Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Consultant at TLCNZ

NZ Advanced Dip Tchg ACE, Grad Dip Tchg Canty, Structured Literacy Trained Practitioner IMSLE, Specialist Reading Training Waik, Cert. Ed Mgt ACE, LTCL, ATCL (Piano), AIRMT,

Jan’s vision and experience has been the driving force behind the establishment and the teaching of the evolving ministry of The Literacy Clinic NZ. She has over 30 years of teaching experience across a wide range of curriculum areas in the New Zealand Education system, including lecturing in Early Childhood Education at both the Auckland and Christchurch Colleges of Education. Jan is passionate about Structured Literacy and the life-changing results that this approach delivers for dyslexic, autistic, dyspraxic, dysgraphic and other students who need to learn to read and write using a systematic, explicit approach.

Chief Operating Officer and TLCNZ Business Manager

PhD Auk.UT, MA Advert RMIT, BA Hons Well, BA Cant, Grad Dip Tchg Cant.

Dave is Jan’s husband and is responsible for overseeing all the administrative tasks at TLCNZ, including strategic planning and its implementation. He has a Doctorate in Advertising from the Auckland University of Technology and has over 30 years of tertiary teaching experience. In addition, he has extensive experience in the Marketing and Advertising industry and until recently was mentoring the next generation of Advertising professionals in conjunction with the Commercial Communications Council of New Zealand.