Karen Beeman, M.Ed.
Karen Beeman is an education consultant who specializes in biliteracy and bilingual education. Beeman has worked as a classroom teacher, principal of a dual language school in Chicago, consultant with the Illinois Resource Center, and professor at the University of Illinois–Chicago and National Louis University. Biliteracy, how to teach children to read and write in two languages at the same time, is the area that has most captured her passion and is the focus of her work. As a professional developer Beeman works at the national level, providing training for teachers, principals, and other constituents. A simultaneous bilingual born and raised in Mexico City, she is co-author, with Cheryl Urow, of Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages and co-founder of the Center for Teaching for Biliteracy, an online forum for supporting and connecting educators who teach for biliteracy.