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Meet the INTESOL Staff
INTESOL staff are dedicated to providing the highest level of tuition, be it onsite or online. All trainers are well qualified in TESOL at all levels, with a wealth of experience in teaching ESOL, ESP and EAP at all levels from primary to university, plus examining for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and materials writing. INTESOL WORLDWIDE has been established since 1993 and has sold many TESOL/TEFL courses to students who have been looking for a quality, accredited TESOL course. INTESOL is run by Course Director, Lynda Hazelwood, who has vast experience in the field of teacher training in ESOL. Lynda is assisted by Technical Administrator, David Buckle who has a background in English and IT. INTESOL Head Office Lynda Hazelwood - Course Director
Lynda Hazelwood has been teaching languages since 1971. Since then she has taught in England and overseas, in both the public and private sectors, in primary, senior and adult education. She also has experience of English for Academic Purposes and materials writing at university level. Lynda has been employed by the British Council for whom she taught all levels including Cambridge exam classes and English for Specific Purposes. She has been an examiner for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and for the Pan-Hellenic Association of Language School Owners in Greece. Lynda founded INTESOL in 1993 in Bristol, England. A variety of courses and services were provided including one-to-one language tuition; adult language classes; French clubs for 5 - 11 year olds; English home stays for foreign learners and weekend introductory courses in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The most successful of these became the weekend introductory courses in TESOL. 80% of the participants wanted to take a course, which would qualify them to teach ESOL, but most could not give up four weeks of their time to study. Lynda decided to develop course materials for home study which soon developed into the world renowned INTESOL Certificate in TESOL by distance learning. A short time later the course achieved accreditation and is now one of the most respected courses worldwide.
David Buckle - Technical Administrator
David Buckle has been working for INTESOL since 2001 and looks after the technical aspects of the business. He has a BSc in Computing and Technology, and a good knowledge of both computer hardware and software systems. David's duties cover general IT matters including website updates, maintenance of computing equipment and general technical administration tasks. He also assists in the production, printing, and sending out of prospectuses, information packs and course materials.
INTESOL Central Admissions Leigh Beckford - Marketing Manager
Leigh's passion for teaching and travelling began at the age of 24 when she left the UK to go travelling in the Far East, Australia and Central America. Eight months travelling around South East Asia opened her eyes to the opportunities for English teachers to integrate into society and become fully involved in local culture. With a new found freedom and lease of life Leigh travelled on to Australia. Whilst there she decided to study towards her TESOL certificate with INTESOL, and within three months she was qualified to teach English as a foreign language. After a year in Australia she returned to South East Asia where she enjoyed teaching local communities in both Thailand and Cambodia. She then moved on to spend a year teaching children at a private language institute in South Korea. Her year in South Korea taught her a great deal about adapting to life in a completely different culture and she left feeling satisfied that she had developed not only as a teacher, but also as a person. Before eventually returning to the UK Leigh spent a glorious four months living on a Caribbean island called Roatan, just off the coast of Honduras. She worked part-time teaching English in a local school whilst also learning how to scuba dive. Since returning to the UK Leigh has dedicated her time to encouraging others to do what she did, take a career break and teach English abroad.
Adam Hunt - TESOL Careers Advisor After graduating Adam worked in the UK for 4 years, his first job was with a major coffee roaster and then for British Telecom as a global accounts manager. Whilst Adam's employment rewarded him with generous salaries he felt that there must be more to life than simply making money. At 25 Adam gained a TESOL certificate with INTESOL and set off on a career break. Adam's career break enabled him to live, work and travel in all continents of the world. 30 countries and 4 years later Adam's career break had turned into an adventurous and exciting life, a life he is keen to promote and encourage to others and continue for himself.
Adam Says "With hindsight it is apparent what was missing in my life. Most people in the world today suffer a sense of personal powerlessness and pointlessness. They feel a lack of direction and a desire for 'change'. When these feelings build we start to question 'why?', because, essentially, we feel there must be more to life - more meaning, more purpose. Travelling the world and teaching my native language gives me this meaning, rewards me with greater understanding and offers me the freedom to live wherever, whenever I choose".
Adam's extensive experience enables him to offer you advice and guidance on where and how to find work, who you might teach and what it will be like.
