What's New

Dyslexia Seminars Across the Country
​Throughout this winter and into next spring, I’m on the road for the Bureau of Educational Research, presenting a national seminar on dyslexia. The seminar focuses on what dyslexia is, what it isn’t, and how teachers can support striving readers in their general education K-6 classrooms as well as prevent reading difficulties from happening in the first place. The seminar is sea to shining sea (and beyond), from Portland, Maine to Honolulu, Hawaii. Meeting so many wonderful teachers in so many great states is the best part of all!

Back to School: Divine Mercy, a new partner, and St. Stephen’s, my 4th year!
​As the new school year begins, I’m happy to announce I’ll be working another year with the children and staff of St. Stephen’s School in Harrisburg, PA. Love those kids and teachers! I am also pleased to collaborate with two elementary schools near Johnstown, PA: Divine Mercy Academy East and West. The icing on all the cakes is the enthusiasm the teachers have for our collective instructional focus: Kid Writing and Writers’ Workshop. Wonderful!

Upcoming Events
Coaching, presentations, trainings, author visits and more!

November
   Divine Mercy Academy East   Johnstown, PA         11/5
          Kid Writing model lessons, Writers' Workshop model lessons

   Bureau of Education and Research                   11/12 - 15
           Ontario, Anaheim, Fresno, Sacramento, CA
          Dyslexia seminar: Tier I for students who have or may have dyslexia

​​    SDE: Ohio Literacy Conf., K-3    Columbus,  OH     11/19
          Writers' Workshop; Spelling Instruction; Music, Movement, and More!

   Bureau of Education and Research                   11/25 - 26
           Albuquerque, NM;  Salt Lake City, UT
          Dyslexia seminar: Tier I for students who have or may have dyslexia

December
   Bureau of Education and Research                   12/2-6
                 Oklahoma City, Wichita KS
​                            Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis MO
          Dyslexia seminar: Tier I for students who have or may have dyslexia   

​​    Divine Mercy Elementary      Johnstown,  PA     12/11
          Training: Writers' Workshop; Kid Writing, Big Ideas of Reading

   Bureau of Education and Research                   12/16-19
                 Portland ME, Manchester NH, Rochester, Albany, NY
          Dyslexia seminar: Tier I for students who have or may have dyslexia   

January
​​    St. Stephen's School            Harrisburg PA             1/15
          Kid Writing and Writers' Workshop model lessons

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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.