WIVA Advisory Council

Teri King

Hi, my name is Teri King and I have been with WIVA since 2021. I have four kiddos and two grandchildren. My youngest is in middle school, and I have a young adult who just graduated from WIVA in 2024 and two adult children who are in their 20s. I am excited to be a part of the Family Advisory Council. I look forward to getting to know more families and helping in any way that I can. I have been a stay-at-home/work-from-home mom for many years and I really enjoy being a huge part of my children’s education experience. We chose virtual learning due to medical issues and I am so thankful for WIVA being an option for us and so many other families. 

We plan on having our middle school student continue with WIVA through high school as well. There are so many amazing teachers at all levels and we have really enjoyed getting to know them. My now-graduated student who had an IEP got assistance that they needed to succeed that they weren’t getting before. I have recommended WIVA to other special needs parents simply because I have been so impressed with how the staff came together to work as a team to make sure that my kiddo was able to succeed. I can’t wait to have the opportunity to get to know more of you.

kingskingdom2021@outlook.com

Kristen Klein

My name is Kristen Klein and my students have been with WIVA since 2020. We chose this program because we saw the great potential individualized learning has. My students are completely different people, and this program allows us to celebrate those differences. I have a background in early childhood education and communications that led me to working in nonprofits. When my children came along, they became my full-time job. A challenging job that I’m thankful for every day. In addition to being a full-time learning coach and sports taxi, I own a small business where I make personalized gifts. It brings me so much joy to create things that people will treasure. My goal for being on the Family Advisory Council is to create a partnership between the learning coach community and the school to best support our students.

kklein565@gmail.com

Tim Lau

I am Tim. I am a husband to a wonderful wife and a father to three fantastic boys. I retired from the US Marine Corps in 2006, and I went on to retire from the Fire/EMS service in 2020. My wife and I enrolled our oldest son in WIVA during the pandemic, and his younger brother this year for kindergarten. While online learning makes for a different experience in schooling than what I – and most everyone else – had as a kid, I am excited about the opportunities it gives for my boys, and for my family as a whole. I am happy to offer my suggestions for a better WIVA through the Family Advisory Council, and I look forward to the coming years of WIVA being a part of my family’s learning. It is not lost on me as a parent/Learning Coach, my days look much different than other parents’ lives who have kids in other schools, but I welcome the active role I can have in my children’s learning and futures; I hope you will, too, as a part of the WIVA community!

semperfilau@hotmail.com

Jennifer Perrodin

We are on our third year with WIVA and my student loves it. My student is special needs, and I have always had to have a high level of involvement in his care and education. I am college-educated in English and Art, and a published author, a painter/fine artist, I teach horsemanship and horseback riding to people of all ages and work therapeutically with horses with my son. My daughter is almost 20 and is going to be a music teacher and was publicly schooled, but I had her reading Dick and Jane books at age 3. She’s a great role model for Sawyer. It has been a joy to watch him thrive with the WIVA staff and counselors provided, and he especially loves Mr. Dahl and his OT therapist, Mr. Hodges. He previously received speech therapy for two years through WIVA with Ms. Roberts and they are still in touch today as friends. I am happy to take an active role in his learning and watching his excitement when he is learning is a wonderful position that I am happy to find myself in. Thank you for allowing us to have a voice in his education.

jenperrodin@gmail.com