About Us

Our Mission

The Reading Village brings together students, families, and teachers to help individuals gain confidence while becoming proficient readers through hard work and play.

Meet the Team

Stacey Roselli

CEO and Founder | Reading Educator

Stacey Roselli is an Orton-Gillingham educator, with almost two decades of experience, whose expertise and passion is helping students with language-based learning differences, specifically dyslexia. In 2014, Stacey opened The Reading Village, a private educational business where she works with children from kindergarten to high school. She provides specialized training in the skills necessary for teaching reading, spelling and writing. In addition to working with students, Stacey teaches workshops to teachers including how to implement research-based reading curriculum.

For 12 years, Stacey worked at The Windward School in New York where she was first introduced to the Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching reading. Since then, Stacey has been trained in several approaches including Preventing Academic Failure, The Wilson System and The Institute of Multi-Sensory Education. Attending New York University, Stacey received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in special education.

Always interested in staying up to date with the latest research, Stacey is a member of the International Dyslexia Association and attends national and regional conferences regularly. Stacey currently resides in Florida with her husband and their amazing daughter.

Jamie Z

Reading and Math Literacy Educator

Jamie is a versatile educator who believes in meeting students’ individual needs through the establishment of rapport and the use of formative instruction. She has more than 12 years of experience teaching diverse groups of students. In addition to her focus on reading and writing, she uses the Orton-Gillingham approach to help students develop math literacy skills.

Jamie holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology and sociology from Florida International University, and she is a certified teacher for grades K-12 and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Jamie firmly believes that a highly effective educator is one who is always evolving. She keeps up to date with the latest reading research and attends workshops regularly.

Jamie has also created a fun and engaging workshop entitled The Original Selfie, which advocates for self-reflection and building life-long mindful habits in children and adults. Jamie lives in Florida with her husband and two wonderful boys.

Alaina M

Reading Educator

Alaina is a special education teacher who specializes in Orton-Gillingham instruction. She believes that sequential and explicit reading instruction is one of the best ways to level the educational playing field. She has a passion for promoting the Orton-Gillingham approach to all parents and teachers simply because it works.

Alaina’s love of teaching has been a driving force in her life since she was old enough to play "school" with her friends. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Quinnipiac University and a master’s degree in special education from Pace University. She continues to attend workshops to stay informed and updated on reading strategies and instruction.

Alaina is also the proud owner of a small photography business and lends her graphic design work and social-media know-how to The Reading Village. When she is not tutoring or photographing, she is spending quality time with her two beautiful boys in Connecticut.

Diane K

Science & Social Studies Educator

Diane is an experienced educator with over 30 years of teaching students of all ages in a variety of educational environments. She is well known for her engaging style of hands-on direct instruction, which highly motivates her students.

Specializing in elementary and middle school education, Diane taught science for 12 years at The Windward School in New York, a renowned academic institution for dyslexic students. There, Diane created a multisensory curriculum that aligned with the national and state standards. Sharing her passion for science and learning-disabled students at the 2019 Science Teacher Association of NYS Conference, Diane presented the workshop Making Science Accessible for All Students. She also collaborated with other teachers to integrate social studies and science with and other disciplines through the creation of innovative STEAM programs.

Diane has a bachelor’s degree in elementary and secondary education from Hofstra University and a master’s degree in early childhood education from Wheelock College. She has been trained in Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) and various other approaches using the Orton-Gillingham philosophy. Always a motivated learner, Diane can be found enjoying various educational workshops in western New York where she lives with her family.

Jennifer M

Reading Educator and Behavior Technician

Jennifer is an experienced educator who is passionate about teaching children with developmental and learning disabilities. In 2004, she pioneered pet therapy reading programs at schools with special needs classrooms and has spent the past 15 years working with students and therapy dogs to improve their reading skills.

In 2008, Jennifer founded Progressive Paws, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children with special needs reach developmental milestones with the aid of licensed pet therapy teams. Inspired by her own work with Progressive Paws, Jennifer became a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) in 2009 in order to work directly with kids on the autism spectrum.

Jennifer possesses a profound devotion to helping kids learn to read, write, and spell. A native of Connecticut, she currently lives in Boca Raton with her husband, Eric, of 29 years.

Kelsey W

Director of Communications

Kelsey’s passion for marketing and communications initiated with her experiences as an intern for the nonprofit organization, Project Playground in Cape Town, South Africa as well as the NBC Sports and ESPN networks. Kelsey furthered enhanced her education through an opportunity working with The Institute of Motion where she gained invaluable professional management and communication skills.

Kelsey graduated from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) with a bachelor’s of science in exercise science and health promotion. Kelsey undertook several roles during her time at FAU. While an active member of the Division I swim and dive team, Kelsey earned the position of team captain. She was also the president of FAU's Student Athlete Advisory Committee and the student-athlete voice to FAU's athletic administrators and collaboratively initiated Conference USA's mental health awareness campaign on campus.

Originally from Northern California, Kelsey enjoys hiking, cooking, and spending quality time with friends and family.

Why The Reading Village?

Just like many skills in life, it is essential to create a strong foundation in order to build lasting success.

At The Reading Village, we understand that foundational reading skills are difficult for many children. Students with language-based learning differences and in particular those diagnosed with dyslexia, have an extremely difficult time mastering the skills necessary to becoming a proficient reader. All children benefit from being taught explicitly and systematically while some children need additional time and repetition to master necessary skills.

Team Effort

We believe that it takes a village to raise a child and a village to teach a child how to read. Learning to read is often a journey and when the road gets bumpy, teamwork and the support of others help children believe in their potential. We have found that this experience builds strong connections and bonds between teachers, tutors, parents, and siblings too.

Relationships Matter

Our goal is to make a connection with your child. We want them to want to come to tutoring. The best compliment we can get is when a child asks for more tutoring time!

Track Progress

It’s important for the child and the parents to track progress. We use data from proficiency tests to record progress. There is nothing like sharing an assessment with parents that have us all tearing with happiness!

Click on Josh’s report below!

“Stacey is no ordinary tutor! She’s become family and has literally helped save our son from a world of frustration and self-doubt. Stacey started working with Josh the summer after first grade when he was diagnosed with dyslexia. Josh is reading at grade-level and is now a super-confident middle schooler.”

Susan R.

Parent

Game On!

When reading is a challenge, it takes a lot of motivation to help persevere. We understand just how exhausting the task can be so we created card games to bring some fun and friendly competition to the adventure.

Multisensory Learning

We understand that your child may be tired by the time they get to tutoring so, in addition to our games, we move around and use our bodies to learn, use color, sand, tiles and tactile tools to keep your child engaged and energized.