. It prepares you to teach reading using the Orton-Gillingham approach. It is not a clinical credential, it does not qualify you to diagnose dyslexia or any other learning difference, and it is not accredited by an external certifying body. If you need a credential that a particular school or state recognizes, check their requirements before you enroll — and email us if you want help working out whether this fits.