Mornington Peninsula Literacy
“No skill is more crucial to the future of a child than literacy.”
Los Angeles Times (2017)
Tina Zitzlaff Bio
Tina Zitzlaff has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne, an Advanced Diploma in French Art History from The University of Oxford and a Masters degree in Education from Dominican University of California. She is trained as a specialist teacher of literacy in both Lindamood Bell® (Seeing Stars® and Visualising and Verbalising®) and Write to Read®.
Tina has worked with a wide variety of students of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. She has been a French teacher for many years and was the Lead Teacher of a successful tutoring business in California that specialised in providing innovative and empathic approaches to
literacy in both English and French.
Tina has recently been awarded a three year, Australian Research Council/Deakin University Scholarship to complete a PhD in student learning and wellbeing.
"Every child has the ability, and the right, to learn. In the past decade, neuroscience has proven our brains are plastic, that we can adapt and change given the right tools and the right learning environment. When a child is unable to learn, they can lose their confidence and they may begin to believe it is their fault they can't keep up in school. This is far from the truth. These are the students I love to help. When they see what they are capable of and they understand how to access the right skills, everything begins to change." Tina Zitzlaff