Tozama Mthembu is a lecturer in the Primary Education Department within the School of Education at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). She taught in the Foundation Phase for fifteen years and was the Head of Department. She was the coordinator for the School Based Support Team (SBST) before joining TUT. Her Doctor of Education (DEd) degree focused on developing pre-service Foundation phase teachers’ formative assessment. She believes that formative assessment is key in improving learning. She has co supervised MEd students, some of whom have graduated. She holds a Master of Arts (Linguistics) degree which she obtained from the University of Kwazulu Natal. She is currently lecturing Literacy to Foundation Phase student teachers.