Reaching All Readers
Transforming Reading Outcomes
in Your Classroom
Building on what science has taught us about the reading brain and decades of classroom experience, teachers walk you through how an explicit, structured and multi-sensory approach to reading instruction can transform even your most reluctant readers.
Designed to Support
Teachers at All Levels
From those new to the classroom to veterans looking to sharpen their skills, expert teachers provide an overview of the five areas of reading, plus written expression, covering topics such as phonemic awareness, handwriting, vocabulary, the structure of the English language and more.
Take the Course
at Your Own Pace
Users can take the modules in the order recommended or immediately jump to the topic that will help you most in the classroom.
This Is Not a
Curriculum
Real classroom reading teachers provide the how’s and why’s behind what has made their phonics and reading comprehension instruction so successful. This course complements all curriculums by digging into the implementation.
Meet the Course Host
Ellen Hill
Ellen Hill has been teaching at The Schenck School since 1987, developing and implementing strategies that help struggling readers succeed. Throughout her career, Ellen has served as a tutor, teacher, Lower School Principal, Admissions Director, Outplacement Director, and currently as Director of Community Engagement. Ellen has an B.A. in learning disabilities from Mercer University and a master’s degree in learning disabilities from Georgia State University. As an instructor, Ellen has taught hundreds of teachers the fundamentals of reading instruction and presented locally and nationally at conferences presented by the International Dyslexia Association, the Orton-Gillingham Academy, the SSATB, and Georgia Independent School Association.
Meet the Teachers
Allison
Teaching since 2000
Elementary
Katie
Teaching since 2016
Elementary School
Kristle
Teaching since 2008
Elementary
Mary Grace
Teaching since 2017
Elementary School
Mary Margaret
Teaching since 2009
Elementary School
Prayma
Teaching since 2015
Elementary School
Summer
Teaching since 2008
Elementary School
Amelia
Teaching since 2000
Elementary & Middle
Eric
Teaching since 2002
Elementary & Middle
Janet
Teaching since 2001
Elementary & Middle
Josie
Teaching since 2006
Middle School
Laura
Teaching since 2007
Middle School
Lisa
Teaching since 2003
Preschool, Elementary,
& Middle
Transform Your Reading Instruction
What Educators Have to Say
“I thought a little bit of phonics a day was enough but that wasn’t fair to my students. What I learned from the course is that research shows that explicit, systematic, multisensory phonics really works and it’s helpful and it just doesn’t impact reading! It impacts writing. It impacts spelling. It impacts reading comprehension.”
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Elementary School Teacher
“The training was definitely helpful. I had a lot of ‘ah ha’ moments like learning about the neuroprocesses that are involved for a student to learn how to read, and learning about how the english language has evolved over centuries and how this explains why so many english words are hard to pronounce unless you teach the rules.“
Saadia
Elementary School Teacher
“I’ve been through trainings where you go through three or four days of training before you actually did anything to apply it, but the lessons show us a rule, show the way to execute the rule or routine and then it can be immediately applied.”
Nik
Literacy Coach
“You think you know the sounds of all the letters and after this training, I had to relearn them all. I sat at home with flashcards after this class practicing all the sounds of the letter ‘a’ and then ‘ai.’ I loved learning all the little tricks you can teach children to help them remember the sounds and the letters and the way they are formed so that they can learn to read.”