Teacher Training

Teacher training is my mission, passion and a part of my expertise. I strongly believe investment and effort we put into teacher development brings extra values that make a positive difference in many lives around us.

beginning

I have been training teachers in ELT since 1995. My first training experience was encouraged by my methodology teacher at The Mathei Bel University in Banská Bystrica. Michael W. Houten guided me through my first trainer steps at IATEFL Slovakia conference.

certification

In 2008 I was offered an ELT Consultant position in Oxford University Press Slovakia team. It comprised intensive contact with teachers of English and teacher training activities all around the country. Oxford University Press gave me an access to all new trends in ELT methodology and to modern study materials. I became Oxford Teachers’ Academy certified teacher trainer and got useful trainings in presentation and training skills.

experience

Later I participated at the main ELT conferences as a freelance trainer. I have worked mainly for Macmillan publishing house addressing their customers in Slovakia and The Czech Republic.

A big part of my training work has been devoted to Foreign Language Publications – the publisher of popular ELT magazines Hello, Hello Kids and Friendship. FLP gave me the chance to write ELT materials for their magazine articles. Teacher’s notes, activities and worksheets for students aimed to make the clasroom work easier for teachers.

Currently I am enjoying training Erasmus plus courses in Sardinia, working with teachers from different countries and environments. This type of training also widened the scope of topics that I cover: CLIL, Drama techniques in Education and Inclusion.

Working with in-work teachers is not only teacher training and seminars. I was chosen to join the team of 8 teachers’ mentors for regional RCPU Zvolen Detva Krupina. As a trained and qualified mentor I can help teachers reflect on their job directly in class, see the paths for improvements and motivate them to develop and grow.

impact on teachers

More than twenty years of my own teaching experience in ELT gives me a deep insight into teacher’s needs. I taught at the bilingual secondary schooll, at primary school (6 – 15) and I also ran my own private language school. Thanks to my teaching skills I am able to deliver also sample teaching lessons with real students of all segments, provide real case studies and authentic students’ works at my talks and workshops.