Marjory J. Roth

  • Fellow, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. (AOGPE) 1997- 2016
  • Member of the Board of Directors, The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council,Inc.(IMSLEC) 2000-2004, 2005-2016
  • Internship and study with June Lyday Orton (Mrs. Samuel Torry Orton) at The Orton Reading Center, Winston-Salem, NC 1969-1977
  • Founding President, The North Carolina Branch of The International Dyslexia Association, 1986
  • Recipient, June Lyday Orton Award for Outstanding Service in the Field of Dyslexia, NC Branch of IDA 1992
  • Member, The International Dyslexia Association, 1969-2016
  • Member, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, 1993-2016
  • Member of the Council of The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council, Inc. (IMSLEC), 1995-2016
  • Member, Learning Disability Assoc. - NC, 1980-2016
  • Who's Who in the World 2000-2016
  • Who's Who in America 1995-2016

Academic Qualifications and Certificates

  • M.Ed. UNC Greensboro, 1982 (Educational Admin.) License - UNC-G, 1982, Level I, School Administrator, Principal, grades K-12.
  • Teaching License Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC 1974, Grades K 12, NC, Level A, Specific Learning Disabilities.
  • B. A. Rice University, 1957 (English)
  • Teaching Licenses Univ. of Houston, 1958, Grades K 8, Level A, Elementary Education converted to NC, Grades 4-6, Level A, Intermediate
  • NC License, Middle Grades Language Arts, Grades 6-9
  • NC License, Middle Grades Social Studies, Grades 6-9
  • NC Licensed Mentor
  • NC License, Specific Learning Disabilities K-12

Other Graduate Studies

  • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, accepted into degree program for Master of Arts in English - 33 hours earned, 1991
  • University of Nebraska at Kearney, Elem. Education: Curriculum Adaptation and Special Education: Advanced Language Structure (6 graduate hours), 1985
  • Wake Forest University, Forsyth Fellowship Great Texts Humanities Seminar (3 graduate hours), 1985

Professional Experience

  • Founded Greenhills School, President and Head of School 1990 - 2016.
  • From 1990 - 2009 Greenhills School was an independent day school for students with developmental dyslexia/Specific Learning Disabilities.
  • From 1990 - 2016 Greenhills currently offers one-to-one Orton-Gillingham and Mathematics tutoring and teacher training workshops for teaching LD/Dyslexic students.
  • One-to-One tutoring of students with dyslexia.
      Students are accepted in primary, elementary, junior high grades, and community college. Skill levels range from beginning reading and math through high school.
  • Forsyth Technical Community College Part Time,
      General Studies Division: English Dept., Oral Communications, Technical Report Writing, Written Expression, Business Communications.
  • Pre Technical Dept. Language Development I, II, III classes for students with the characteristics of Specific Learning Disabilities,Spelling,Reading,
  • Principles of Alphabetic Literacy (IBM computerized adult literacy program) 1986-1990.
  • Mars Hill College Developmental Studies Summer Program for aspiring rising Freshmen, Developmental Reading Instructor (summer position, 1986)
  • Mount Tabor High School, Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Specific Learning Disability Resource Teacher. Basic and Standard English sections, Basic math section, and Study Skills, 1983-1986.
  • Konnoak Elementary School, Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Fifth Grade Classroom Teacher, 1982-1983.
  • Forsyth Country Day School, Lewisville, NC. Specific Learning Disabilities Resource Teacher, K 6. 1977-1980.
  • Forsyth Technical Institute General Studies Division, Pre-Technical Dept., Specific Language Disabilities Instructor, taught Language Development I, II, III and Reading, 1976-1977.
  • Elkin Primary School and North Elkin Middle School, Elkin City Schools, Elkin, NC. Volunteer itinerant Specific Learning Disabilities Teacher, 1972-1974
  • Tutored students with Specific Language Disability individually under the direction of The Orton Reading Center. Administered progress testing and held parent conferences, 1969-1972.
  • Southland Elementary School, Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas Fourth Grade Teacher, 1957-1960.

