Windward Teacher Training Institute
Dr. Judith C. Hochman, author of Teaching Basic Writing Skills, is founder and senior faculty member of the Windward Teacher Training Institute (WTTI). WTTI, a division of Windward School, provides professional development in the latest research-based instructional techniques to help successfully meet the wide range of abilities found in today’s classrooms. WTTI courses and workshops provide teachers, parents, administrators, speech pathologists, psychologists, and other professionals knowledge about multisensory methodologies proven to help both learning disabled and mainstream students. WTTI’s closely integrated relationship with a school that uses these teaching methods means all WTTI courses offer the added dimension of practical, classroom-tested experience.
Windward Teacher Training Institute’s professional development courses translate the most current, scientifically validated research in child development, learning theory, and pedagogy into practical classroom application. WTTI often brings nationally recognized experts to the campus for lectures and workshops. Offerings are open to those interested in enhancing their knowledge and expertise. All courses are available for graduate college credit.
Founded in 1988, Windward Teacher Training Institute has grown into a nationally recognized training center. Courses are offered year-round, after school and on Saturdays during the school year and through intensive summer programs.
In 2007, Windward Teacher Training Institute became an accredited IMSLEC (The International Mulitsensory Structured Language Education Council) training center, enabling WTTI to offer national certification in Multisensory Structured Language Education
Dr. Hochman is the former Superintendent of the Greenburgh Graham Union Free School District in Hastings on Hudson, New York and Head of Windward School in White Plains, New York. Dr. Hochman lectures, presents workshops and gives courses for educational organizations,colleges and universities, as well as public and independent schools throughout the United States. She is on the Advisory Board of the New York Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. In 1998 she received the New York Branch Award from the International Dyslexia Association. The Reading Reform Foundation presented Dr. Hochman with the Leona D. and Phillip J. Spector Leadership Award in 2004. In addition to Teaching Basic Writing Skills, Dr. Hochman is the author of numerous articles and a chapter, “Composition: Expressive Language and Writing,” in the publication Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills.
Courses that Dr. Hochman will be teaching at the Windward Teacher Training Institute can be found here: http://www.windwardny.org/home/content.asp?id=398&zZsec=wtti&mid=398&mSec=wtti
