EFL – Speaker
2019 to Present
I have spoken at a wide range of conferences, from country-specific IELTS events to IH school teacher training days.
EFL – Director of Studies
2008 to Present
International House Bielsko-Biala
Since 2023 I have been the Director of Studies at IH Bielsko-Biala, responsible for maintaining teaching standards at the school, teacher development, and recruitment.
EFL – Online Teacher Trainer
2021 to Present
International House Online Teacher Training Institute
I have been a trainer with IHOTTI since 2021, involved in delivery of CAM and CLIL courses as well as being lead tutor on a large number of IELTS teaching courses.
EFL – Teacher
2008 to 2023
International House Bielsko-Biala: Teacher; Exams Co-ordinator; Teacher Trainer
I have been a teacher with International House Bielsko-Biala in the south of Poland since 2008, though this includes a one-year break to go travelling through Eastern Europe and Africa. I have taught every level and age combination that there is to teach, though in recent years I have specialised more in the teaching of exam classes. Since 2015 I have worked as the school’s Exams Co-ordinator. The role covers running training workshops for the teachers on teaching exam classes, and arranging mock exams and exam clubs for students interested in taking one of the Cambridge exams at the school.
2019 Summer School
Stirling School of English: Lead Tutor
I spent the summer of 2019 working for the Stirling School of English, teaching mixed ability classes of teenagers and adults. As the lead tutor I was responsible for syllabus design and assisting the other teachers with their lesson planning and content delivery.
2015 to 2016 & 2021 to 2022
PWSZ Oswiecim / MUP: Speaking Tutor
Responsible for planning and delivering speaking lessons to students in Years 2 and 3 of the Uczelnia Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa, a tertiary educational establishment in Oswiecim. I also devised midyear and end of year speaking tests for the students. I returned to the school under its new guise of MUP in 2021 to teach similar speaking lessons.
2006 to 2007
EFL Teacher at International House Krakow
I taught lessons to university students at C1 and C2 level, and young learners at A1 and A2 level. This was my first post-CELTA experience.
EFL – Cambridge Assessment Speaking Examiner
From 2010 to 2019 I worked for Cambridge Assessment as a speaking examiner for the following exams: pre-A1 Starters, A1 Movers, A2 Flyers, A2 Key, and B2 First & First for Schools. My time as a speaking examiner came to an end when Cambridge announced that they would not permit speaking examiners to teach the same levels that they examined.
Education
- 2024 Certificate in Teaching Very Young Learners, International House World
- 2023 Director of Studies Certificate, International House World
- 2020 MA Applied Linguistics & TESOL (Pass with Merit), The University of Leicester
- 2019 Certificate in Online Teacher Training (COLT), International House World
- 2019 Teacher Training Certificate, International House World
- 2019 Certificate in Teaching Young Learners, International House World
- 2017 Language Awareness Course, International House World
- 2006 CELTA (Pass B), International House Krakow
- 2004 Certificate in the Humanities, The Open University
- 2001 BSc (Hons) Physics (2.2), The University of Leicester