SIT Graduate Institute TESOL Certificate and Best Practices in TESOL
Meet Our Trainers
Africa
Jacqui Lück
Jacqui Lück is from South Africa and has over 20 years teaching experience. Eight years was spent teaching English at a high school and 15 years at a university.
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John Kongsvik
John Kongsvik earned his Master of Arts in Teaching from SIT.
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- Sergei Nesterenko
Sergei is an affiliated faculty member with the SIT Graduate Institute of World Learning. He holds two Master degrees (in TESOL and Management) and has been a professional language teacher and teacher educator since 1990.
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Susan Berry
Susan Berry earned her Master of Arts in TESOL from the School for International Training. She is originally from Santa Cruz, CA and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara.
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Wagner Veillard
Wagner Veillard is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program. A native of Brazil, he has taught and trained in South America, North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Eastern Europe for 18 years.
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Asia and the Pacific
Andriy Ruzhynskiy
Andriy Ruzhynskiy is a Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer at International House Language Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 1984 he graduated with honors from Kharkiv State University, and in 1990 obtained his PhD in teaching. Since then he has taught English and Russian to students from all over the world.
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Andy Noonan
Andy Noonan is from Portland, Oregon, but has no idea where home is or is going to be. He has taught for a total of 8 years in Japan in several different schools, including the JICA training center for volunteers about to work in developing countries.
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- Autumn Clark
Autumn Clark is from the Berkshires in western Massachusetts and has been living and working in NY for about 6 years. She has a Bachelor degree in Theater and Education and has been teaching English as a second language for 4 years (General English, TOEFL Preparation, and Basic Writing Composition).
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- Barry Doyle
Barry has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Cultural Studies/Anthropology from Trent University, Canada. Since 2002 he has lived in Thailand and been part of the ELT community.
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Bernice Clark
Bernice Clark is Teacher Training Coordinator at the American Center in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). She has lived and worked in Asia for 17 years, in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and now Myanmar.
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David Boesch
After getting his Masters in Teaching from SUNY Potsdam in 2005, David traveled to Korea where he taught for five years. .
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- Ellen Bradley
A graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program, Ellen Bradley has over 30 years' teaching and training experience in Asia and North America and lived and taught in Japan for four years.
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Gina Thurston
Gina Thurston earned her Master's of Arts in Teaching from SIT in 1997. Over the past 12 years she has been involved in teaching, teacher training and program administration in Japan, the United States, Mexico and the Czech Republic.
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Helen Smith
Helen Smith, a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program (MAT 27), hails from the UK but immigrated to Australia in 2001. An EFL teacher since 1987, she has taught in many countries including Turkey, Italy, Japan and the Czech Republic.
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- Isabela Vasiliu
Isabela came to Thailand from her home in Romania in 2006. Before that she was a university teacher for six years at the "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceya, Romania.
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- James Brawn
James has over fifteen years of teaching experience, nearly ten years of experience with curriculum and materials development, and over five years of teacher-training experience. He started as a high school English teacher in Texas, but a sense of adventure pushed him to distant shores.
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James Wu
James Wu was born in Taiwan and moved to North America with family at the age of 9. He has taught English in Japan, Costa Rica, Switzerland, the United States and on the Internet.
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Jeff Puccini
Originally from Chicago, Jeff received his BA from UW-Madison in English Lit. From SIT, he received his TESOL Certificate and Master of Arts in TESOL (go SMAT 27!).
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Joshua Kurzweil
Josh began his teaching career in 1990. He has taught and trained in Japan, Spain, the Republic of Georgia, and the United States.
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Justin Trullinger
Justin Trullinger is a language teacher, teacher trainer, and student of languages with experience in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He is currently living in Seoul, South Korea, and has recently worked in Korea, Myanmar, Ecuador, and the US.
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- Kate Hyde
Kate Hyde is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program and has been teaching for almost 15 years.
