Troy City Schools: Leading the Way as an IMSE Accredited Partner District
Accredited Partner Seal • Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
A Commitment to Excellence
• IMSE Accredited Partner District
Troy City Schools has met the rigorous standards set by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education to earn the Accredited Partner Seal.
• Structured Literacy with Fidelity
This accreditation recognizes the district's dedication to implementing Structured Literacy programs exactly as designed to ensure maximum student success.
Expert Leadership & Supervision
• On-site Level 4 Master Instructor
The district maintains a Certified Level 4 Master Instructor on staff to provide internal expertise and leadership.
• Consulting, Mentoring, and Supervising
The Level 4 Master Instructor actively guides staff to ensure the highest instructional success through continuous professional support.
Specialized Staff Training
Comprehensive Orton-Gillingham Plus
District staff are trained in this intensive multi-sensory approach to reading instruction.
Morphology Plus Training
Educators receive advanced training in morphology to help students understand the structure and meaning of words.
Contact Information
Troy City Schools District Office • 500 North Market Street, Troy, Ohio 45373
Phone: 937.332.6700 • www.IMSE.org
Evidence-Based Education
Structured Literacy at Troy City Schools
1. Our Certified Educator Milestones
Troy City Schools is a partner district with the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE) to equip our educators with the most effective literacy training. With a district trainer on-site, every layer of our classroom support is certified in structured, multi-sensory approaches.
Elementary K-2 Classroom Teachers100% Certified
Reading Support Specialists100% Trained
Special Ed. Interventionists K – 6100% OG Certified
2. The Science of Reading Frameworks
We structure our systematic instructional routines around two universally recognized research frameworks.
The Simple View of Reading
Reading Comprehension is a mathematical product.
Decoding (Word Recognition)
MULTIPLIED BY
Language Comprehension (Meaning)
EQUALS
Reading Comprehension
If a student scores a zero in either skill, overall comprehension remains zero. We target both domains with equal intensity.
Scarborough's Reading Rope
Multiple strands integrate to support skilled execution.
Our classroom lessons explicitly target six fundamental pillars of language in a structured, sequential pathway:
Phonology
Understanding sound structures, phonemes, rules, and spoken patterns of spoken English.
Alphabetic Principle
Understanding that written language consists of symbols (letters) representing spoken sounds.
Phonics
The explicit relationship built between letters (graphemes) and sounds (phonemes).
Syllables
Breaking down and identifying complex syllables using the six distinct syllable types.
Morphology
Breaking down prefixes, suffixes, and base roots to read and spell academic vocabulary.
Semantics
Analyzing word meanings, word relationships, and context to construct broad comprehension.
4. Core Curriculum & Assessment Ecosystem
EdReports All-Green foundational
Magnetic Literacy K–6
Rather than separating reading blocks, our core curriculum weaves phonics, deep informational texts, and writing mechanics into one comprehensive, unified K-6 classroom system. Phonics, text analysis, and writing reinforce one another continuously.
i-Ready Diagnostic Anchors
Our teachers use regular diagnostic monitoring to pinpoint where students need extra support in five foundational components:
