Bio of Mr. Vieira, Founder of ScholarSkills Learning Center and The Academic Gym
Brian Vieira M.A.
With over three distinguished decades of creating evidenced-based, structured literacy curricula, and training students and teachers from K-12, Mr. Vieira has become one of the nation’s leading experts on the English spelling, writing, and reading system. He is the originator of S.T.A.R.S. (Systematic Training in Analytical Reading Skills) Literacy instruction. Mr. Vieira is also the creator of the scientifically based V.I.T.A.L. (Visual Interactive Tactile Auditory Language) ™ Therapy for Dyslexia. V.I.T.A.L. Therapy™️ combines Orton-Gillingham methodology with movement-based cognitive learning, and intensive auditory training to help students prevent or overcome dyslexia.
Mr. Vieira is the author of twenty-three books on English orthography, morphology, etymology, and dyslexia that help parents and teachers to equip students with the skills they need to spell, read, and write with confidence and excellence.
Background
Brian Vieira is a graduate of N.Y.C.'s prestigious Stuyvesant H.S. and an alumnus of Emory University and Brooklyn College's Graduate Division, where he earned his master's degree in American History. Mr. Vieira is passionately devoted to teaching reading and spelling skills to students of all ages.
An award-winning state-certified Master Teacher with over 35 years of academic experience, Mr. Vieira taught American History in high school for 14 years. He was awarded "Students' Choice Teacher of the Year" at Wingate H.S. in Brooklyn, N.Y., for his passionate commitment to helping underprivileged, inner-city youth to excel. His students consistently scored far above the city and state norms on the N.Y.S. American History Regents Exams.
In 2001, as a licensed and ordained Christian minister, Mr. Vieira established ScholarSkills Christian Academy—a state-registered private school. He also established ScholarSkills Learning Center as an after-school program to help students master the foundations for reading, writing, and arithmetic excellence.
Mr. Vieira is currently the President of ScholarSkills Learning Center, which assists students, parents, and teachers in their quest for excellence. ScholarSkills offers direct tutoring to students, guidance counseling to parents, developmental curriculum to schools, and professional development workshops for teachers in English Language Arts, American History, and the implementation of civics education.
Mr. Vieira is the author of H.O.T.-DOCS (Higher Ordered Thinking Through Documents), which helps teachers and parent-educators teach students America's founding principles through its founding documents. He is also the author of the following multisensory English Language Arts curricula:
The Sentence-Smart Grammar Curriculum, which helps students analyze and construct simple and complex sentence structures
The Word-Parts for Word-Smarts Curriculum, which helps students learn vocabulary through morphology and etymology
The Sound and Say Oral Spelling Curriculum, which helps students master the phonemic and syllabic structures of English orthography
Mr. Vieira is also the founder and Executive Director ScholarSkills for STARS. ScholarSkills for STARS is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing parents, teachers, and students in low-income communities with the skills and resources they need so that every child can learn to read.
Recently, in his unending quest to find innovative ways to help all children learn to read, write, and speak with excellence, Mr. Vieira established T.A.G.— The Academic Gym at ScholarSkills. T.A.G. is a multisensory combination of phonics, fitness, and fun that helps all kids develop exceptional reading skills. T.A.G. is especially helpful for kids struggling with reading or diagnosed with dyslexia or ADHD. T.A.G. helps kids win socially, emotionally, and academically. Kids gain the confidence, focus, and skills they need to learn and succeed.