Adam has a passion for nature, is a qualified dive master and is passionate about all things fish. Adam loves nothing more than a warm tropical island and the big brother feeling he gets from teaching young students. INTESOL Tutors Jean Binns - Senior Tutor
Jean has an MEd TESOL (Manchester, 1996). She has 15 years teaching experience in UK state primary, secondary and further education, 9 years in IAPS education, 10 years in state education overseas at secondary and university level. Jean is an experienced Teacher Trainer and trainer of Teacher Trainers and is also a specialist in Appraisal and Materials Design, and specialises in teaching writing skills.
Reg Burgin - Senior Tutor
Reg was born in Lancaster and has spent most of his professional life in Bath, where he now teaches foreign groups and individuals at various levels. He has worked for INTESOL since 1993.
Reg is a fully qualified languages and EFL teacher. A graduate of Sheffield University, he spent the seventies teaching English in Madrid. A one-year PGCE course at Manchester University helped him to prepare for the rigors of the English classroom, which he experienced in both Bath and the Midlands.
His hobbies include travel and ornithology.
Vincent Ferrer - Senior Tutor
Vincent has an impressive professional and academic background holding an MA in Education and English Language Teaching and The Trinity London College Licentiate Diploma in TESOL.
Of American and Spanish descent, Vincent has had a long career in TEFL / TESOL. He has had a number of teaching and managerial positions over the years: from teaching young learners to Director of Studies on EFL Summer Camps to Course Director and Academic Consultant on a number of TEFL training courses.
Vincent is the author of a number of articles on various aspects of TEFL and has been a guest speaker in international conferences and symposiums. Currently he is utterly committed to training English Language teachers and his main motivation is, in his own words, to 'better our courses constantly so that our teachers not only satisfy the demands of the market but actually make a difference when they teach'. In his free time Vincent enjoys cinema and playing old pop and rock songs on his acoustic guitar.
Jane Fairbairn - Tutor
Jane speaks French, Russian, German and Spanish, some Italian and is currently learning Japanese.
She is a degree qualified teacher in French and Russian. She also holds the Institute of Linguists translation Diploma in Russian and French to English; she is a member of the Institute of Linguists and is qualified in TEFL to Diploma level.
Jane has a wealth of experience, gained mainly in England, as an examiner for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and for the London Chamber of Commerce. Jane still also does French and Russian Translation work, teaches onsite at college and tutors INTESOL distance trainees.
Rocco Nigro - Tutor
Rocco has been involved in the TEFL industry for over 10 years as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager and examiner for TOEIC. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and has previously worked in Japan for two years and in China from 2001 to 2003. His initial studies include a Diploma in Engineering, and afterwards he completed a Master of Applied Linguistics through Macquarie University in Australia to add to his CELTA qualification. In the future, Rocco and his family are keen to spend more time abroad as there are many more adventures to be had!
Mihaela Dascalu - Tutor
Mihaela has run many pre-service and in-service training courses both face-to-face and distance courses in Romania and Greece; and delivered workshops at many international conferences.
She has worked for a number of British Council projects on developing teacher training and training of trainers programmes. Mihaela has developed and coordinated onsite and distance training courses and has trained teachers for over thirteen years. She is the co-author of the In-service Distance Training Course for Teachers of English, British Council. She holds a Licentiate Diploma in English Language and Literature and French Language and Literature and an MA in Teaching at the School for International Training, Vermont, USA.
Being a non-native speaker of English, she has experience of being a learner of English that is invaluable for developing the native speakers' awareness of teaching their own language.
Mihaela loves music from all over the world, travelling and dancing.
INTESOL Spain Stephen Halden - Course Director
Stephen has developed and coordinated onsite and online training courses and has trained teachers for over ten years. He holds a Licentiate Diploma, Post-Graduate Diploma, and an MA in TEFL.
Stephen has worked as a senior teacher, lead teacher-trainer and Director of Studies and training in Spain, Britain and Mexico. During this time, he has held senior academic positions in the British Council, and has worked as an Academic Consultant developing teacher training programmes for other prestigious training organizations.
Stephen loves music and used to play bass guitar in a popular band, his passion for new experience has encouraged him to travel and trek throughout the world.