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Kevin Giddens
Born and raised in North Carolina, Kevin’s passion for teaching and intercultural understanding led him to a BA in Anthropology and the MA in TESOL at SIT Graduate Institute.
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Lynne Coetzer
Lynne holds a BA in Development Administration from the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town and a Bachelor of Law from the University of South Africa.
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Mary Scholl
Mary Scholl, a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program, has been teaching for 15 years. She has taught in both public and private settings in Asia, North America and South America.
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Mei Lan Frame
Mei Lan has worked in the field of English language teaching for over 18 years as a teacher, consultant and teacher trainer. She holds an MA in Asian Religion from the University of Hawaii, as well as a TEFL diploma from the English Language Center in London.
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Micah Risher
I have an M.Ed. in International Education and a B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology. My enthusiasm for education has led me to be a project manager in Afghanistan, an English Language Fellow in Bangladesh, a college student in India, a workshop presenter in Nepal, and a classroom teacher in Poland, Ukraine and South Korea.
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Michael McMillan
Michael McMillan is a graduate of SIT’s Master of Arts in Teaching program, and also has an MS from Columbia University in Urban Planning. A native of the US, Michael has lived in Thailand since 2003.
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Mike Griffin
Michael Griffin is originally from Connecticut but hasn't lived in the States for 10 years. When he visits the US he divides his time between New York City and Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
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Philip Thompson
Philip Thompson hails from Sheffield, England and has an MA as well as a CELTA from his hometown University.
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Roger Ramirez
Roger was born in Brooklyn New York and moved to Costa Rica at the age of 14 with his family. Roger received his BA from Universidad de Costa Rica in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
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Ron Bradley
Ron Bradley earned his Master of Arts in Teaching from SIT in 1971. He has taught and trained throughout Asia and North America during a 35-year career that has taken him to more than 35 countries. He has done training in Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand, Korea, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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Sara Davila
Sara Davila has been teaching and training teachers for over ten years. She first started teaching as a volunteer with Americorps, working to develop arts programming in Chicago.
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- Sergei Nesterenko
Sergei is an affiliated faculty member with the SIT Graduate Institute of World Learning. He holds two Master degrees (in TESOL and Management) and has been a professional language teacher and teacher educator since 1990.
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Siobhan Dean
Siobhan has a degree in European business, a post-graduate degree in Strategic Marketing Management and started an MSc in Transactional Analysis.
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Steven Tait
Steve earned his M.Ed in TESOL from the University of Wollongong in Australia. As well as overseeing administration and training for SIT TESOL courses, he works as the Supervisor responsible for Teacher Development at AUA Language Center in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Stuart McMullen
Stuart McMullen earned his Master of Education Med. in 2008 from the Open University in London. He currently lives and works in Thailand, and has been there since 2008.
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Tana Ebaugh
Tana Ebaugh has been a teacher educator since 2001 working in Thailand, the United States and South Korea. She holds undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Electronics, and a Masters in the Art of Teaching.
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- Wagner Veillard
Wagner Veillard is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program. A native of Brazil, he has taught and trained in South America, North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Eastern Europe for 18 years.
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Europe
Alexis Johnson
Alexis is the Executive Director and co-founder of the International Language Institute of MA, Inc .
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- Andriy Ruzhynskiy
Andriy Ruzhynskiy is a Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer at International House Language Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 1984 he graduated with honors from Kharkiv State University, and in 1990 obtained his PhD in teaching. Since then he has taught English and Russian to students from all over the world.
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- Annie Polatsek
Annie Polatsek graduated from SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program. After a stopover in Japan, she traveled the world as an English Language Fellow/Coordinator for the next 8 years in Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Bosnia, Albania, Indonesia & Croatia.
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- David Boesch
After getting his Masters in Teaching from SUNY Potsdam in 2005, David traveled to Korea where he taught for five years. .
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David Donaldson
David Donaldson has been living and teaching English in Barcelona for over 30 years. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and holds the Cambridge DELTA Diploma.
