Anna Matis

Anna Matis is a senior educational consultant and the product development manager for Seidlitz Education. Her love of language learning stems from childhood experiences as an immigrant and ESL student herself from Budapest, Hungary. Being proficient in multiple languages, she is passionate about second language acquisition for all ages, sheltered instruction strategies, and research pertaining to heritage language learning and long-term ELs.

She has led professional development, coached teachers, and created educational products for both teachers and administrators working with multilingual students.  Her goal has always been to help teachers better meet the linguistic needs of their langauge learners. She has presented locally and nationally on best practices for quality foreign language and ESL instruction, as well as effective training strategies for teachers working with multilingual learners.

In 2018,  Anna wrote the book 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Foreign Language Classroom for LOTE teachers, based on the seminal work by John Seidlitz and Bill Perryman. She also co-authored Boosting Achievement: Reaching Students with Interrupted or Minimal Education with Carol Salva. 

She began her foreign language teaching career as a high school French teacher at Aldine ISD in Houston, TX, and has worked as an ESL Instructional Coach in Round Rock ISD. Anna has an M.A. in Foreign Language Education from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. in Communication Studies and Art History from Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX. She joined Seidlitz Education from Region 13 ESC, where she served a dual role of Bilingual/ESL Specialist and Program Manager for the Bilingual/ESL team.