Imua* Readers!

But three whole days...really necessary?

 

An emphatic yes. You'll learn to coach only those elements of reading for the indergarten-first grade level. You'll learn some tools for assessing exactly where you need to begin with the child selected for you, and about techniques proven to be highly effective with these kids. And all of this does take three days.

 

In fact our training package has been developed especially for this program by Sue Voit, the expert who trained me. Sue will do our training in October and are we lucky. Sue is among the leading experts in Hawaii for remediating reading difficulty. She has consulted and practiced extensively in the school system. Her rather impressive bio appears below.

 

Sue will teach us elements of the Orton-Gillingham approach for remediation of reading difficulty. For further details about O-G, go to ortonacadamy.org.  In brief, O-G is intensive multi-sensory phonics, focused on the particular needs of each individual. Originally developed eighty years ago, current neuroscience has confirmed the efficacy of the O-G method for improving the brain's pathways to reading.

 

You'll be provided with all of the materials you'll use in the training and later for your actual coaching sessions. You won't need to "create" your session plans; all will be furnished.

 

And during the school year, we'll be there to support you...visitations, feedback and so on.

 

About your instructor, Sue Voit...

Sue comes to us with the highest qualifications possible. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. For years Sue has taught and mentored any number of teachers

and tutors about remediating reading difficulty. She is well known throughout the education establishment in Hawaii. It is fair to state that, in Sue, you could not have a more knowledgeable and skilled instructor.

 

To be more specific:  Sue has been a reading expert since 1998 when she began private practice Orton-Gilliingham tutoring. She then became an Educator at Assets School in Honolulu (a specialized school serving children with specific learning disabilities) from 2000-2002. She was co-founder and Executive Director, Hilo Rite Care Learning Center,from 2003-2007.  From 2003-2009 she was the President of the Hawaii Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. From 2002 to 2004 Sue was a Resource Teacher for Multisensory Instruction, Hilo Intermediate School.  From 2004-2008 she was Project Director, Multisensory Structured Language Program at Hilo High. From 2008-2012 Sue was Reading Intervention Specialist, K-3, at de Silva Elementary in Hilo. Most recently Sue is the founder and President, Kumukela Academy of Innovative Learning, dedicated to Action Research, Professional Develpment and Counseling. Her list of presentations, publications and awards are too numerous to list here.