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David Read
David Read holds an MSc in TESOL from Aston University, in addition to the Cambridge CELTA and Trinity TESOL Diploma.
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- James Wu
James Wu was born in Taiwan and moved to North America with family at the age of 9. He has taught English in Japan, Costa Rica, Switzerland, the United States and on the Internet.
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- Jennifer Gemma
Jennifer Gemma earned her Master’s Degree in TESOL from St. Mary´s College of California. She has been teaching (Spanish and EFL/ESL) for over seven years and training for a year and a half.
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- Joshua Kurzweil
Josh began his teaching career in 1990. He has taught and trained in Japan, Spain, the Republic of Georgia, and the United States.
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- Justin Trullinger
Justin Trullinger is a language teacher, teacher trainer, and student of languages with experience in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He is currently living in Seoul, South Korea, and has recently worked in Korea, Myanmar, Ecuador, and the US.
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Kate Cook
Kate has Master's degrees in Literature and Information Science and earned her post-graduate certificate in TESOL from the University of Toronto, Ontario.
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- Micah Risher
I have an M.Ed. in International Education and a B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology. My enthusiasm for education has led me to be a project manager in Afghanistan, an English Language Fellow in Bangladesh, a college student in India, a workshop presenter in Nepal, and a classroom teacher in Poland, Ukraine and South Korea.
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Tanya Klymenko
Tanya Klymenko graduated with honors from Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine, where she received a Master’s Degree in TESOL. She holds the IH Certificate in Teaching English to Adults and the IHCYL.
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Victoriya Kovalevska
A native of Berdyansk, Ukraine, Viktoriya Kovalevska has been teaching English to learners of various ages and levels since 2002. She is also an experienced Spanish and Russian instructor.
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- Wagner Veillard
Wagner Veillard is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program. A native of Brazil, he has taught and trained in South America, North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Eastern Europe for 18 years.
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Zhenya Polosatova
I hold two Master degrees (in TESOL and Psychology) and have been teaching adults and children since 1998.
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Latin America
- Alexis Johnson
Alexis is the Executive Director and co-founder of the International Language Institute of MA, Inc .
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Caroline Gear
Caroline Gear has been at the International Language Institute of Massachusetts located in Northampton, MA since 1986 as teacher, administrator and teacher trainer.
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Dana Horstein
Dana Horstein worked as an English language instructor in Chicago for 8 years before moving to Mexico to teach EFL in 2010.
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Debbie Goldman
Debbie has a BS in Spanish / Linguistics from Georgetown University, is a graduate of the International Diploma in Language Teaching Management (IDLTM) program and recently finished her Master’s Degree in TEFL. She has trained teachers in the US, Brazil and Mexico. She is also co-author of two EFL textbooks.
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- Elias Castillo
My life started sixty one years ago in a paradisiacal community of Ecuador surrounded by mountains and crossed by rivers. My education took me to different cities of my country. When I was twelve years old, I became in contact with languages: I studied Italian, Latin and Old Greek, then English and Quichua; also I took a short course in German.
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Gen Dunlap
Gen Dunlap earned her Master of Arts degree in TESOL from the California State University at East Bay in 2009 and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of San Diego in 1994.
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German Gomez
German Gomez studied Economics at Tulane University in New Orleans and at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala City. He also holds a TESOL certificate from the School for International Training (SIT). He has worked as an EFL teacher and teacher trainer over the past 12 years.
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- Gina Thurston
Gina Thurston earned her Master's of Arts in Teaching from SIT in 1997. Over the past 12 years she has been involved in teaching, teacher training and program administration in Japan, the United States, Mexico and the Czech Republic.
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Hector Alvarado
Hector studied Mechanical Engineering and Human Resources Administration. He holds a TESOL Certificate from The School for International Training-SIT. He has taught EFL students of different ages and levels. He has also worked as the courses coordinator, teacher trainer and site academic coordinator for a branch of the bi-national center (Instituto Guatemalteco Americano-IGA) in Quetzatenango, Guatemala.
