Kim Nau, M.S., Fellow/OGA

Orton-Gillingham Coach

Kim Nau has had a wide-ranging teaching career working with a varied population of students. She began her career over 20 years ago in the New York City Public School System teaching elementary school. After attaining her master’s degree in T.E.S.O.L. at Hofstra University, she taught English at local colleges to adults who were pursing the American dream. Her passion for teaching students with dyslexia started when she had the opportunity to study the Orton-Gillingham Approach. Kim has been able to successfully adapt her instruction, teaching students from ages 6 to 74. Kim Nau is an Orton-Gillingham Academy Fellow and also a Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist with the Center for Effective Reading Instruction. She has over 4,000 + hours of experience tutoring students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities. When she is not busy planning personalizing lessons for her students, she enjoys going for walks with her family and her two Cavalier King Charles spaniels.