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Educator Development for Teachers & Parents

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For Teachers! 

As a teacher educator for more than a decade, I helped to prepare many hundreds of candidates in NY and PA for successful and rewarding careers as elementary and secondary teachers, reading teachers/specialists, and literacy coaches. Let me leverage that experience for your school, district, or agency. 

On a fee-for-service basis, I provide in-person or virtual professional development workshops related to literacy assessment and instruction, Common Core-aligned teaching practices for ELA classrooms, disciplinary literacy practices, the development of effective Tier 3 interventions under the Response to Intervention framework, vocabulary building with Latin and Greek roots and affixes, or any other literacy-related topic you request.

For Parents!

You need workshops, too. Parents need to be empowered to be equal partners in the education of their children. Parents of students who struggle are in particular need of workshops and coaching to help them learn and practice home-teaching strategies and to develop confidence as educators. Let me develop in-person or virtual parent workshops or design a coaching program for your school, district, agency, or homeschooling co-op.

Guided Book Study Groups

I am also available to design and facilitate in-person or online professional book study groups with teachers, paraprofessionals, and/or parents. Professional book study groups are a powerful form of professional development. Based on your needs and interests, I can suggest both structures for this kind of group work and titles of books for consideration.

My Fees

Fees are specific to the structure and complexity of the training. Please reach out to me to discuss your needs and schedule.

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What Others Are Saying…

Learning Games to Play After Class

My daughter loves this class and looks forward to it each week. Dr. Karen makes learning fun, and often hosts games that the kids enjoy playing after a good class. A big reason why our daughter enjoys Latin and does so well is Dr. Karen. Join this class!

Marcella E.Outschool Parent
Always Provides Positive Feedback

Our 9 year old opted to take her reading further & Dr Karen came highly recommended. It can be hard to gauge a child’s progress but if you measured against the tangibles of enjoyment & self-directed readiness to do homework, then Dr Karen’s lessons most definitely get 5 stars from us both. For us, connection is key to growing learning. Dr Karen naturally asked about interests & connected, maintaining interest & focus. Dr Karen’s managed to always find a sincere way to provide positive feedback t… Read more

EmmaParent
Joyful and exciting method of teaching

Public review of Multisensory Phonics series on Outschool:

Dr. Karen Wieland’s course was so incredibly helpful for our daughter. During the course of the class she went from a struggling reader who didn’t want to work on her reading to an engaged and excited reader who loves to learn. I believe this change was due to Dr. Karen’s organized and efficient lessons, yet joyful and exciting method of teaching. I simply can’t speak highly enough about Dr. Karen. Overall rating: 10 Content: 5 Present… Read more

Meghan E.Outschool Parent
Upbeat and engaging

Review of Vocabulary Building with Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes, Level 2 on Outschool:

Great experience – Dr Karen is really upbeat and engaging. Rating: 5/5

TanOutschool parent
So engaging

Review of Vocabulary Building with Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes, Level 1 on Outschool:

My 10 year old son loved this class! Dr.Karen was so engaging and the children learned so much from her. I also felt she gave above what was expected regarding her time and energy. – Rating 5/5

JoanneOutschool parent
I think any child would benefit

Public review of Vocabulary Building with Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes, Level 1 on Outschool:
This was a great class and my son learned a lot. I like how they are eased into it with words they know and can see the correlation to other words with those roots. I think any child would benefit. Rating 5/5

Jennifer Y.Outschool parent
Immersive and compelling

Public review of Vocabulary Building with Latin and Greek Affixes, Level 3 on Outschool:

A wonderful series of classes. An opportunity not to be missed, to study with Dr. Wieland. I wish I was offered classes like these when I was a child. My daughter is doing the entire series, and it has been fantastic, English decoded. Dr. Wieland’s course is immersive and compelling, my daughter loved every single session. My daughter might not have had the benefit of etymology until college/university, but … Read more

IriniOutschool parent
My son bloomed during this programme

Public review of Multsensory Phonics series on Outschool:

My son bloomed during this programme. Dr. Karen’s passion for language and her enthusiastic but patient approach transformed literacy learning into an enjoyable experience. Overall rating: 10 Content: 5 Presentation: 5 Logistics: 5 Value: 5

Abbie M.Outschool parent
Worth every penny

Doctor Wieland is a gifted teacher. My child went from Latin being her least favorite subject to her most favorite subject. She looks forward to every meeting with Doctor Wieland. Doctor Wieland has gone above and beyond to help our child prepare for the National Latin Exam. I have recommended her to anyone who will listen. Her expertise and obvious passion for teaching is worth every penny.

Heather T.Parent
My son was...so motivated to work that I didn't have to remind him

My 11-yr old son is taking three online classes and this [Vocabulary Building with Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes, Level 1] was his favorite. He enjoyed preparing a slide each week [related to a chosen Latin or Greek root] to share with his class. I appreciated that he had a little assignment, but was so motivated to work on it that I didn’t have to remind him. He said that everyone was engaged and participated in the discussions. He is signed up for level 2 and says he wants to complete all … Read more

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Karen M. Wieland, Ph.D
Salamanca, NY 14779

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