About

Next Stage Educational Consulting is owned and operated by Dori Staehle, former owner of Creative Learning Educational Services. Dori has close to 20 years of tutoring and consulting experience and has worked with public, private, and homeschooled students and their families.

Dori holds a BA in French and German from Wagner College in NY, and MBA in finance from Fairleigh Dickinson in NJ, and has done both graduate and post-graduate work in gifted education and psychology while in CO. Dori also has experience in financial planning and is a former adjunct finance professor. She is also the author of several articles about homeschooling gifted, talented, and creative kids and has developed a theory known as “The Gifted/ADHD Connection”.  She is also the owner of Next Stage Entertainment and is known for her lively, informative, and humorous presentations.

As a former Admissions Counselor/ Homeschool Specialist at Campbell University, Dori knows what both public and private universities are looking for. She can help students and parents navigate the college and financial aid mazes, enabling students to maximize their scholarship potential.

Dori can also assist homeschoolers with transcript preparation and offer curriculum suggestions better than most educational consultants. Why? She is a former homeschooling parent. Both of her children received college scholarships and have since graduated.