Courtney grew up in the Portland area, received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon (go Ducks!) and studied abroad in Argentina for a semester where she learned to speak Spanish and eat great food. She is a proud mom to Claire, who is currently in first grade at Tucker Maxon School. In June of 2013, Courtney earned her Master’s of Arts in Teaching from Concordia University in Portland before beginning her role as the Upper Primary teacher at Tucker Maxon School. Her experiences at the school have motivated her to be the most effective teacher possible for her students. Courtney has coached the FIRST LEGO League robotics team at Tucker Maxon the past four years, and loves teaching students through hands-on learning experiences. She feels extremely lucky to be a part of the Tucker Maxon family!

Stacia Rosenau is currently an elementary teacher here at Tucker-Maxon, after teaching in the preschool for four years.  Stacia loves the community feel here at Tucker. She loves seeing the kids come in every morning excited to be at a school that knows and cares about them.  It’s especially fun to see the kids she knew in preschool grow up to be in elementary classes with her.

Stacia has always been fascinated with children’s development. When she was growing up in her mother’s home daycare, she would record the children learning how to talk on her tape recorder as a way of documenting their speech development. Later on, Stacia majored in psychology specializing in child development, and then got her masters in social work. She worked as a child and family therapist, specializing in play therapy with young children. This was rewarding and challenging work, and she learned a lot about working with families and children. However, after becoming a mom herself, her interests turned to teaching, and she pursued her masters of arts in teaching. She now blends these experiences to work and play with kids at Tucker, and be the best teacher she can be!

Stacia has three children – two daughters and a son – and a husband who also works in education. She has lived in Idaho, Oregon, West Virginia (which has fabulous hiking), upstate New York, and very upstate New York in the tiny town of Ticonderoga. She currently lives in Oregon City along with various pets and one large, hairy dog. Stacia spends her extra time cheering for her kids at various sports, doing home improvement projects, tries to get out to hike, has been known to camp, and finds sanctuary from a busy life in her flower garden.