Mayerson Academy News

Harry and Rosemary Wong return to Mayerson Academy

Harry and Rosemary Wong will make their second appearance at Mayerson Academy on Thursday, September 16.  Harry and Rosemary Wong are the foremost authorities on the effective teacher.  They are the most sought-after speakers in education.  Harry has spoken to more than one-million educators and the Wong’s have written the best-selling book in education, The First Days of School, that has sold more than 3.5 million copies.  They will deliver a three-hour presentation to teachers who are new hires to CPS as well as other teachers currently teaching in the district. 

Anti-bullying Institute Huge Success

Mayerson Academy hosted its first annual Anti-Bullying Institute on June 17 and 18.  Representatives from Mayerson partnered with Xavier University, CPS and D.I.S.C.O. to present this event to the greater Cincinnati community.  Because of the overwhelming response from participants eager to learn more about the topic of bullying, follow-up sessions are being planned and designed for all CPS educators beginning in the fall of 2010.  Please watch for dates and times of the sessions on the Mayerson website.  For additional information, please contact Gwen Walton, Professional Development Specialist at 475-4120.

Smale Family Foundation Awards Grant to Mayerson Academy

The Smale Family Foundation awarded Mayerson Academy a $30,000 grant to train eight additional Orton Gillingham master teachers and four additional instructors by the summer of 2011. Orton Gillingham is a multi-sensory approach to teaching reading focusing on phonological skills, sound/symbol relationship, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Master teachers supervise participants as they tutor students individually or in small groups and then provide follow-up coaching in the teacher’s classroom during the semester following training, Instructors teach the formal in-classroom sessions of the program.  .

Demand for Orton Gillingham training has grown significantly.The Academy now offers four courses each year: two in the summer, and one each semester of the school year.      

Mayerson Academy Provides LETRS Training for Newport Independent School District

The Mayerson Academy for Human Resource Development is engaged in a one-year partnership with Newport Independent School District to provide professional development focused on Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS).

LETRS provides the deep foundational knowledge necessary to understand how students learn to read, write, and spell – and why some students struggle.  All gr. K-6 content area educators will participate and benefit from this training.  The professional development will include training in teaching learning laboratories for reading coaches and monthly onsite support for module implementation and modeling.

Dater Foundation Grant Supports Orton Gillingham Multi-sensory Reading Training

The Dater Foundation awarded the Mayerson Academy a grant of $20,000 to help support the summer Multi-sensory Reading Program, better known as Orton Gillingham training.  This training will be offered twice this summer:  June 1—June 24 and July 6—July 29.  The grant will enable the Academy to support the in-classroom implementation component of the training with follow-up visits from master teachers to the classrooms of the teachers taking the training this summer. Teachers who took the training in 2009 were very positive about receiving assistance once they returned to their classrooms.. The Academy appreciates the continued support from the Dater Foundation in 2008, 2009, and again this year.  

Additional Orton Gillingham Multi-Sensory Reading Training to Be Offered in July

Mayerson Academy will offer an additional Orton Gillingham multi-sensory reading course, July 6-29, 2010. This practicum course, open to all teachers, provides an introduction to the philosophy and the teaching techniques involved in an Orton Gillingham approach for teaching reading, writing and spelling, including both content of lessons and method of delivery. Through the Mayerson Academy’s partnership with the College of Mt. St. Joseph, Orton Gillingham training now fulfills one of the MSJ courses required for an Ohio Reading Endorsement. Graduate credit is available. Click here to download registration form.

The Ohio Valley Branch of the International Dyslexia Association will offer a few partial scholarships for the course. Those interested in a scholarship should contact Jeanne Anderson, President of the OVB, at 513-871-7851.

Click here for more information on Orton Gillingham multi-sensory reading training, or contact Sonia Milrod, Literacy Professional Development Specialist at Mayerson Academy, milrod.sonia@mayersonacademy.org or 513.475.4145.

Dr. Harry K. Wong-Featured Speaker at Mayerson Academy
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:30-12:00

Mayerson Academy is proud to bring back to Mayerson Academy Dr. Harry K. Wong.  Dr. Wong is a former secondary science teacher and as a classroom teacher, he developed methods which resulted in his having no discipline problems, a zero dropout rate, a 95% homework turn-in factor, and the ability to demonstrate mastery learning for each of his students.

Dr. Wong has been credited with transforming schools and turning the lives around of tens of thousands of teachers.

Dr. Wong has over 30 publications including the leading book in education on how to start The First Days of School.

This exciting opportunity to come and hear Dr. Wong is free to all administrators, teachers, para-professionals and other educators who are responsible for the teaching and learning of students.  There are a limited number of seats available and so we ask that you go to MyPD to register for class number # 924.2188

I-Read Conference August 9-11, 2010

In partnership with Mt. St. Joseph, Mayerson Academy is hosting the annual I-Read Conference, August 9-11, 2010. The major area of focus will be on the newly revised DIBELS® reading assessment with break-out sessions for K-2 and 3-6 educators on all the new DIBELS® Next measures. Dr. Stephanie Stollar from Dynamic Measurement Group, the developer of the widely-used DIBELS® reading assessment, will provide a special trainer-of-trainers session which will enable schools/districts to send a teacher/psychologist who already uses DIBELS® to become trained in how to train others in the new DIBELS® Next assessment instruments. A second area of focus will be on the use of DIBELS® Next data to plan intervention. Click here to download information on sessions and registration.

Kagan Cooperative Learning Franchise

Kagan Professional Development and Mayerson Academy have entered into an agreement granting Mayerson Academy a franchise. The agreement permits Mayerson Academy the rights to offer the Cooperative Learning courses developed by and approved by Kagan Professional Development to educators in the State of Ohio and within Kentucky and Indiana – limited to a fifty mile radius of Cincinnati. Cooperative Learning courses will soon be offered and taught by Mayerson consultant/instructors.

Mayerson Academy and The College of Mt. St. Joseph Announce New Endorsement/Master’s Program in Reading Science

The College of Mt. St. Joseph (MSJ), in partnership with Mayerson Academy, is offering a new program which will give teachers the opportunity to earn their Reading Endorsement or Master’s Degree in Reading Science by taking a combination of courses at the Academy and MSJ.

The LETRS (Language Essentials in Teaching Reading and Spelling) developed by Dr. Louisa Moats and Orton-Gillingham courses offered by Mayerson Academy form the foundation of this new program. All courses taken at the Academy will be offered at a reduced MSJ tuition rate. To download a flyer about this program, click here.

For more information contact Sonia Milrod, Mayerson Academy,  milrod.sonia@mayersonacademy.org, 513-475-4145 or Amy Murdoch, College of Mount St. Joseph: amy_murdoch@mail.msj.edu, 513-244-493.

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