Teacher Training

CELTA TUTOR (MCT / ACT)
DELTA TUTOR M1, M2 & M3 (Specialising in ELTM)
TKT (MODULES 1-3 / YL / CLIL) TUTOR
TRINITY CERTTesol TUTOR & Course Director

CAMBRIDGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
ACADEMIC & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TUTOR
FACE-TO-FACE & ONLINE EXPERIENCE

ORGANISATIONS

SCHOOLS

In-person & Online Teacher Training Experience

TEACHER TRAINING QUALIFICATIONS

Since 1999 I have been involved in teacher training in various ways. As you will see from my qualifications I hold the following certificates:

International House Certificate in Online Tutoring
International House Teacher Training Certificate
CELTA ACT/MCT Tutor
DELTA Module 1 & 3 Tutor + TinT Module 2
Trinity CertTESOL Tutor
TKT Tutor (qualified in YL & CLIL)

I have given numerous teaching training input sessions in a variety of formats both Online and Face-to-Face. I have created robust Learning and Development Programmes for several private language organisations taking into account the varying levels of experience and skills of the cohorts.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

I have been a Learning and Development Manager for Cambridge University Press (CUP) since July 2020. Responsible for the Teaching Development of Japanese State School Secondary Teachers on two six-month programmes for the Japanese Ministry of Education.

ELT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TUTOR

I am an experienced and qualified online and face-to-face teacher trainer and since 2016 have been an online teacher trainer with IHWO OTTI training adult professionals on the following courses:

Director of Studies Course (IHDOS)
In-Service Teaching Certificate (IHCertificate)
Certificate in Online Tutoring (IH COLT)
Business Management Certificate
Customer Service Certificate
Business English Test Course
ELT Management DELTA Course

I now moderate the IHWO OTTI courses in both English and Spanish in collaboration with Cambridge Assessment.

'This was another very effective input session, Paul. The preparation was excellent, and you ensured there was a good variety of interactions....[trainees] were continuously engaged, and they benefitted from this session....Overall, this was a very practical session that had moments of instruction and moments of workshop-like stages.' Angelos Bollas (Main Course Tutor CELTAthens) June 2021

CELTA & DELTA TUTOR & Trinity CertTESOL Tutor & Course Director

I am a qualified and experienced CELTA & DELTA Tutor. Since September 2020 I have been giving input sessions on CELTA & have been the sole tutor on a DELTA ELTM Course. I am an approved DELTA Local Tutor for the British Council/IH London Distance DELTA, I am a tutor preparing candidates for DELTA Module 1 and have tutored on the ELTManagement Module with CELTAthens since September 2020. You can see some feedback below.

'A very good assessment, Paul, covering all the main areas....it is a credit to you that the issues causing this dilemma are exactly the right ones. Your wording is extremely good and easy to read...and with the high standard of your comments.....' Paulette Milego (Course Coordinator - The Distance DELTA) Sept 2003

EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT

I have carried out in-house teacher-training in several schools which, in one case, lead to my team becoming published teachers on Macmillan’s onestopenglish site. I have designed bespoke teacher training schemes for three major ELT centres and trained both private and state sector school teachers in a wide variety of topics all around the world.

I have given teacher training input sessions at international conferences both face-to-face and online and designed bespoke online teacher training courses using Edmodo, Canvas and Moodle in which I am also a certified user. I have written Teacher Training materials for the Department of Education of Egypt I am a Certified Google Educator and Guest Teacher Trainer for the Spanish Teacher Training Course at Oxford House based on Barcelona.

Conference Talks

CETA Symposium - 'Creating positive learning journeys online: supporting CELTA trainees, tutors, and business growth' - September 2025
CETA Symposium - 'How far right do you swing? - coaching techniques for teacher trainers' - September 2024
Webinar - The Earn Learn Thrive LinkedIn Lives - 'What makes for effective online teaching?' - May 2024
CELTA Webinar - Cambridge University Press & Assessment - January 2023 - 'Some guidance on remote observation of face-to-face CELTA
Speaker at META - Moldova English Teacher's Association, October 2022. 'Life-changing opportunities for English teachers'. Representing CeltAthens.
Speaker at Nile TESOL, January 2022. Representing York Press. 'Staying connected and one step ahead with Connect Plus'
Speaker at World Education Summit, December 17th-18th 2021. Representing York Press. 'Interdisciplinary Approach and Education 2.0: All the right ingredients'.
Speaker at International Publisher's Exhibition, August 30th 2021, Representing CeltAthens.
Speaker in Academic Management Section at ACEIA Conference: ‘Observations - The make or break of a teacher’. November 23rd 2019.
Speaker in Academic Management Section at ACEIA Conference: ‘The Teacher as Client’. November 10th 2018.
Speaker at International House World Organisation online Conference. November 2013.
Organised International House Andalusia Teachers’ Conference. Cordoba, February 2012.
Teacher trainer on ACEIA Guest Speaker Scheme in Andalusia.
Speaker at ACEIA 2009 Conference ‘Teaching Language Skills’.
Speaker at ACEIA 2007 Conference ‘Please Turn your Mobile Phone On’.
Speaker at CETA, Cordoba Conference May 11-12th 2007 talk entitled ‘Gadgets Galore’.

Articles

Modern English Teacher - 'Transform your Live Online Teaching', Issue 1, Vol 34, Feb 2025
Modern English Teacher - 'Transform Your Live Online Teaching', Issue 2, Vol 34, April 2025
Modern English Teacher - 'Alternative Approaches to Effective Live Online Teaching', Issue 3, Vol 34, June 2025
Modern English Teacher - 'Safety in Live Online Lessons', Issue 5, Vol 34, Oct 2025
IATEFL Young Learners and Teens Special Interest Group - 'Community Language Learning for Reluctant Teens' Issue 1, 2025
Modern English Teacher – March/April 2022 'The Teacher as Client'.
English Teaching Professional, May 2007, Technology section 'Gadgets Galore'.
English Teaching Professional , January 2007, 'It works in practice'.
English Teaching Professional, April 2010, ‘Using chopsticks in class’.
IT’s Magazine – A lesson idea published in an international competition of ideas.

WEBINAR PRESENTER

I have given teacher training input sessions at international conferences both face-to-face and online and designed. I have also given online Webinars for Cambridge University Press and Assessment and York Press both in conjunction with state Ministries of Education in Japan and Egypt respectively.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Cambridge University Press & Assessment with the Japanese Ministry of Education

York Press with the Egyptian Ministry of Education

Developed Teachers to become Authors

In collaboration with Macmillan's OneStopEnglish site I helped ALL the teachers of one Language School become published authors through the Lesson Share competition. Some teachers went on to write for other publishers and at least two are now school owners!