News at Greenhills School

IMSLEC Board of Directors Hosts April Meeting
At IDA Headquarters in Baltimore

The 18-member Board of Directors of The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC), held its Spring Board Meeting at the Baltimore headquarters of the International Dyslexia Association on Friday, April 25. IMSLEC is a private nonprofit organization established in 1995 to insure that learning-different individuals receive effective academic intervention from teachers and therapists trained to the level of excellence required by IMSLEC standards.

The organization endorses 30 accredited programs with a mission to accredit quality structured, multi-sensory language training programs and in so doing contribute to the excellence of education for dyslexic individuals.

During the all-day session, the Board considered issues and long range planning reports ranging on topics such as Accreditation, Ethics, Development, Members Services, CEUs and Accreditation of Schools. In addition the group also considered the issue of a Reading Specialist Exam.

"The organization and development of this accrediting body has been skillfully crafted under the leadership of Joyce Pickering and Valerie Tucker. Their shoes are indeed hard to fill and we owe them a debt of gratitude. We will keep this a strong organization and hopefully let it grow so that we can guide future students to quality education for working with dyslexic students.

All of our courses adhere to strict standards and must uphold these requirements even after their initial accreditation. IMSLEC is in a very strong position at this time thanks to all the hard work of our Board and many Committees."

Phyllis B. Meisel, IMSLEC President

Mrs. Roth, second from left, attending The Board Directors of The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council at their Spring Board Meeting held in the Rawson-Saunders Library & Board Room at the IDA Headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland.

Greenhills Hosts IMSLEC Site Team November 19 - 22, 2008

Greenhills' Orton Multisensory Structured Language Instructor Training course has been examined for re-accreditation. The IMSLEC site team visited November 19-November 22, 2008.

Visiting were Paul L. Thompson, Ph.D., Shedd Academy, Mayfield, Kentucky and Rosemary Williams, Bodine Academy, Memphis, Tennessee. At the conclusion of the review, their descriptive summary indicated that Greenhills has an exemplary program that will receive full accreditation.

IMSLEC accredits 57 Multisensory Structured Language Education Training Courses across the United States of America. These courses instruct teachers in research based teaching for remediating dyslexic students' academic skills. Other accredited courses include those at SMU at Dallas, TX ; Mississippi College at Clinton, MS; Univ. of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, MS; Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. at Teaneck, NJ; and Teachers College, Columbia University, NY City, NY.