Clients & Reviews

Comments from workshop participants:

Karen validated and stretched everyone’s thinking and allowed them to place their learning into their context.

This has been the most concretely effective workshop I think I’ve ever taken. …effective in solidifying the concepts and especially in making the essential step from theoretical understanding to practical implementation.

Karen is VERY knowledgeable and is willing to share lots of resources and offer support to our group. She is a dynamic and engaging presenter — easy to follow, positive, fun, flexible.

The presenter was very effective because she asked us many questions that encouraged us to think deeply and evaluate each point she presented. She made us put ourselves in different situations and consider what we would think or do, which helped us reflect on the information and connect it to our own experiences. This made the workshop engaging, interactive, and meaningful.

It gives me a positive and manageable example so that implementing change does not seem so overwhelming.

It has changed how I will give feedback to my students.

Thank you, Karen, for hearing us and being flexible and understanding. I appreciate you leading us today … with perhaps a group that had lots circling in our minds.

Very responsive and met each participant at their individual level of understanding and learning.

You’re presence was absolutely lovely and I felt like my time was very valued.

I am feeling empowered to keep going with more energy and enthusiasm to keep working on rubrics and feedback as well as assessments and grading practices within our PLC

What a great day that was – thanks so much for a brilliant workshop and a relaxed atmosphere.

The workshop was very interactive, even though it was via Zoom, and it was well-organized, making it easy to stay engaged and follow along.

The presenter was fantastic! She was so organized and she was a great listener. She even took some of our questions and added some slides to her presentation to help us learn. The length was perfect although I wish we could have more! I was engaged the entire time.

Karen is delightful. She is a fountain of knowledge and showed compassion for what we are experiencing as teachers.

List of Clients

  • ACTFL, AFMLTA, CSCTFL, IWLA, MCTLC, MiWLA, SCOLT, SDWLA, SWCOLT, PNCFL, WAFLT; International, National, Regional, and State Language Conferences and Conventions
  • Anchorage School District (AK) – Honoring Learners With Equitable Grading, Practical Tools to Provide Effective Feedback
  • Anoka Hennepin Schools ISD #11 (MN) – Proficiency Standards-Based Grading and Learner Feedback for Language Growth Book Study
  • Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA) Conference (Adelaide, AU) – Enhancing Feedback Effectiveness with Rubrics
  • Bullis School (ACTFL) – Integrating Skills and Modes in Proficiency Based Curriculum
  • CARLA Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (Online) – Learner Feedback, Growth Mindset Grading
  • Chicago Public Schools (IL) – Feedback to Promote Growth, Equitable Grading
  • Concordia College Moorhead (MN) – Equitable Grading & Gamification
  • Edina Public Schools (MN) – Engaging, Eliciting & Evaluating Performance
  • Extempore (Online) – Bilingual Seals Program, Finding Support: Collaborative Data Discussions
  • Falmouth Public Schools (MA) -Data Discussions
  • The Galloway School (GA) – Guiding Learners to Higher Levels of Proficiency (ACTFL)
  • Homewood-Flossmoor Schools (IL) – Foundations of ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (ACTFL)
  • Intercultural Development Inventory – Personalized Experiences
  • International Center for Language Studies (DC) – Learner Feedback for Language Growth Book Club
  • International School of Tucson (AZ) – Foundations of ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, Guiding Learners to Higher Levels of Proficiency (ACTFL)
  • Lingco Language Labs (Online) – Grading Practices
  • Middleton World Language Department (WI) – Learner Feedback for Language Growth Book Club
  • MCTLC (Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures) – Learner Feedback for Language Growth Book Study
  • Minneapolis Public Schools ISD #1, Somali Heritage Language Program (MN) – Interactive Target Language Use and Formative Checks for Understanding
  • MDE (Minnesota Department of Education) – Proficiency & Performance, Developing & Assessing the 3 Modes (ACTFL)
  • Osseo Area Schools IDS #279 (MN) – Proficiency Standards-Based Grading and Assessing Assessments/Self Evaluation
  • ReDefiners (FL) – Developing & Assessing the 3 Modes, Assessment & Rubrics, Customized Discussions (ACTFL)
  • Rochester Institute for Technology – National Technology Institute for the Deaf – Developing & Assessing the 3 Modes of Communication (ACTFL)
  • Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan IDS #196 (MN) – Curriculum Choices, Design and Implementation
  • Township/Highland Park (IL) – Developing and Assessing the 3 Mode of Communication (ACTFL)
  • University of Georgia – Portuguese Flagship Program – Integrating Skills and Modes in a Proficiency Based Curriculum (ACTFL)
  • University of Tulsa (OK) – Developing & Assessing the 3 Modes (ACTFL)
  • VISTA Higher Learning (Online) – Grading to Promote Proficiency
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