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Please join us in welcoming the next wave of teachers at Lake Washington School District. Their Certification Course starts next week, with Phono-Graphix CEO Erin Duncan. Thirty new teachers join their cohorts from 2 previous years. We're so excited for Lake Washington staff and the expertise they will bring to their students!
SUMMER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: 2 new certification courses have just been scheduled! Join a live training course in Malaysia this August with licensed trainer Sarine Tan. Or join a Hybrid Course, with live sessions via the web conducted by licensed trainer Michelle Cicotte. These may be the only remaining courses open to the public in 2024!
CALLING TEACHERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE! Now is your chance to work live with an experienced practitioner to earn your certification! Licensed trainer Michelle Cicotte is starting another
Phono-Graphix Hybrid Certification Course starting March 25th. This course combines state-of-the-art online coursework with online but live, scheduled presentations, Q&A sessions and job-embedded coaching. LEARN TO HELP EVERY STUDENT!
Let this be your SCIENCE OF READING summer! Get certified in Phono-Graphix, the program built entirely from the science and proven by the science to reach virtually any student.
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
The Odyssey School, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland
June 17, 18, 20, 21, 2024.
Sign up early as this course, offered by very experienced trainers, fills up quickly.
Welcome, new Moon Hall School (Reigate, UK) teachers! Miss Jess Wheeler is conducting the first Phono-Graphix Certification Course of the New Year for her school's staff, starting January 3rd.
Welcome, special education teachers in Malaysia! Sarine Tan, reading therapist and licensed Phono-Graphix trainer will conduct a certification course starting in November, with a mix of instruction and job-embedded coaching. This course will meet on Saturdays, to accommodate working adults.
Announcing the launch of the new Phono-Graphix Store, with more payment options, 27 difference currencies accepted, and reorganized, consolidated products, to help you find just what you need, in the format that works best for you!
Visit the new and improved Phono-Graphix Store
Please join us in welcoming Amber Wyberanec, Northshore SD Elementary Special Education Teacher on Special Assignment to our team of independently licensed Phono-Graphix trainers. She'll be holding her first certification course this month for NSD staff. Thank you for working to spread Phono-Graphix in your district, Amber!
Don't miss this one! Licensed trainer Michelle Cicotte is offering another
Phono-Graphix Hybrid Certification Course starting in April. This course combines state-of-the-art learning management technology with the mentorship of an experienced practitioner. Coursework includes self-paced online learning with online, but live, scheduled presentations, Q&A sessions and job-embedded coaching.
Don't miss this opportunity to train in person this summer with expert trainers Marcia Peterson, M.S., CCC-SLP and Bella Curran, M.S., Reading Specialist!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
The Odyssey School, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland
June 19-23, 2023.
Sign up early as this course should fill up quickly and the registration deadline is June 9, 2023.
We are delighted to announce that licensed trainer Michelle Cicotte will be piloting a new format for the Phono-Graphix Certification Course this month! The new Phono-Graphix Hybrid Certification Course combines state-of-the-art learning management technology with the mentorship of an experienced practitioner. Coursework includes self-paced online learning with online, but live, scheduled presentations, Q&A sessions and job-embedded coaching. The best of both worlds!
We are so pleased to see another step in the return to normalcy: expert trainer, Meg Davis is picking up where she left off in bringing Phono-Graphix to her district. Joining her is long-time practitioner, Jennifer Crain.
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA
January 12, 19 and February 2, 2023.
Welcome, University of Saint Joseph, Literacy Interns! Sharon M. Ware, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Director of Literacy Internship Program and Licensed Phono-Graphix trainer will conduct a certification course for USJ interns over the Fall semester, with a mix of instruction and job-embedded coaching. It's wonderful to see new teachers learning to prevent and address reading problems!
SOUND SEARCH STORIES is now available, the latest of our new DECODABLE PHONO-GRAPHIX STORY BOOKS! This book compiles the classic decodable stories aligned with the word lists and lessons of the Purple/Advanced Code Level, beautifully updated for more natural language and with engaging, full-color illustrations of adorable characters! ADD TO YOUR PHONO-GRAPHIX READER LIBRARY NOW!
Thank you, Hitchcock ISD Dyslexia Interventionists, for joining in our Certification Training. And thank you, Ceresa Nichols, for conducting their Certification Course there in Hitchcock this month. We're so pleased that you are learning Phono-Graphix!
We have made the move to the Austin, Texas area and are happy to announce that our shipping department is up and running again, with an expanded warehouse full of everything you need for getting back to school! Thank you for your patience during our move. We are excited to get back to assisting you with all things Phono-Graphix!
We're moving our offices and warehouse starting July 11, 2022. We'll still be available during the move to provide support, but will have to close down our shipping department. We hope to reopen in our new location by 8/8/22. If you need any printed materials before then, please be sure to order in time for us to ship before the move!
Welcome, BaseCamp305! We are thrilled that they have chosen to train their staff and implement Phono-Graphix at their school. We are eager to start their certification course in July!
Welcome Metropolitan Speech! We are delighted that long-time Phono-Graphix trainer, Kathy Hosty, M.A., CCC-SLP, will conduct a certification course for you.
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Metropolitan Speech Pathology Group, Washington, DC
June 3-24, 2022.
You can train in person this summer!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
The Odyssey School, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland
June 20-24, 2022.
Sign up early as this course should fill up quickly and the registration deadline is June 3, 2022.
