The Windward Institute

The Windward Institute is a division of and serves The Windward School and the broader educational community by:

  • Providing professional development;
  • Forming partnerships with leading education institutions;
  • Advocating for students with language-based learning disabilities; and
  • Expanding The Windward School's reputation and expertise

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2023 Robert J. Schwartz Memorial Lecture Key Takeaways

Addressing and supporting the needs of children with dyslexia requires integrated, comprehensive approaches at the family, school, and community levels. Due to the disproportionate burden placed on schools to identify and remediate students with dyslexia, whole child approaches to assessment, identification, and intervention are critical.

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Grit, resilience, and well-being: The interplay between systems and self

Jon Rosenshine, Associate Head of School of The Windward School, and Danielle Scorrano, Research and Development Director of The Windward Institute, presented the workshop titled Grit and Resilience: The Interplay Between Systems and Self to a packed room with over 200 educators from independent schools across the world at the 2023 National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) annual conference.

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“The Gold Standard”: Dr. Tiffany Hogan's Day of Observation of Windward’s Evidence-Based Language Arts Program

Tiffany Hogan, PhD, CCC-SLP, spent the day at The Windward School’s Westchester Lower School campus in White Plains, New York, on October 27, 2022. After touring the newest of Windward’s three campuses with Alexis Pochna, Director of the Windward Institute, Dr. Hogan viewed the School’s evidence-based language arts program in action. She observed lessons planned and presented by Windward faculty in spelling, reading, and writing and witnessed explicit instruction in a variety of skills, including narrative story grammar and expository text structure.

 
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October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month, and October 14 marked 2022 Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Day. With such notable recognitions, this month is an important time to learn about language-based learning disabilities and advocate for children diagnosed with dyslexia and DLD. The Windward Institute (WI) is committed to advocacy for all children with language-based learning disabilities by offering professional learning opportunities and resources led by experts in the field of reading and language

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In recognition of Dyslexia Awareness Month, The Windward Institute hosted an evening workshop, “Unpacking The Science of Reading for Children with Dyslexia,” led by The Windward Institute faculty member and renowned reading expert, Molly Ness, PhD.

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The Windward Institute Co-Authors Paper on In-School Neuroscience Research

Under the leadership of The Windward Institute, The Windward School joined the Haskins Global Literacy Hub as a pioneering partner for an in-school neuroscience study, which leverages the expertise of scientists and educators to better understand reading outcomes in students. The collaboration was published in the Journal of Research in Reading titled, Researcher-practitioner partnerships and in-school laboratories facilitate translational research in reading, featuring co-authors from The Windward Institute, Dr. John J. Russell, Annie Stutzman, Danielle Scorrano, and Najah Frazier.

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As of January 8, 2020, the Windward Teacher Training Institute rebranded as The Windward Institute. All courses and workshops will continue to be offered by Windward-trained instructors at the same locations and use the same scientifically-proven, research-based multisensory academic curriculum.