Purpose: Wieland Consulting’s Purpose is to write grants, to evaluate programs and to support our clients at a highly competent and professional level. We believe that our reputation will support us.
Philosophy: Wieland Consulting values its clients and maintains confidentiality, understanding, quality products and services, a supportive environment, and joy in our work.
Wieland Consulting is a small privately held company formed exclusively to assist schools, districts, and other education related institutions to obtain funding through competitive grant opportunities. Education experts with proven records of fundraising success lead our efforts.Our principal consultant, Sharon Wieland, holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Linguistics with an emphasis in composition from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has been instrumental in securing more than $15 million dollars in state and federal funds for schools and districts in California over the last seven years, and has reached a personal success rate of over 70% of funded proposals. Dr. Wieland has more than 30 years of classroom experience and 10 years of administrative experience at both the site and district office level and draws on her experience and expertise in professional development, literacy and language development, developing learning communities, coordinating teacher support programs, curriculum alignment with state standards, and multiple measures development for all curricular areas. She holds a general secondary teaching credential, a community college teaching credential, and an administrative services credential.
Dr. Wieland maintains a working relationship with a comprehensive group of affiliates in all arenas of the education world and partners with affiliates as required to meet the needs of her clients. Our staff includes Guinness Wieland, who provides client services in technical assistance, funding research, data collection tool development, data collection and management, website design and management, database design, and other assistance.