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Ivan Quinteros
Ivan Quinteros has been a teacher and a teacher trainer for over 12 years. During this time he has participated in several teacher training courses such as the Teacher Training Course and the SIT TESOL Certificate Course. He has also participated in several language teaching conferences in Guatemala.
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- James Wu
James Wu was born in Taiwan and moved to North America with family at the age of 9. He has taught English in Japan, Costa Rica, Switzerland, the United States and on the Internet.
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- Jeff Puccini
Originally from Chicago, Jeff received his BA from UW-Madison in English Lit. From SIT, he received his TESOL Certificate and Master of Arts in TESOL (go SMAT 27!).
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Joah McGee
Joah McGee was infected by the travel bug from a young age, when he was introduced to different parts of North America on family vacations.
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- John Kongsvik
John Kongsvik earned his Master of Arts in Teaching from SIT.
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- Justin Trullinger
Justin Trullinger is a language teacher, teacher trainer, and student of languages with experience in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He is currently living in Seoul, South Korea, and has recently worked in Korea, Myanmar, Ecuador, and the US.
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- Karine Roesch
Karine Roesch is International Language Institute (ILI) of Massachusetts TESOL Training Program Coordinator. Since joining the school in 1992, she has taught ESOL and French, as well as trained and supervised teachers in various ILI programs.
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- Kate Hyde
Kate Hyde is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program and has been teaching for almost 15 years.
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- Kevin Giddens
Born and raised in North Carolina, Kevin’s passion for teaching and intercultural understanding led him to a BA in Anthropology and the MA in TESOL at SIT Graduate Institute.
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Maria Teresa de la Torre Aranda
Maria Teresa (Terry) Aranda earned her MAT from SIT in 2001 and became a licensed SIT TESOL Certificate trainer in 2004. A native of Spain, Terry grew up in Brazil, where she has taught English and trained teachers in the private and public sectors.
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Maristela Silva
Maristela Silva earned her Master of Arts in American Studies from Washington State University and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Amazonas Federal University in Manaus, Brazil.
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- Mary Scholl
Mary Scholl, a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program, has been teaching for 15 years. She has taught in both public and private settings in Asia, North America and South America.
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- Roger Ramirez
Roger was born in Brooklyn New York and moved to Costa Rica at the age of 14 with his family. Roger received his BA from Universidad de Costa Rica in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
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- Ron Bradley
Ron Bradley earned his Master of Arts in Teaching from SIT in 1971. He has taught and trained throughout Asia and North America during a 35-year career that has taken him to more than 35 countries. He has done training in Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand, Korea, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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Rosane Correia
Rosane Correia has a Masters of Arts in Applied Linguistics from the State University of Campinas, Brazil. She's originally from Rio de Janeiro.
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Shirley (Lewis) Mantilla
As a small town Kansas girl, Shirley Mantilla dreamed of living in the Andes on the equator.
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- Wagner Veillard
Wagner Veillard is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program. A native of Brazil, he has taught and trained in South America, North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Eastern Europe for 18 years.
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North America
- Andriy Ruzhynskiy
Andriy Ruzhynskiy is a Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer at International House Language Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 1984 he graduated with honors from Kharkiv State University, and in 1990 obtained his PhD in teaching. Since then he has taught English and Russian to students from all over the world.
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- Autumn Clark
Autumn Clark is from the Berkshires in western Massachusetts and has been living and working in NY for about 6 years. She has a Bachelor degree in Theater and Education and has been teaching English as a second language for 4 years (General English, TOEFL Preparation, and Basic Writing Composition).
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Betsy Rider
Betsy taught in the Intensive English Language Institute at Worcester State University for two years, and has taught Intensive English, TOEFL Preparation, English for Immigrants and Refugees, and the TESOL Certificate course, all at the International Language Institute of Massachusetts in Northampton, MA.
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Brian Long
Brian Long is currently a full-time EdD student in Adult Learning and Leadership at Teachers College Columbia University.
