About Stephanie Hogan

I was raised in New Hampshire and Vermont, where I attended Stowe public schools and the Mount Mansfield Ski Academy. I matriculated to Guilford College, in North Carolina, where I majored in Art, Education, and Psychology. After traveling around the world, I taught at a therapeutic day school in Massachusetts, owned and operated a dog walking and pet sitting company in Portland, Maine, and moved to Connecticut to teach, coach and dorm parent at the Rumsey Hall School. In 2015, I moved abroad, with my husband and two boys, to work at the Cayman International School and as a private homeschool educator and curriculum manager for elementary school aged boys.  I also worked with Dorm and Day, an educational consulting company, to provide SSAT and SAT tutoring for families on island. 

Today, I am an Academic Support Tutor at Waynflete School, an Executive Functioning Coach, Positive Discipline Classroom Educator, Mindfullness in the Classroom Coach and Licensed Positive Psychology Practioner . I am committed to supporting each individual I work with through one on coaching and instruction, alongside the use of encouragement tools: solution based thinking, self awareness, mindfulness and positive psychology.

Experience

Classroom
Experience

I entered the academic and coaching arena in 2001 as an Ed Tech at the Gifford School in Weston, Massachusetts, where I supported students with significant learning and behavioral challenges. Later, I worked as a member of the English faculty at the Rumsey Hall School in Washington, Connecticut before moving to the Cayman Islands where I served as the Director of Aquatics at the Cayman International School in the Cayman Islands. Before moving back to Portland, ME, I was hired to be a curriculum coordinator and lead teacher for a family who homeschooled their two boys on Grand Cayman. I have been an Academic Support Tutor at the Waynflete School for 8 years in conjunction with running Wings From Roots and establishing an adult coaching component targeting executive functioning skills and challenges.

StandarDized Test
Experience

For the last 20 years I have specialized in preparing students to sit for the SSAT and SAT. I utilize best practices and developed strategies for the revised SAT (2024), working closely with the Princeton Review text. I have assisted countless students over the years, beginning with boarding and day students at the Rumsey Hall School in Connecticut, students attending Cayman International School in Grand Cayman, and presently, I work with students in Portland, Maine and across Cumberland County.

Home School
Tutor

Starting in 2016, I worked for one year managing a full international homeschool curriculum for two elementary school students, with a focus on social emotional growth, dyslexia, and high ability learning. I managed a certified homeschool curriculum, designed and implemented Project Based Learning and Curiosity Curriculums, while overseeing course materials for Language Arts, Geography, History, and Social Studies. I also incorporated the positive discipline platform into the classroom to help facilitate independence, respect, honesty and kindness.

licensed Positive psychology practitioner and Positive Discipline
Classroom Educator

I am a licensed Positive Psychology Practitioner and certified Positive Discipline Classroom Educator; supporting individuals, teachers, students, and parents with social emotional guidance using Positive Psychology tools and proven positive discipline strategies.

Methodolgy

I utilize teaching methodology from other practitioners and educators across the country including: Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Lea Waters, Sarah Ward, Susan Barton, and Nanci Bell, to address learning differences associated with neuro diverse diagnosis’, executive functioning, and non-verbal learning disorder. 

Personal

I am the mother of two amazing boys. I love to travel with my family and be outdoors. We currently live aboard our 35 foot sailboat, Evergreen. Among other things, I am also an American Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor, I teach swimming in the summer, and I own Be Brave Seek Joy Consulting, which feeds my entrepreneurial spirit, and supports individuals and families using positive psychology methodology to help people thrive and be resilient in the world.