Online Trainer Preparation Course

Thank you for your interest in qualifying as a licensed Phono-Graphix® trainer. Candidates for trainer licensure will be asked to participate in an online preparation program.

REQUIREMENTS OF CANDIDACY FOR TRAINER LICENSURE

- A minimum of one year must have passed since Phono-Graphix certification.

- The candidate must have maintained uninterrupted membership with Read America from the time of certification.

COSTS AND REFUND POLICY

The full cost of the trainer preparation program and training kit is $1,250 to be paid at the time of application.

In the event that a candidate does not pass the trainer preparation program or that either party does not feel that mutual confidence has been established, $150 will be maintained for processing the applications $1,100 will be refunded.

If the candidate fails to pass any of the trainer preparation program requirements notice will be given via email to the email address of record and a refund of $1,100 will be made within ten days.

If the candidate withdraws his or her application anytime prior to signing the license agreement notification will be made via email to training@phono-graphix.com. A refund of $1,100 will be made within ten days.

COURSE OBJECTIVES AND THE PROCESS

Step One - Refresh and test candidates’ knowledge and Phono-Graphix skills. This will be done by participation in our online Certification Course. Allow one month.

Step Two - Participate in activities intended as specific preparation for training other teachers. In designing these activities we had these objectives in mind:

- Test the candidate's ability to answer questions and enter into debate about literacy instruction. This will include, questions that should be answered on a course, questions that should not be answered on a course and how to deal with these, and questions that will be asked before the course as you promote yourself as a Phono-Graphix trainer.

- Test the candidate's ability to understand and carry out Read America's training policies and procedures as explained during the trainer preparation program and as stipulated in the trainer license agreement.

- Test the candidate's understanding of the legal relationship between Read America, Inc. and its licensed trainers, as well as training policies and procedures, as stipulated in the trainer license agreement.

- Test the candidate's philosophies about literacy instruction and education overall, to assure that the candidate is a suitable representative of Phono-Graphix.

- The trainer preparation program is also considered to be a period of 'due diligence' during which Read America gets to know the candidate and the candidate gets to know Read America for the purpose of building mutual confidence. Read America and its officers and agents reserve the right to deny any candidate a trainer license for the sole reason that we do not feel that granting the candidate a license would be in the best interest of Read America.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO BE SUBMITTED

Please do not submit mail versions of the following. These must be submitted online during the trainer preparation program.

- A statement of intent as to why you wish to become a Phono-Graphix trainer. This should include your plan for the first year after qualifying, including recruitment of trainees.

- Five letters of recommendation; one letter from a colleague who has known the candidate professionally for at least one year, one from a supervisor, three from the parents of clients used for your case studies as outlined in the next paragraph. Letters should include the phone number and email address of the person making recommendation.

- Three case studies of Phono-Graphix work with individual clients. Please include the client's name so that we can associate him/her to the above mentioned letter of recommendation from the parent. Also include the client's age, grade or year at school, Phono-Graphix intake scores, lesson notes from each session including an outline of what lessons you did, and Phono-Graphix post test scores.

- Three classroom observations of Phono-Graphix lessons in a classroom setting. At least one must be a full class lesson and at least one must be a small group lesson. Classroom teachers may use their own classroom for as many as two of the three observations. These will be submitted on the course pages as you proceed through the registration process.

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