What's New

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​Fall Collaborations
I thoroughly enjoy collaborating with and learning from others and this fall I am grateful for opportunities to work with school districts and educational organizations across the nation,, including Plattsburgh City School District in New York, Golding Touch Education Consulting in Houston, Texas, Seattle Public Schools in Washington State, the Bureau of Education and Research (also in Washington), and right in my back yard, Divine Mercy Catholic Academy! Working together, through professional learning and classroom teaching, we can bring about higher literacy rates in America and greater positivity in the world.
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​Melding the Science of Reading, Teaching Techniques and Classroom Activities
My 2021 resource book continues to pick up steam in 2023. Featured in professional development from Texas and Missouri to Pennsylvania and New York, the book lays out how reading arises in the brain and why reading difficulties occur. Next come numerous easy to implement, highly effective Tier 1 instructional practices that help all children learn how to read, especially those who struggle the most. Included in the book's seven chapters are important teaching techniques all teachers should use, as well as dozens of effective and practical activities, strategies, and routines in the areas of language comprehension, phonology, orthography, and extended reading. I hope you will pick up this important book and visit the space where the science of reading meets the art of teaching readers!

Upcoming Events
Coaching, presentations, trainings, author visits and more!
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 My wish for challenging times: we work for the change we want to see; we are as kind and helpful to one another as possible.

SEPTEMBER
    Stevens Elementary SPS            Seattle, WA                        9/13
            Model lessons that integrate phonology, spelling, phonics,
            and vocabulary.

    Divine Mercy Catholic Academy     Johnstown, PA            9/22
            Presentation on supported independent reading.

OCTOBER 
   Golding Touch Education                       Houston, TX         10/21
            How to Prevent Reading Difficulties - Prof. Learning Day

   BER live-online dyslexia seminar     9 AM Eastern            10/24
            Helping students who have or may have dyslexia

    Divine Mercy Catholic Academy     Johnstown, PA   10/23-25
            In-school consulting, in-class model lessons

NOVEMBER
   BER live-online dyslexia seminar     9 AM Central             11/1
            Helping students who have or may have dyslexia

   BER live-online dyslexia seminar     9 AM Mountain           11/6
            Helping students who have or may have dyslexia

    Divine Mercy Catholic Academy     Johnstown, PA   11/14-15
            In-school consulting, in-class model lessons

Mark Weakland is an author, teacher, national presenter and speaker, and literacy coach and consultant. Keeping his feet firmly in the classroom by regularly teaching in schools, Mark works with teachers, administrators, and parents to make literacy programs and instruction more engaging and successful.  He also loves to explore and make connections between the the arts, nature, science, and education.