Author’s Bio

Philip J. McInnis, B.S., M.S., Ed.D.

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1927-2002

Dr. McInnis died in March of 2002, after a prolonged struggle with pneumonia. A summary of his many professional accomplishments follows. His work is carried on by family, and the teachers and consultants who worked alongside him for many years prior to his passing.


Developer and Author of the Assured Readiness for Learning (ARL) Program.

Eight and one-half years of High School teaching, twenty-three years as a School Psychologist, twenty-one years adjunct professor of college classes. In recent years, he has been a full time consultant.

Director of Clinical Practicum in Learning Disabilities, Nazareth College of Rochester, NY, eleven years.

Director of Reading Strand, the 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd and 33rd Annual National Leadership Workshop, SUNY Plattsburg, NY. Summers of 1985 - 1989.

Recipient of First Annual Award for Excellence in the Practice of School Psychology, Outstanding School Psychologist in New York State. Presented October 14, 1976 at the School Psychologist of Upstate New York Annual Conference, Syracuse.


Presentor:

* International Reading Association
* National Association of School Psychologists
* International Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
* International Orton Association
* New York State Reading Association
* Secondary & Elementary Administrators of New York State
* Massachusetts Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
* New York Association of School Psychologists
* 2nd Northeast International Symposium on Exceptional Children
* California State University, Long Beach, Adult L.D. Workshop
* Association of NY State Educators of Emotionally Disturbed
* Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development


Developer:

Developer of five to nine weekly Summer Seminars since the mid-1980s to the present, to train teachers in the ARL program. Hundreds of teachers in New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Arizona, California, Washington, Louisiana and Alberta, Canada, have been in attendance over the years.


Author:

* The McInnis/Hammondsport Plan, Walker Educational Book Corp., 1976, New York.
* Decoding Keys for Reading Success, Walker Educational Book Corp., 1981, New York.
* The Cursive Approach to Readiness and Reading, M/C Publications, 1983, Hammondsport, NY.
* A Guide to Readiness and Reading, Effective Curriculum, ARL Publications, 1986, Penn Yan, NY.
* A Guide to Readiness and Reading, Phonemic Awareness and Blending, ARL Publications, 1991, Revised 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999. Penn Yan, NY.


Former Member:

* International Reading Association
* Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
* National Association of School Psychologists
* School Psychologists of Upstate New York
* Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
* New York Association of School Psychologists


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