The Rose Institute for Learning and Literacy

The Rose Institute for Learning and Literacy at Manhattanville College is offering a 13-credit graduate certificate program designed primarily for current Early Childhood, Childhood, Special Education and/or Literacy educators that prepares teachers to use a phonics-based approach to teaching reading.

Based upon the pioneering work of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, this offering includes coursework, complemented by in-school/in-classroom teacher mentoring/training that uses a multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing, spelling and comprehension. The approach had been offered by The Reading Reform Foundation of New York for over 35 years.

The program includes the following opportunities:

• 13-credit Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study
• Training in: Orton-Gillingham Approach or The Spalding Method
• In-classroom, Yearlong Practicum Featuring One-on-One Mentoring (requires participant's school district approval and scheduling)
• Coursework and observations for The Academy of Orton-Gillingham CLASSROOM EDUCATOR certification
• Teachers make take this full program for graduate credit or for professional development

For information regarding program details, graduate credit and/or Orton-Gillingham certification preparation, contact Renee.ORourke@mville.edu.

For graduate course registration, contact Graduate Advising: Kayla.Colasacco@mville.edu

The Rose Institute, in partnership with Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, offers courses through the Hudson River Teacher Center. Teachers may register for courses for professional development credit via: www.pnwboces.org/catalog.