Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now closed.  Please enroll in an Introductory Course to be prepared to begin Certification during the 2024-2025 school year.

About SLANT System® Certification 

The SLANT System®'s professional development program is designed to prepare teachers to teach reading, spelling, and writing skills to EVERY STUDENT, but especially effective for individuals diagnosed with language based reading difficulties, or dyslexia. ​Teachers who are interested in receiving a deeper understanding of the methods, scope and sequence, and overall improving their practice in structured literacy would benefit from becoming a SLANT System® Certified Teacher.   The certification process begins after an individual has participated in the SLANT System® Introductory Course.*  

Training in The SLANT System® can provide you with the knowledge of the English language structure and tools necessary to explicitly and systematically teach every student at any grade level, the literacy skills that will benefit them for life.  
  
• ​Throughout the practicum, participants will be able to:
• ​Individualize reading instruction for a small group of students
• ​Use the SLANT System® materials (included with registration)
• ​Plan and implement at least 60 lessons for the students over the course of one  
  school year, for total a minimum of 60 hours 
• Adapt the implementation to meet their classroom time needs 

Each participant is assigned a SLANT® Coach that visits during the participant’s SLANT® teaching time (visits may be live online) 5 times during the school year.  The Coach assists the participant in administering and interpreting initial assessment results, in implementing the program using appropriate techniques and helps the participant to adapt the program to the specific needs of his/her group of students.  

Monthly seminars provide opportunities to expand the participant’s skills in SLANT® techniques, language structure, and knowledge about dyslexia; as well as providing a forum for discussion. Participants must pass several short assessments as well as a certifying exam. The seminars cover additional topics such as:
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• Advanced phonemic awareness 
• ​Orthographic mapping
• ​Fluency
• ​Vocabulary
• ​Comprehension 
• ​Morphology 
• Writing 

​During their course of study, teachers learn how to assess students for risk factors of dyslexia including assessment in the areas of phonological and phonemic awareness, rapid naming skills, alphabet knowledge, phonics, decoding skills, and encoding skills.  Each teacher must assess at least two students and interpret the assessment results to determine if the student is appropriate for SLANT® instruction.  The assessment is then used as a guide to instructional planning.  During the training year, teachers learn how to use student data to keep track of progress, as well as using the SLANT® Phonics Survey to monitor growth within the program.
 
Teaching Level Certification is valid for 3 years after successful completion of all of the above requirements.  Renewing this Certification requires 30 professional development hours in specific areas of study.

*Participation in the SLANT System® Introductory Course is a prerequisite for the practicum.  

Graduate credit hours are available for both the SLANT System® Introductory Course (2 credit hours) as well as the Practicum Seminars (4 credit hours).  If a participant opts to receive the graduate credit, they will be billed through and receive a transcript from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.  

For Illinois teachers, CPDUs are provided to all participants in the introductory and practicum for an additional fee.

"Having a coach has been extremely helpful.  I have been able to talk to her about individual students as well as teaching practices."

SLANT System® Certification 

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Enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year is now closed.  Dates for the 2024-2025 school year will be posted early in 2024.  

Please attend an Introductory Course as this is a prerequisite for participating in the year-long SLANT System practicum for certification.
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2023-2024 Practicum Dates:
Online Practicum Seminars will be held on the following dates live and interactive through Zoom.

Daytime on the dates below: 9:00am - 12:00pm
                           -OR-
Evenings on dates below: 6:00pm - 9:00pm CST

Seminar 1: September 28, 2023 
Seminar 2: October 19, 2023
Seminar 3: November 16, 2023
Seminar 4: January 18, 2024
Seminar 5: February 22, 2024
Seminar 6: March 7, 2024
Seminar 7: April 18, 2024
Seminar 8: May 9, 2024

*Attendance is required at all meetings.  Dates subject to change.
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The first step in becoming a certified SLANT System® Structured Literacy teacher is to attend our Introductory Course offered multiple times throughout the year.  You will have the option of registering for both the intro course and practicum at a discounted rate if bundled together.   Each participant will receive instructional and decodable materials.  
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(Materials included: SLANT Teaching Sequence, SLANT Phonics Survey, our decodable Stage Books 1-4, Stage 1 Picture Cards, "Gotta Know Word" Cards, SLANT Pack Grapheme/Phoneme Cards, Short Vowel Poster, 10 Short Vowel Bookmarks, Introductory Course and Practicum Manual) 

​If you are a school district or organization registering multiple people, please send an email to orders@slantsystem.com. Custom training sessions for large groups can be accommodated.  Purchase orders are accepted.

Investment: $3500*
This cost includes the introductory course, practicum coursework (40 total professional development hours), 1:1 coaching (approximately 7+ hours), as well as instructional and decodable materials ($450 value).  Group rates are available.

*Price subject to change

PAYING WITH PURCHASE ORDER? Need to register multiple people?  Please send an email to orders@slantsystem.com for further instructions.
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Check here in 2024 to enroll for our next Practicum Cohort

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