A warm welcome to Miss Jess Wheeler, recently licensed as a Phono-Graphix Trainer! Her first certification course for Moon Hall School will take place next month. Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Moon Hall School, Reigate, Surrey
December 6-9, 2021
FUN IN THE SUN is now available, the first of our new DECODABLE PHONO-GRAPHIX STORY BOOKS! This book compiles the classic decodable stories aligned with the Basic Code, Pink/CVC and Blue/Adjacent Consonant Levels, now updated for more natural language and with gorgeous, full-color illustrations! START BUILDING YOUR DECODABLE LIBRARY NOW!
Congratulations are due to Angela Macklin and Christy Jennings, who have just been granted licensure as Phono-Graphix Trainers! They've been working with the Phono-Graphix training team at Northshore School District in Washington State for some time, but are now officially licensed as trainers. We are so pleased to welcome them to our team of trainers!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Northshore School District, Bothell, Washington
November 4, 5, and 12, 2021
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Northshore School District, Bothell, Washington
August 13, 17, and 18, 2021
Staff members at the Aurora International School of the Arts in Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam, are starting their Phono-Graphix training this month! This exciting course includes a great deal of job-embedded coaching. The course begins with instruction followed by mentoring throughout the coming school year.
2021 memberships are now half off! If you've been thinking about rejoining, now is a great time to do it!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Lake Washington School District, Redmond, Washington
June 22-25, 2021
We are pleased to announce another live training course, to be held in Malaysia in May. This exciting course includes mentoring sessions for job-embedded coaching, a valuable opportunity to learn under experienced guidance! Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Selangor, Malaysia
Saturdays from May 29 - June 19, 2021, followed by 2 months of mentoring sessions.
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Northshore School District, Bothell, Washington
March 10, 17 and 31, 2021
We are thrilled to announce the return of live certification courses with this first offering since the lockdowns began!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
The Odyssey School, Stevenson, Maryland
June 21-25, 2021.
Sign up early as this course should fill up quickly!
The online Phono-Graphix Certification Course has been modernized! Now accessed through a state-of-the-art learning management system, the course combines the content and animation segments created by the authors of Phono-Graphix with the most up-to-date information and resources, and commentary from Phono-Graphix Reading Company CEO Erin Duncan.
Introducing our new Home Instruction Starter Kits! Now more than ever, parents need the tools for easy, effective and fun instruction at home. Our full toolkits set up parents to teach their children to read the right way, confident that they have everything they need! Now available in the 'Kits' section of our online store.
How will your school look in the fall? To help with your decision-making, Dr. Carmen McGuinness kindly shares this white paper 'Educating at a Distance: A Redistribution of Roles':
Don't miss out on this opportunity to train in the United Kingdom and learn from a Master of Education, Dyslexia, and Phono-Graphix! This Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course will be taught by Pamela Lore, retired head of Moon Hall School in Surrey.
Berkhamsted, Herts, United Kingdom GB
March 9-11, 2020
Note: this course is limited to only a few participants, ensuring individualized attention!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia
March. 10, 17, 18 and 24.
So exciting! The first Early/Emergent Readers Certification Course for Phono-Graphix is being piloted at Northshore School District in Washington State! Staff will work under the mentorship of a licensed district trainer to earn a new grade-specific certification, through training and job-embedded coaching.
We've updated all the Diagnostic Testing forms. We've also created all new Lesson Plan Flow charts for both new/emerging readers as well as intervention/Grades 1-3 instruction! These new flow charts include the lessons as well as the worksheets and Parent Support Materials. You'll find the latest versions in the Member Resources, available to click-and-print or download.
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
The Odyssey School, Stevenson, Maryland
June 22-26, 2020
After many months, The Washington Reads card games including Don't Be Greedy, Crazy Sounds and New York Minute are all finally back in stock! Order now while supplies last!
The new Clubhouse Adventures and Puppy Tales are here. And they are gorgeous books! Part of the original Phono-Graphix certification kit and research, these coded story books now feature beautiful, full-color illustrations and more natural language along with added content: an all-new chapter for both books and Instructional pages to introduce parents and aides to Phono-Graphix and reading coded text!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Stowmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom GB
November 22-24, 2019
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN IN THE UK AND TO LEARN FROM A TRUE MASTER OF EDUCATION, DYSLEXIA AND PHONO-GRAPHIX, PAMELA LORE, RETIRED HEAD OF MOON HALL SCHOOL, SURREY!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia
Oct. 29, Nov. 12, Dec 10 and Dec. 17
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Northshore School District, Bothell, Washington
September 24 and 26, 2019
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Northshore School District, Bothell, Washington
August 16, 19, 20, 2019
We are excited to announce the release of more support materials in downloadable PDFs! Now you can get quick access, no shipping, no customs clearance for international orders for many more materials! Shop now and start downloading!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Stowmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom GB
May 3-5, 2019
DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN IN THE UK AND TO LEARN FROM A TRUE MASTER OF EDUCATION, DYSLEXIA AND PHONO-GRAPHIX, PAMELA LORE, RETIRED HEAD OF MOON HALL SCHOOL, SURREY!
We are thrilled to announce the release of FAMOUS FACES, TIMES AND PLACES , the classic coded-text Phono-Graphix storybook, now updated and in professional book form, with gorgeous, full-color graphics! START BUILDING YOUR CODED-TEXT LIBRARY NOW!
Announcing our newly designed SOUND PICTURE DICE. Put the Code in your student's hands - literally! Imagine the Phono-Graphix Sound Charts in a manipulative form. Sound Picture Dice will get even your most reluctant writers using Scratch Sheet Spelling! PRE-ORDER NOW FOR A GREAT DISCOUNT!
Sound to Symbol to Meaning Dual Certification Course:
Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia
April 10-May 8, 2019 - Wednesdays