2024 SCHOOL SUPPORT FORM
Principal Responsibilities
Allow trainee to instruct a minimum of three (3) Take Flight groups of 1-5 students per group for two (2) consecutive school years.
Allow trainee to teach the Take Flight curriculum as prescribed:
60-minute sessions four (4) days/week (Highly Recommended) OR
45-minute session five (5) days/weekDo not add students to a Take Flight group once instruction has begun, as this program is sequential and cumulative. However, forming a new group during the school year is possible.
Provide an enclosed teaching space with a large magnetic whiteboard dedicated to Take Flight instruction and not shared during instructional times.
Allow the trainee to be absent for four (4) days each school year for training with no financial penalty. Attendance is mandatory.
Allow trainee to attend two (2) professional conferences related to dyslexia (1 per year of training)
Minimize the trainee’s additional school responsibilities during the two (2) year training period.
Trainee Responsibilities
Attend and actively participate in all mandatory training: Intro Summer Course, four (4) Intro Seminars, Advanced Summer Course, and four (4) Advanced Seminars.
Complete all homework assignments and book reports by the assigned due date.
Teach a minimum of three (3) Take Flight groups of 1-5 students per group for two (2) consecutive school years.
Teach the Take Flight curriculum as prescribed:
60-minute sessions four (4) days/week (Highly Recommended) OR
45-minute session five (5) days/weekSubmit and pass ten (10) taped demonstration lessons—five (5) per school year.
Attend two (2) approved professional conferences related to dyslexia (1 per year of training).
Submit periodic progress reports and student progress monitoring by the assigned date
Achieve 700 hours of clinical teaching hours with students.
Signing this document indicates to the Dyslexia Center of Austin that the Principal/School agrees to the requirements outlined in this document and agrees to the implementation of training requirements independent of future administrative changes.