Mayerson Academy News

Attention: All CPS Teachers
CVMI Cohort 2010 Accepting Applications

Teachers have been asking if and when the application process for the newest cohort of the Cincinnati-based Vermont Mathematics Initiative will begin.  We are pleased to announce it begins now.  Applicants interested in becoming part of this exciting program are encouraged to read all documents of this packet carefully. Click here to visit the CVMI webpage and download the Cohort 2010 CVMI Application/Information Packet. 

Orton Gillingham Multi-Sensory Reading Training Offered in June

Mayerson Academy will offer its second annual Orton Gillingham Summer Institute, June 1-24, 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.

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.

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.

Anti-Bullying Institute Coming in June 2010

Mayerson Academy will host its first annual Anti-Bullying Institute in June, 2010.  This two -day institute will address some of the key issues facing our youth in their homes, schools and communities. More information to come.

IRead Conference August 16-18, 2010

In partnership with Mt. St. Joseph, Mayerson Academy is hosting the annual IRead Conference, August 16-18, 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 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 assessment instruments. A second area of focus will be on the use of DIBELs data to plan intervention.

Coming in 2010-Diversity Institute

Save the Date! The Institute will be held for all educators on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Mayerson Academy. Click here to download the flyer

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.

Mayerson Academy Announces a New Expert Cadre in the Area of Second Language Acquisition

In its continuing work with the Cincinnati City School District, the Mayerson Academy is now training an expert cadre of district teachers who will serve as trainers and presenters at district workshops and professional development days.  This is the latest of a series of expert cadres designed and trained by the Academy to meet the professional development needs of the district in a way that is targeted to district needs as well as more cost-effective than hiring outside consultants to conduct the training of district staff.  Gwen Walton and Ed Green, two professional development specialists at the Academy, will be working with this new cadre over the next six months, training them in specific theory and pedagogy related to second language acquisition, adult learning principles, and presentation skills.  This is one of several ways that professional development specialists at the Academy work with districts to build internal capacity in schools systems to improve the achievement outcomes for students.

Members of this expert cadre come from the foreign language, bilingual education, and English as a second language teaching staff in Cincinnati Public Schools.  Geniene Delahunty, Maria Hidalgo, Isabel Hopp, Patrick McCarthy, Tina Oancea, Alison Palassis, Natasha Taylor, and Susan Underwood were selected as members of the cadre in a joint effort between members of the Office of Second Language Acquisition for Cincinnati Public Schools and Mayerson Academy staff. 

Mayerson Academy Partnership with Southwestern College

The Mayerson Academy for Human Resource Development is engaged in a two-year partnership with Southwestern College to provide training focused on designing a learner-centered instructional environment to support improved achievement for students in the college system.  The overall themes of this work include adult learning principles and the natural human learning cycle, with particular attention to instructional practice that is tailored to the needs of the learner within this paradigm. The second session focused on the second stage of the human learning cycle—exploration with specific emphasis on instructional practice using college texts in a way that promotes greater student engagement and a deeper understanding of the concepts being studied.

Southwestern College is a six campus system throughout Ohio and Kentucky that offers degree programs in the areas of Medical Assisting, Medical Administrative Assistant/Coding and Billing, Phlebotomy, Criminal Justice, Business Management, Network Communications/ Information Systems, and Massage Therapy. Southwestern hires the most highly qualified professionals in their fields to provide instruction to their students. Mayerson Academy is partnering with Southwestern College to refine the instructional practice of its professors as it relates to teaching adult learners.

Expert Cadre in Co-Teaching

The Mayerson Academy is forming a new cadre of educators who will serve as regional experts in the area of co-teaching.  Members of this expert cadre are teachers (current and/or retired) who will be deeply and thoroughly trained as a team (Regular Education Teacher with an Intervention Specialist) in the area of co-teaching.  The cadre team will receive ongoing support and training and will serve as trainers for other teachers and principals.  The team will also develop training materials to be used when they provide professional development.  In addition to workshops, the cadre will also provide follow-up coaching to teachers and principals upon request.

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