West Central Indiana
Educational Service Center
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November 12, 13, 14, 2025
Please respond by November 5
Word Recognition: The Orton-Gillingham Approach
3 Day Orton-Gillingham Training
Facilitated by Jamey Peavler, The Reading Clinic of Central Indiana, an IDOE-approved provider
Course Objectives
• Examine the role of oral language development in reading proficiency.
• Outline the progression from phonological to phonemic awareness and how these skills support decoding and encoding.
• Connect the research on the instructional design of an OG lesson (cognitive load, instructional hierarchy, and forms of practice).
• Summarize research on the impact of dysfluent handwriting on written expression and describe evidence-based practices for handwriting instruction.
• Explain the alphabetic principle and the reciprocity between reading (decoding) and spelling (encoding).
• Identify the six basic syllable types in English and explain how knowledge of syllable types supports decoding unfamiliar words.
• Apply knowledge of common syllable division patterns to support decoding of multisyllabic words.
• Identify phonetically irregular words and describe evidence-based practice for supporting students to read and spell irregular words.
• Apply knowledge of suffix addition rules to support reading and spelling words with common affixes.
• Examine the importance of decodable text to develop word recognition proficiency.
• Outline the importance of transcription skills through sentence dictation for written expression proficiency.
• Observe OG lesson demonstrations, engage in partner practice or lesson components, and debrief to address implementation questions.
Audience: K-4 Teachers, Instructional Assistants, Special Education Teachers, and Multilingual Educators
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An Educational Service Center is an agency authorized by State statute to operate under the guidelines of the State Board of Education. The Service Center must allow every school corporation in its service area an opportunity to participate. The Service Center is governed by the participating school corporations. The WCIESC initially started in 1985 and currently serves sixteen school corporations.
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Cheri Rogers
Administrative Assistant
Board of Directors
Mr. Dustin Hitt, Northeast School Corporation
Dr. Tim Rayle, Clay Community Schools
Dr. Philip Harrison, Southwest Parke Community Schools
Dr. Andy Cline, Spencer Owen Community Schools
Dr. Corey Smith, South Putnam Community School Corp
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Indiana Educational Service Centers
Indiana Department of Education
1. Southern Indiana Education Center
2. Wilson Education Center
3. West Central Indiana Educational Service Center
4. East Central Educational Service Center
5. Wabash Valley Education Center
6. Northwest Indiana Education Service Center
7. Northern Indiana Educational Services Center
8. Region 8 Education Service Center
9. Central Indiana Educational Service Center
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