The Georgia Department of Education declared the City Schools of Decatur in 2021-22 as an “exemplar” for the GaDOE Dyslexia Pilot Districts. CSD has also partnered with an Orton Gillingham Fellow and the International Dyslexia Association to ensure that we are implementing best practices. 

• GaDOE Dyslexia Information
• GaDOE Dyslexia Handbook
• GaDOE Dyslexia Presentation
• CSD Dyslexia Staff Awareness
• Dyslexia Resource Guide for Families
• What Parents Should Know About Reading Session

Presented May 2018, 2022 by Ellen Hill is a Fellow of the Academy of Orton Gillingham practitioners and has spent 35 years as a teacher and administrator at the Schenck School. 

CSD teachers and staff have participated in the following trainings:

• LETRS, ARC, and Fundations 
• Partnering with Norma Jean McHugh, a Fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators to provide a 70-hour training to teachers and staff in the Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach during summer and school-year cohorts 

The OG approach is a direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy to all students.