Our Staff

Meet our friendly team!

Marcelle Sternbeck-Rutter

Marcelle Sternbeck-Rutter

Director / Learning Difficulties Expert

Marcelle has a Bachelor of Arts and a Graduate Certificate in Special Education (Learning Difficulties) and Post-graduate training in Multi-sensory learning / Dyslexia Teaching.  Marcelle is  the fully trained in the UK nased Orton-Gillingham method.

Marcelle provides specialist screening and assessment procedures for children and adults. The highly detailed and technical reports she produces are used by clients seeking learning accommodations.

Her accurate diagnoses of Dyslexia related learning difficulties enable her to provide highly effective, tailored  instruction.

She works out of dedicated premises in Colbee Court, Phillip in the ACT from Wednesdays to Saturdays. Limited places are available.

Mark Lindsay Rutter

Mark Lindsay Rutter

Mathematics Specialist

Mark holds a Diploma of Teaching, a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education.
In 2015 he completed the Professional Certificate in Instructional Leadership through Melbourne University.

Mark has been passionate about education for 40 years. He has taught and been a leader in schools, both in Sydney and on the South Coast.

Mark has been tutoring at In2ition Learning Centre where he is co-director with Marcelle for 22 years, tutoring students in Mathematics and English from grades 1-12.

Mark will be tutoring in maths from grades 1-12 in Canberra.

Mark’s avid interest in education is only rivalled by his love of surfing.

He continues to live on the South Coast with Marcelle and puppy dog, Leo.

Through high quality teaching, caring relationships and unfailing encouragement, he elicits the best from his students.

Nella Faber-Rod

Nella Faber-Rod

Dyslexia Specialist

Nella studied with the Australian Dyslexia Association in 2012 and qualified as a Multisensory Language Instructor the year after. Nella has since been working with children and adults affected by dyslexia and other language processing disorders.

Nella is a mother of dyslexic twin boys which is how she got into this field.
Working with her own children she developed a strong passion for helping others make sense of written English.
Nella moved here from Denmark in 2000 with her husband and four children and have enjoyed calling Canberra home ever since.

Carrie Eldridge

Carrie Eldridge

Dyslexia Tutor

Carrie tutors children with dyslexia and has extensive experience in learning, thinking preferences, organisational development and leadership.

Her passion for empowering children with dyslexia comes from her personal experience. She is the mother of three children, one of which has been identified with dyslexia.

“I’m very grateful for the support my family and I continue to receive from Dyslexia Canberra”

Lachlan Patterson

Lachlan Patterson

Administration & Receptionist

Lachlan is your first point of friendly contact at the Centre.  He takes care of the day to day administration for the centre.  He can make appointments for you to speak to the directors or your child’s tutor, process your payments and account enquiries, and arrange for your child to catch up on a missed session plus loads more!

While Lachlan is based in the Batemans Bay Centre you can easily contact him via email or phone 0244728028.

Dr Tonya Clark-Taylor

Dr Tonya Clark-Taylor

Adult ASD Assessments

Dr Tonya Clark-Taylor is a medical practitioner with a 20 year interest in Autism Spectrum Disorders. She has worked across the spectrum of healthcare from medicine to psychiatry, with children to adults. Tonya has a special interest in young adults aged 14-24. She has completed an MBBS at University of Queensland, a Professional Certificate of Youth Mental Health with University of Melbourne, and specialist autism diagnostic ADI and ADOS training also at University of Melbourne (Mindful). Tonya is now seeing adult and youth patients aged 14 and over for diagnostic evaluation of Autism Spectrum Disorder. In her spare time Tonya enjoys long walks and spending time at the beach. On cold and rainy days Tonya likes curling up at home with her burmese cats, a quality hot chocolate, and reading a good book.