Workshop and Conference Presentations

  • Presentations for NC IDA State Conferences, 1992-2000, 2007, 2009, 2011.
  • Orton Multisensory Structured Language Teacher Training Workshop/Practicums at Greenhills School, 1995-2016.
  • Co-Presenter for Teacher Training Summer Workshops for The North Carolina Branch of The International Dyslexia Association 1993-1997
  • NC ODS Asheville Workshop one day presentation on "Teaching Spelling to Dyslexics Through Multisensory Presentation of Rules, Mnemonics, and Sound/Symbol Relationships", 1991.
  • LDA NC Annual Conference session presentation, "Multi Sensory Spelling: An Orton Approach", 1989.
  • Presenter at Carolinas and North Carolina Orton Dyslexia Society Branches' conferences, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1988, 2007, 2011.
  • Organized one and presented at another NC Educational District Workshop, co-sponsored by NC ACLD and NC DPI, 1982.
  • Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools staff development "Practicum: Teaching LD Students in the Regular Classroom (one of three) and "Advanced LD Remediation" for LD teachers (one of two). Co-presented with Frank Wood, Ph.D, Neuropsychology, Wake Forest University Medical School, 1980, 1981.
  • WS ACLD Community Workshop session presentation, 1975.
  • Directed an Elkin City Schools in service training class and presented for "The Right to Read" program, 1974.

Honors and Extra Curricular Education Activities

  • Coach for the Junior Varsity Cheerleaders, Mt. Tabor High School, 1985-1986.
  • One of the Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools teachers, who participated in the Teacher Incentive Project, a pilot program for identifying characteristics of successful teachers, 1983-1985.
  • One of three Student Council Sponsors., 1984-1985
  • Coach for the Junior Varsity Cheerleaders, MTH, 1983-1984
  • One of seventeen Forsyth Fellowship Recipients for Graduate Great Texts Seminars sponsored by The National Endowment for the Humanities, studied at Wake Forest University, 1983.

Publications and Video

  • Demonstration Video Teaching Language Arts to Secondary LD Students, one of three teachers filmed. It is used by NC DPI Teacher Assistance Team in service, 1984.
  • Co-edited Taking the First Step and Helps for Parents and Teachers Working with Students for NC IDA, 1981-1982
  • Co-authored A Bibliography: A List of Books for Parents and Teachers for NC ACLD, 1981.
  • Member of the Elkin City Schools Title I Advisory Committee which wrote a Language Arts Continuum for the Schools, 1972.

Grants Written and Awarded

  • Co-author of a Mary Reynolds Babcock Grant for $4,000 for an academic/practicum class for training ten educators in Mitchell, McDowell, and Burke counties. It is co-sponsored by The NC Branch of The Orton Dyslexia Society and McDowell Technical Community College, 1989.
  • Co-author NC Episcopal Parishes Grant for $3,000 to train teachers and purchase materials for the Elkin City Schools in Specific Learning Disability identification and remediation, 1973.
  • Member of committee which wrote and received a Title III Grant for the Elkin City Schools, 1972.

Professional Affiliations

  • Member of the Board of Directors of The International Multisensory Structured Language Council, Inc.(IMSLEC), 2000-2016
  • Fellow, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, 1997-2016
  • Member, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, 1993-2016
  • Member, The International Dyslexia Association, 1969-2016
  • Member, The International Dyslexia Association, National Nominating Committee 1992-1994
  • Member of the Council of The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council, Inc., 1995-2016.
  • Member, Board of Directors, The NC Branch of The International Dyslexia Association, 1986-1996.
  • Founding President, The North Carolina Branch of The Orton Dyslexia Society [now The International Dyslexia Association], 1986-1991
  • Member, Learning Disability Assoc. - NC, 1980-2016.
  • Member, Professional Advisory Council, Winston-Salem CHADD [Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder], 1990-1996
  • Member, American Association of University Women, 1985-1991
  • Member, NC Association of Developmental Education, 1987-1989
  • Winston Salem Area Association for Children with Learning Disabilities [ACLD], Member of the Board of Directors and Officer (now LDA W S), 1980-1988
  • Member, NC Assn. of English Teachers, 1984, 1987
  • North Carolina ACLD Secretary, member Board of Directors (now LDA NC), 1981-1986
  • Secretary, member Board of Directors The Carolinas Branch of The Orton Dyslexia Society, 1981-1985.
  • Member, International Reading Assn, 1982-1983.

Marjory J. Roth, Founder Greenhills School Marjory J. Roth

Founder and Head of Greenhills School. Fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators and a member of the Board of Directors of The International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council, Inc.

Testimonials

"Greenhills gave our daughter the nurturing and academic foundation, which allowed her to follow her dream."

Mr. and Mrs. Brad Zabel, Winston-Salem, NC

"Thank you, Mrs. Roth, for teaching me to read."

Daniel Hammon, Graduate, Brevard College, Brevard, NC