Our Story & Founder
What first started in 2017 as a resource-sharing hub for VCE teachers officially evolved into Targeted Teaching Australia (TTA) in November 2024. We exist to solve an explicit crisis: teacher burnout and administrative overload.
Spearheaded by Director Alfonso Zampogna, TTA is built by teachers, for teachers. While actively teaching in a Melbourne independent school, Alfonso ensures our solutions remain grounded in classroom reality, not corporate theory. Our approach is deliberately different: it is built directly on the urgent concerns teachers are raising today, providing the vital support needed to enhance the profession as we enter the next industrial revolution and the classroom of the 2030s.
Alfonso’s passion for "giving back" to the profession is defined by tangible output. This commitment began in 2017 when he developed a landmark database for VCE Business Management teachers to foster connection and resource-sharing. Since then, he has edited, presented, and crafted educational materials used in schools across Victoria, always emphasising that every student’s journey to success is a unique narrative that requires validation and encouragement.
Under Alfonso’s leadership, TTA has become a new-generation active ecosystem that gives back to educators. Driven by our team of expert innovators, we deliver secure, ethical, and curriculum-aligned tools like Share Space, Target Stream, and Target AI. This ethical, educator-first approach not only restores strained school budgets but actively reclaims 5 to 10 hours of administrative time per teacher, every week.
Our commitment is explicit: empower educators, uphold unwavering standards, and ensure every student is treated as an innovator to be inspired, not a KPI to be met.
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Our Team of Innovators
Grounded in the classroom and fully aware of the demands of the workforce, our team of innovators is proud to be part of the Targeted Teaching Australia family
Pedagogical Innovator & Curriculum Consultant Expert - Grace Ciavarella
Grace Ciavarella is a highly accomplished educator with over 35 years of experience across secondary and tertiary institutions, currently teaching at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar. A specialist in VCE Business Management and Legal Studies, her students consistently achieve exceptional results, including perfect scores of 50 and Premier’s Awards.
Grace's extensive expertise includes serving as a VCAA assessor, co-authoring several textbooks, and lecturing in Education and Business at ACU, Deakin, and RMIT. Beyond the classroom, she has worked as an educational publishing manager and regularly presents professional development sessions for the VCTA and the Department of Education, dedicating her time to mentoring new teachers and designing rigorous curricula for the future of education.
Lead Educational Director - Vito Milana
Vito Milana is an avid reader and enjoys exploring contemporary literature. He has also, over the past 15 years, helped guide Provisionally Registered Teachers throughout their journeys towards establishing full registration. Vito has also assessed the VCAA Units 3 and 4 English Examination since 2005, the VCAA General Achievement Test since 2004, and has also assessed NAPLAN since its inception. In 2022, Vito served as a Group Leader for the NAPLAN Project; this position was elevated in 2023 to Professional Leader. Vito has also worked with ACARA and the VCAA in helping establish Literacy Proficiency Standards for the NAPLAN Writing Task. He has worked on other ACARA projects including Item Trial Marking, too.
Ella Hoban is an experienced English Language teacher at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, a VCE assessor, and a pioneer in AI-driven classroom integration. Recently returning from a global AI education conference in Boston, she is a passionate advocate for modernising pedagogy.
Ella presents professional learning on SAC moderation for Engage Education and mentors teachers across multiple schools to build high-performing programs. Her students consistently achieve exceptional results, including four perfect scores of 50 and two Premier’s Awards, helping rank her school’s English Language program in Victoria's top ten four times since 2019.
English Language & Instructional Leader Innovator - Ella Hoban
Legal Studies Innovator - Kosta Axiotis-Nasopoulos
Konstantinos (Kosta) Axiotis-Nasopoulos is a dynamic and innovative VCE Legal Studies educator at Richmond High School and a proud Monash University graduate. Dedicated to making complex legal ideas accessible, Kosta's students consistently achieve outstanding VCE results, including study scores up to 44 and a high cohort average.
Widely recognised as a subject innovator, Kosta actively contributes to the teaching profession. Industry experts praise his assessment approach for its detailed marking advice, noting it is a major asset for new teachers. Demonstrating his deep understanding of VCE requirements, he independently passed the VCAA Unit 3 Audit with no recommendations. Kosta brings energy, passion, and strong leadership experience—including time as a House Leader—to all his professional work.
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