Tutoring Bright Minds

Overcoming Reading Challenges, One Child at a Time

Does your smart, hard-working child struggle with Reading, Writing, or Math? 
​Tutoring Bright Minds can help!    ​

Shannon Koenen, M.Ed
Tutoring Bright Minds is a one-woman small business dedicated to meeting the needs of struggling learners and their families.

    How Tutoring Bright Minds Can Help​

• Reading and spelling instruction using a Structured Literacy approach
• Writing Instruction 
• Homework Support
• Math Grades K-8
  • Visual Math
  • Problem Solving
• IEP Reviews and Support
• Educational Advocacy
• In-Person and Online Tutoring Available

Reading Facts

• More than half of MI 3rd graders scored less than proficient in reading and writing, ranking them in the bottom 10% nationally.  (Detroit News, 2019)​
• 15-20% of students show symptoms of dyslexia, the most common reading disability. Symptoms include inaccurate reading, poor spelling and writing and mixing up similar words. 
• ​Despite this, many MI school districts do not use research-proven methods for teaching reading.​

Why is Tutoring Bright Minds Effective?

• I have extensive training and experience using Structured Literacy (Orton-Gillingham), the research-proven  method for teaching literacy skills to struggling students.
• ​I believe all students can become CONFIDENT, CAPABLE READERS if taught in a way that works for their brain. 
• I explicitly teach phonemic awareness, sound-symbol association, syllables, morphology, syntax and semantics using a method that is cumulative and diagnostic.
• I will design an educational program to meet your student's individual needs.

Contact and Location

• Contact me if  you have questions or would like to schedule a free consultation.
  • Call  at (503) 819-4076 
  • Email [email protected]
• I see students at my home office in Saline, student homes or schools and online.