Jonathan Davies - Onsite Trainer
Jonathan Davies is an experienced TESOL trainer. He qualified as a UK secondary school teacher of French, Spanish and TEFL in 1994 from Bristol University, and has worked in EFL in Spain and France ever since. He taught at the British Council from 1995 to 1997 where he gave seminars around Spain on the subject of teaching Young Learners, a growing field in the EFL world.
Jonathan now divides his time between teaching EFL at the University of Barcelona, and training at INTESOL Spain. He believes in continuing a teaching timetable whilst training teachers, so that the trainees receive the best possible input.
An ex tour guide for Spain, Jon is also a great source of information of places to visit in and around Barcelona; this enables trainees to have a truly enriching experience.
When not working or dining in one of Barcelona's wonderful restaurants, he can be found racing his bicycle around the surrounding towns and villages.
Dasi Ruz - Office Manager
Dasi, who is responsible for administrative tasks, is bilingual and has been running offices all over the world for nearly six years. She has a degree from Edith Cowan University in Australia and has been living in Spain for two years.
Caitlin Uzzell - Student Services Manager
Caitlin is responsible for marketing the course, answering all questions from future trainees, and making current trainees comfortable in this new environment. She has worked in businesses in the United States, is TEFL certified and has taught TEFL in Spain. Caitlin has both a background in human resources as well as personal experience with this venture abroad. She holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Texas, Austin.
INTESOL Singapore Joyce Seow - Director
Joyce has extensive experience in the fields of Public Relations, the Hospitality Industry and Management. She has been involved in the training and counselling of staff in various organisations and has been editor of two magazines. She trained in TEFL at the University of the Nations, Hawaii and The Australian Centre for Advance Studies, Perth Western Australia.
Prof Gregg Wareham - Lecturer Prof. Gregg Wareham received his MA/TESOL from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania (IUP).
Gregg's Asian TESOL experience began in 1995 where he taught in Kuming Yunnan, People's Republic of China (PRC). He taught at a private language centre as well as at The Yunnan Institute for Minorities, and Business English at a computer centre. Gregg also taught conversational English at Xinjiang University in Xinjiang Province (PRC).
In August 2001 he joined the faculty of Handong Global University. He taught and fronted a group of students in TESOL to work in Thailand and Cambodia.
Gregg enjoys his latest challenge as a trainer with INTESOL Singapore. INTESOL Peru Ken Jones - Executive Director
Executive Director of INTESOL Peru, Ken is a US citizen with permanent residency in Peru.
Born and raised in upstate New York and Southern Louisiana, Ken has made Peru his home
for more than 3 years now. He speaks English and Spanish fluently, and has more than 15
years of experience living and working in various parts of the world - including South
America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Ken has a Bachelor's in Communications, a Masters in
Human Resources and Organizational Development, and an MBA in International Business.
He has worked in international business development, professional training, and education
for 16 years. He is TESOL certified and began teaching English in 1998.
top of page Mark Deming - Primary Trainer Mark is INTESOL Peru's primary TESOL/TEFL trainer. He graduated Summa Cum Laude
with a Bachelor's in Political Science and Latin American Studies. He also completed a 1000
hour post-graduate course in TESOL at Seattle Pacific University. Mark has travelled and
taught in Spain, Central America, and South America, is fluent in both English and
Spanish and also speaks conversational French. Tom Kearin
Tom was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and now makes his home in Cusco,
Peru. He is an ex-corporate Vice President turned ESL teacher with more than 18 years
experience in technology companies and consulting. Tom has travelled most of the world
and has spent the majority of his time in South America and Europe. Tom has a Bachelor's
in Accounting and an MBA in Finance; he is also a certified accountant (CPA). Tom is also
TEFL certified, and was previously an Accounting professor at the University of Nevada,
though He has now turned his passion for teaching to the field of ESL.
Heidy Aspilcueta An assistant TESOL/TEFL trainer, Heidy is a Peruvian citizen, born and raised in Cusco. She
is a native Spanish speaker, and also holds a proficiency certification in English from the
University of Michigan; and she speaks conversational French. Heidy has a Bachelor's in
Systems Engineering and is TEFL certified. Heidy has been teaching ESL for 6 years and has
taught at both the university level and at the primary school level; as well as teaching at
the Cusco Pedagogical Institute as a teacher trainer.
