PD Training: Understanding 44 Speech Sounds in English

This professional development workshop equips educators with a practical understanding of English speech sounds and their role in literacy development. Participants will explore phonetics, phonology, articulation, and phonemic awareness through an Orton-Gillingham aligned approach, building confidence to support reading, spelling, and decoding outcomes for all learners.

Goals of the Training

• Understand key concepts in phonetics and phonology.
• Identify and describe English speech sounds.
• Apply phonemic awareness to reading and spelling instruction.
• Accurately model and teach speech sounds.
• Use sound-based knowledge in structured literacy teaching.
• Participants will receive a certificate of completion.