Jemara Blount
Jemara Blount is a certified teacher in a heavily populated town in Northern NJ. She obtained her bachelor’s at Hampton University with a Minor in Literacy and went on to pursue her Masters of Arts in Teaching at Fairleigh Dickinson University as well as a Teacher of Students with Disabilities Certificate. Due to an overwhelming need to help struggling readers she went on to further her studies and currently maintains an Orton-Gillingham Certification which enables her to service students with reading disabilities including Dyslexia.
Ms. Blount has over 10 years of teaching experience and several hundred hours of private tutoring experience with proven methods that increase reading ability. She currently serves as a reading specialist and tutor for students ranging from age 4 to 12. She utilizes the multi-sensory approach to reading in conjunction with various comprehension strategies that help build student’s overall confidence and reading levels.
When she is not working in education she can be found attending sporting events with her young teenagers or working in her garden. She believes that all students are capable of achievement, and she is dedicated to sharing her expertise with as many educators, students, and parents in order to achieve that goal.
Stephanie McKee
Ms. Stephanie McKee is one of the Co-Founders of Readnasium LLC. Ms. McKee received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Hampton University and her Master of Arts in Teaching from Fairleigh Dickinson University. While teaching third grade, Ms. McKee earned her second Masters of Arts in Teaching as a Reading/Literacy Specialist. In addition to her teaching degrees, she also holds an Orton Gillingham certificate through the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) in association with FDU. She is also a member of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and the International Literacy Association (ILA).
Ms. McKee has over 20 years of education experience, which includes working with students with disabilities in an inclusion setting. She was recently recognized and honored as the Governor’s Educator Support Services for the 2020/2021 school year. During the span of her career, she has served as an Advocate and Tutor for students who struggle with reading and learning.
Her warm and guiding approach to teaching stems from her community involvement, as well as her experience as a mother. Ms. McKee comes from a line of educators and her philosophy on learning is that every child has the ability to learn and thrive.
What Parents Are Saying
“We’re so very fortunate to have you in our child’s educational journey. I’ve been an educator for over 30 years, and what I value is you truly embrace the whole child in your work. Our daughter has struggled with literacy since kindergarten. As a second-grader, she also has experienced three major disruptions in her education, including the pandemic.
You provide consistency, patience, and care in your work with Virginia. Your level of expertise has moved you not only to work with her but to also guide us as parents as well as her school in how to best support her learning. You’ve taken the time to listen to our child to understand her needs and to ensure that she has steady progress.
From the resources you provide to the feedback you offer, we are confident that Virginia will embrace learning in all its forms. We are pleased that with your work, she’s become far more curious about the words she sees around her. She’s also more confident in working and learning from her teachers in school. Thank you for all that you do.”
— Sherronda Brown
“I loved working with Stephanie. She understood my worries and immediately began to work with my son. She kept Ian engaged despite it being over zoom. She took her time to send him a binder that they worked on in tutoring sessions. Stephanie also gave us a plethora of different fun ideas that we could work with on our own to support what she was doing with him in their tutoring sessions. She used different resources for reading including resources that his teacher used. Ian especially enjoyed Vooks.com that he worked on independently in his spare time. Over time he became more confident in tackling words that he didn’t know. In a six month period Ian grew 5 reading levels. I know that his tutoring sessions with Stephanie contributed to that growth.”
— Keisha Greaves
“I will start out by giving praise to Mrs. Blount for having such patience, enthusiasm, and passion as an educator. I've had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Blount 4 years ago when my eldest daughter entered Hawthorne School, which made it easy when Mrs. Blount came highly recommended to tutor my son who has special needs. Mrs. Blount tutors him twice a week for 1 hour each day for the past 1 year and a half. Mrs. Blount is reliable, hardworking, open, and available.
When Mrs. Blount began working with my son, he could barely identify the letters in the Alphabet, now my son is reading with comprehension, all because of Mrs. Blount’s consistency and dedication to my child. I am most grateful for her patience with me, she has taught me tricks to work at home with him and for that, I am forever grateful.
I truly believe Mrs. Blount will be an asset to any organization or institution like she has been for my family and many other families in the school district. I can go on and on about Mrs. Blount. She's such a lifesaver to my son and family.”