Empowering Experiences for Educators

Training and coaching designed for the people doing the work. We help school leaders create professional learning that educators actually value and that translates into stronger classrooms.

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Professional Development & Training Services

Explore our range of services designed to help you move forward with confidence, wherever you're headed next.

  • Big-picture support for schools and districts building or refining their literacy infrastructure: from master scheduling to assessment review to tiered intervention design. We turn your data into a clear, actionable plan.

    • Tiered ELA intervention design

    • Master scheduling for literacy blocks

    • Assessment and data review

  • Designed for teachers, coaches, and leadership teams. Sessions range from focused 2-hour trainings to full-day deep dives, each built around your school’s current data and goals, not a generic slide deck.

    Sample Training Topics:

    • Science of Reading Overview

    • Oral Language & Phonemic Awareness

    • Decoding, Fluency, & Sight Recognition

    • Reading Comprehension: A Multi-Strategy Approach

    • Syntax Matters

    • Writing: Transcription, Composition, Executive Functioning, & Working Memory

  • Job-embedded and asset-based coaching that helps teachers put training into daily practice. Through observation, modeling, and structured feedback cycles, educators build confidence and consistency in their instruction.

  • Support for principals and instructional leaders focused on leading change, supporting staff through new practices, and building the internal capacity to sustain it.

    • Guidance through change management and staff buy-in

    • Systems for monitoring implementation

    • Thought partnership for school and district leaders

  • Every school is different, so every session is too. We design professional development around your team's data, goals, and timeline, from a single focused session to a full-year scope so that training feels relevant, not generic.

    We’ve provided PD on:

    • Educator Wellness Ecosystems

    • Establishing Professional Learning Communities

    • Multilingual Learners & The Science of Reading

    • Vocabulary in the Math Classroom

    • Setting Up Your Small Group Learning Routines

    • Classroom Coaching 101

    • Walkthrough Systems That Drive Achievement

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Why well+aligned?

Experience that's real.
18 years as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, academic director, and national literacy specialist. Michaela is not just a presenter, but someone who's led the work firsthand.

Grounded in research, delivered with energy.
Michaela translates evidence-based strategies into explicit instruction know-how. She's not here to lecture; she's a teacher first. And she knows how to create adult learning spaces that are engaging and purposeful.

Support that sticks.
Coaching that's human, encouraging, and built into your school’s culture, so the energy from training day doesn't fizzle out by Tuesday.

Meet Michaela

  • The BEST professional development I’ve had in 26 years!

    —Educator from Riverside County, CA

  • Michaela Claussen is an innovative thinker and leader in education who partners with schools and organizations to create and implement sustainable plans for continuous improvement! Michaela specializes in customized professional learning to meet the needs of those she is serving. As our external academic coach, Michaela helped our school to maintain highly performing academic status in the State of Arizona.

    — Clara Thigpen, Regional Academic Director: Imagine Schools

  • Michaela is relatable, friendly, enthusiastic (“caffeinated”), knowledgeable, and well-prepared. She was an absolute joy hosting this session.

    —Educator from Chandler, AZ

  • Michaela is intentional about creating interpersonal relationships with schools to drive positive academic outcomes for all learners. She is readily available with data driven advice, resources, and coaching to support the development needs of educational leaders and school teams.

    — Megan Vincent-Fox, Executive Director NAACS

  • In my over 20 years of teaching, Michaela is one of the best facilitators I have ever encountered! She brings her own professional knowledge to our sessions, which makes them highly engaging.

    —Educator from Roosevelt Elementary School District

  • She is empathetic and realistic about how classrooms work.

    — 2nd grade teacher, Anderson School District 1, South Carolina

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