Raelen Donahue- Orton Gillingham trained educator

Introduction: I have more than a decade of experience tutoring students from ages 3-14. My services are especially popular in the summer to retain knowledge learned the previous year and to advance further so that students are already ahead of what is first being taught in the upcoming grade. I focus heavily on study skills so that the student can eventually learn to excel without the help of a tutor. I am a certified K-6 educator with experience teaching Preschool, 3rd and 5th grades. I have also recently completed 30 hours of training in the Orton Gillingham approach. This is a multi-sensory method to decode and encode words rapidly and with accuracy. This method is also especially effective with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. I enjoy sharing my knowledge and study skills so that students can succeed, but what is truly priceless...students teaching me their knowledge. My goal is to get students enthusiastic about learning so that they can become lifetime learners.