Meet Our Tutors
Stacia Rosenau – MAT, MSW, OGA Associate
Founder & Literacy Tutor
Stacia is the founder and owner of Bright Words Learning LLC. She is an Orton Gillingham Academy Associate that specializes in individualized instruction for kids struggling with reading, spelling, and writing. Stacia was a classroom teacher for ten years, teaching 2nd Grade, 2nd/3rd, and Pre-K. During her classroom teaching, she realized some students needed more explicit instruction in order to learn reading and spelling, and so she started her journey into how best to teach all kids to read. She eventually developed and ran the intervention reading program at her school before making the leap to start Bright Words Learning LLC. She is also currently working as a Literacy Coach for a local school district, trying to help bring the Science of Reading to even more learners!
Stacia lives in Oregon City, Oregon, and has raised three kids, two of which are still in college and come home on breaks. Her whole family enjoys playing board games, which is one reason she loves to make games for her tutoring students to help make learning fun and engaging.
Stacia works with students from Kinder – High School.
Openings: Consultations & reading evaluations. I am happy to consult with you about your child’s learning needs and discuss available resources.
Heather Hemmelgarn, BA,
Certified – Dyslexia Training Institute
Literacy Tutor
Heather is certified in Dyslexia and Orton Gillingham Instruction through the Dyslexia Training Institute in San Diego, CA. She continues to educate herself on research-based methods to strengthen literacy skills for children with dyslexia, dysgraphia, developmental language disorder, and ADHD. Heather guides students in the many aspects of structured literacy, including phonemic awareness, letter-sound relationships, syllable patterns, morphemes, vocabulary, sentence structure, paragraph structure, fluency, and reading comprehension strategies.
With 25+ years of teaching experience in the classroom, homeschool, and 1:1 tutoring settings, Heather has a wealth of expertise. As a homeschool advisor, she worked with a number of dyslexic students which led her to seek specialized OG training to better guide their learning.
Living with her family in central Texas, Heather enjoys watching deer, squirrels, and birds play on her property. She loves creating games and activities to make learning fun and is passionate about giving students the tools they need to succeed.
Heather works online with students from Kindergarten to High School.
Openings: Online lessons, wait list for January
Susan Chukker – MA
Literacy Tutor
Sue trained and certified in the Orton Gillingham approach to reading and writing through the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education, IMSE. She has completed her Masters Degree in Education from the University of Central Florida, where she also earned endorsements in Reading and Educating Students of Other Languages. She is also a certified teacher in Florida, with 10 years of experience teaching students in Kinder-6th grade. She also has several years of experience teaching students with disabilities and is certified to teach Exceptional Student Education,(ESE). Sue has 3 years of online tutoring experience and is currently teaching students online.
Sue’s family has a love for nature and all animals! Sue loves to spend time with her husband and 2 children going on outings to the zoo, the park, the beach or staying home and spending time in their own little petting zoo. She enjoys traveling and spending her free time working in her butterfly, flower and vegetable gardens when the Florida weather is merciful!
Susan works online with students from Kinder to Middle School.
Openings: Online lessons before and after school hours available (inquire for specific openings)
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Dawn Horsley, MA, CALP
Literacy Tutor
Dawn trained in the Orton-Gillingham approach through the Children’s Dyslexia Center in Columbus, OH and is a Certified Dyslexia Practitioner. She also has CALP (Certified Academic Language Practitioner) certification. Dawn currently works as a school Literacy Instructor as well as privately tutoring students.
Dawn loves the work of teaching all kids how to read and write. She is good at building a strong rapport with her students, and finding creative ways to help them engage with learning.
Dawn works with students from Kindergarten to Middle School.
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