Meet Ms. Kelli
A licensed teacher with a passion for reading instruction!
Welcome! My name is Kelli Brus and I am a literacy interventionist in Des Moines, Iowa. I've been a licensed teacher since 2009 and have spent many of the past 20 years educating students, creating individual and whole class plans to achieve specific academic and behavioral goals, monitoring student outcomes and progress, and differentiating instruction for students who need more support. Previously I've worked at Heartland Area Education Agency, Ankeny Community School District, and Des Moines Public Schools.
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​I am a mom of two wonderful girls and am married to my college sweetheart. We live in Urbandale and I love the amazing community of Des Moines. If I'm not working, you'll probably find me hiking, reading, baking, or working on a house project.
Connecting with students, celebrating their successes, watching them make swift progress, and seeing their confidence with reading and writing blossom brings me so much joy! My sincere hope is not only to help children become better readers and writers, but to enjoy it and get excited for it!
I provide private, 1:1 sessions with learners who need extra support with reading, writing, and spelling, utilizing Evidence Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) and thinkSRSD. Read more about what that looks like when I work with students. To learn more about sessions and get more information, head to the How Does It Work page. In addition to offering private sessions, I work at a public school in Des Moines part-time, providing literacy intervention for small groups of students who have been identified as needing additional support.