INTESOL Costa Rica Ken Jones - Executive Director
Also Executive Director of INTESOL Peru, Ken is a US citizen with permanent residency in Peru.
Born and raised in upstate New York and Southern Louisiana, Ken has made Peru his home
for more than 3 years now. He speaks English and Spanish fluently, and has more than 15
years of experience living and working in various parts of the world - including South
America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Ken has a Bachelor's in Communications, a Masters in
Human Resources and Organizational Development, and an MBA in International Business.
He has worked in international business development, professional training, and education
for 16 years. He is TESOL certified and began teaching English in 1998.
INTESOL South Africa Trish Cooper - Course Director
Trish discovered linguistics in the course of her first year at university and has never looked back. She completed an Honours degree in Linguistics and a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics, and worked as a lecturer in the field of Linguistics for several years. She taught in India and Angola following the completion of a CELTA course, and became involved in English for Academic Purposes programmes at universities on her return to South Africa. She was primarily responsible for setting up a small language unit which offered English to French-speaking college students, and moved from there to Wits Language School in Johannesburg, where she is Head of full-time English. Trish has always thrived on personal interaction, and firmly believes that one of the best aspects of a career in language teaching is the opportunity to meet people from a range of different nationalities and diverse cultures.
Georgina Ma - Trainer
Georgina's passion for English language teaching began at University where she tutored English to second language undergraduate students. After completing an Honours degree in English she travelled to Taiwan where she taught English at a private language school for two years. She completed her training in teaching English as a foreign language while in Taiwan. On her return to South Africa, Georgina taught English to high school students at a public school. She then returned to the East, where she gained further experience teaching English to children and adults while working as a senior teacher and director of studies at schools in China. She has experience in teaching business English, English for exam purposes and Professional English courses. It was while living in China that Georgina learnt to speak Mandarin Chinese. She has been based in South Africa for the past three years where she has taught English improvement and professional English courses. She worked as a TEFL trainer, teaching practice observer and taught Mandarin Chinese in the Unknown Foreign Language sessions of the course. Georgina's interests lie in the professional development of language teachers in South Africa and the learning and teaching of Mandarin Chinese. INTESOL Turkey Mehmet Nejat Can - Director of Information Technology.
Mehmet Nejat Can was born in Amsterdam, Holland and studied both German and English for 4 years at College before graduating in Mathematics in 2000.
In 2001 he founded and directed an Information Technology Department in a Private High School.
In 2004 Nejat began working in American Cultural Association Language Schools (ACA) as an IT Specialist and English Teacher.
He was one of the executives who improved the franchising department and helped to establish ACA as the largest and most prestigious language school network in Turkey.
In August 2007 he qualified as Teacher Trainer for the INTESOL Certificate in TESOL.
Nejat is currently directing the Information Technology Department and TESOL courses at ACA.
Deborah Hudson - Director of Studies
Deborah Hudson is a native English speaker from the north of England. She worked for a number of years as a therapist in the field of Psychiatry before moving to Turkey and starting her career in teaching. She is currently working as the Director of Studies at American Cultural Association Language Schools. In her capacity as Director of Studies, Deborah is responsible for developing and implementing language programmes, training and supporting staff in their professional development and is dedicated to promoting quality language education.
Erol Sakalli - Senior Tutor
Since gaining a degree in Foreign Language Education in 2000, Erol has been teaching EFL at various institutions. First he taught at a language school in Istanbul and then at Istanbul Technical University after which he taught Linguistics and Semantics at Usak University. Currently, he is combining writing his Ph.D dissertation on 'Turkic World Literature' with his teaching work at American Cultural Association Language Schools. Sedef Bircan - ESP Tutor
Sedef completed her undergraduate study in French at the Sorborne University in 1969. Since 1978 she has been involved in the Intensive Teaching Experience. She then continued her studies by following Post Graduate Study C.T.E.S.L at the Carleton University, Ottowa, Canada in 1981. Sedef specialises in teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and is an enthusiastic and important member of staff at INTESOL Turkey.
Emilee Nowak - Tutor
Emilee graduated from the State University at Buffalo in the USA, double majoring in Latin Language and Literature as well as English Literature. She spent her senior year as an exchange student at Bogazici University in Turkey. Emilee received her Teaching Certificate online in 2007 and has been teaching at American Cultural Association for 2 years.
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