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- David Boesch
After getting his Masters in Teaching from SUNY Potsdam in 2005, David traveled to Korea where he taught for five years. .
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Dawn Wink
Dawn Wink received a BA in International Relations, an MA in Bilingual/Cross-cultural Leadership, and has lived in Mexico, Spain, and Germany. Co-author of the book, “Teaching Passionately: What’s Love Got To Do With It?”, her articles and essays about multicultural and multilingual education have appeared in numerous journals and books.
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- Ellen Bradley
A graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program, Ellen Bradley has over 30 years' teaching and training experience in Asia and North America and lived and taught in Japan for four years.
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- Gina Thurston
Gina Thurston earned her Master's of Arts in Teaching from SIT in 1997. Over the past 12 years she has been involved in teaching, teacher training and program administration in Japan, the United States, Mexico and the Czech Republic.
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- Joah McGee
Joah McGee was infected by the travel bug from a young age, when he was introduced to different parts of North America on family vacations.
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- John Kongsvik
John Kongsvik earned his Master of Arts in Teaching from SIT.
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- Joshua Kurzweil
Josh began his teaching career in 1990. He has taught and trained in Japan, Spain, the Republic of Georgia, and the United States.
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- Kate Hyde
Kate Hyde is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program and has been teaching for almost 15 years.
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- Maristela Silva
Maristela Silva earned her Master of Arts in American Studies from Washington State University and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Amazonas Federal University in Manaus, Brazil.
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- Mary Scholl
Mary Scholl, a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program, has been teaching for 15 years. She has taught in both public and private settings in Asia, North America and South America.
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- Mei Lan Frame
Mei Lan has worked in the field of English language teaching for over 18 years as a teacher, consultant and teacher trainer. She holds an MA in Asian Religion from the University of Hawaii, as well as a TEFL diploma from the English Language Center in London.
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- Ron Bradley
Ron Bradley earned his Master of Arts in Teaching from SIT in 1971. He has taught and trained throughout Asia and North America during a 35-year career that has taken him to more than 35 countries. He has done training in Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand, Korea, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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- Sergei Nesterenko
Sergei is an affiliated faculty member with the SIT Graduate Institute of World Learning. He holds two Master degrees (in TESOL and Management) and has been a professional language teacher and teacher educator since 1990.
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- Susan Berry
Susan Berry earned her Master of Arts in TESOL from the School for International Training. She is originally from Santa Cruz, CA and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara.
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Susan Renaud
Susan earned her post-graduate certificate in TESL from Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada. She began teaching as a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland, Africa in 1968, and has been teaching on and off ever since.
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- Tana Ebaugh
Tana Ebaugh has been a teacher educator since 2001 working in Thailand, the United States and South Korea. She holds undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Electronics, and a Masters in the Art of Teaching.
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Thomas Topham
Tom has a BA in Philosophy, as well as the Cambridge CELTA and DELTA teaching certificates. He has been teaching since the mid 90s, and training teachers since 1999.
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- Wagner Veillard
Wagner Veillard is a graduate of SIT's Master of Arts in Teaching program. A native of Brazil, he has taught and trained in South America, North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Eastern Europe for 18 years.
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- Zhenya Polosatova
I hold two Master degrees (in TESOL and Psychology) and have been teaching adults and children since 1998.
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Oceania
Jane Díaz
Jane Díaz holds an MA (Applied) in Applied Linguistics. She has been language teaching for the past twenty years or so, with experience in El Salvador (Central America), New Zealand and now, Australia.
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Lisa Fisher
Raised and educated in Sydney, Australia, Lisa Fisher has been involved in Teaching and Training since 1988. Having spent many years living and working abroad, primarily in the UK and Turkey, for the past few years she has been based in Brisbane, Australia.
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- Michelle Feinberg
Michele Feinberg started her teaching career in Melbourne secondary schools in 1977. Her interest in teacher development began in the 1980s with her involvement in delivering workshops to teachers of adolescent migrant and refugee students.
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