Curriculum vitae: Bernard McGuiganMSc, Grad Dip in Ed, BA

Educational / Professional qualifications

2010Certificate IV in Training & Assessment

2010Approved as CambridgeCELTA External Assessor

2007Management Dev Pt 2; Training the trainer (British Council courses)

2006ICT Power User (British Council course)

2005Management Foundation Programme (British Council course)

2004Approved as CambridgeCELTA Tutor, Distance DELTA Local Tutor

2004Management Dev Pt 1; Training the trainer (British Council courses)

2002Foundation Cert for Teachers of Business English, (Distinction), Italy

1998 - 2000 MScPsychology (Distinction), University of Exeter

1990 - 1991 RSA/UCLES Diploma in TEFLA, InternationalSchool, Istanbul

1986 - 1987 PGCE (English and Geography), UniversityCollegeGalway, Ireland

1983 - 1986 BA (Hons) Psychology, UniversityCollegeGalway, Ireland

Employment history

May 2010 – presentSenior Teacher & Coordinator of TESOL Teacher Training & Development, EnglishLanguageSchool of Australia, Adelaide

  • Establish language centre as RTO and Cambridge training centre
  • Set up and administer 4 CELTA / Cert IV in TESOL courses per year, including Interviewing candidates, liaising with Assistant Tutor and Ext Assessor, timetabling, administration and all correspondence with Cambridge
  • Provide training to Cert IV in TESOL trainers and PD for current teachers
  • Coordination of Teaching Programme rostering and pay claims
  • Wrote and maintained promotional materials (including forms, ELSA website and brochure updates)
  • Compliance & Quality control (NEAS, DFEEST, Cambridge, OHS)
  • Teach a range of EFL, exam and EAP classes

June 2008 – May 2010CELTA Coordinator / Head of Teacher Training, South Australian College of English, Adelaide

  • Set up and administer 7 to 8 CELTA courses per year, including Interviewing candidates, liaising with Assistant Tutor and Ext Assessor, timetabling, administration and all correspondence with Cambridge
  • Provide internal training sessions to current teaching staff
  • Teach EFL and EAP classes between CELTA courses

Oct-Dec 2007 CELTAMain Course Tutor/IELTS Trainer, International House, Moscow

Sept 2007 CELTAMain Course Tutor, Flying Teachers, Zurich, Switzerland

July 2007 CELTA Tutor, British Council, Abu Dhabi, UAE

June 2007CELTA Tutor, International House, Durban, South Africa

May 2006CELTATutor, British Council, Casablanca, Morocco

May 2004 & 2005CELTATutor, British Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sept 2005 – May 2007 Senior Teacher Academic, British Council, Casablanca, Morocco

  • Provided internal teacher development opportunities and support
  • Organised annual CELTA course and acted as CELTATutor (including Teaching Practice and Input sessions)
  • Timetabled classes and cover arrangements
  • Monitored budget for books for resale
  • Monitored salaries for H/P teachers & reported to Finance Manager
  • Developed, marketed and administered all on-site & contract courses
  • Supervised service to companies sponsoring staff on BC courses
  • Recruitment and Line Management of teaching staff

Aug 2003 – July 2005 Senior Teacher Professional Skills, British Council, Sri Lanka

  • Taught Business English courses/professional training workshops
  • Co-organised and acted as CELTATutor courses (including Teaching Practice and Input sessions)
  • Developed, market and administer contract courses
  • Supervised service to companies sponsoring staff on BC courses/workshops
  • General Administrative and Management Duties
  • Line Managed 6-8 teachers

Mar 2001 – July 2003Teacher of English, British Council, Naples, Italy

  • Taught General and Exam English at all levels
  • Co-organised annual BC conference for teachers of English in Naples in October 2001 and 2002
  • Designed and delivered teacher-training course to teachers at University of Salerno on techniques for preparing students for UCLES exams
  • Responsible for collating, typing-up, translating and printing bi-monthly internal BC newsletter, and sending electronic version to clients
  • Standardised KET, PET,CAE and BEC examiner; re-standardised FCE examiner; FCE co-ordinator; led INSET training sessions

Aug 2001 - Aug 2001Teacher of English, British Council Summer School, Hong Kong

Taught General English to five groups of YLS and one Adult group

Jan 2000 - Feb 2001 Teacher of English, British Council, Baku, Azerbaijan

Jul 1999/2000/2002Director of Studies, RugbySchool, Rugby, UK

Sep 1998 - Dec 1999Teacher of English, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Oct 1997 - Sep 1997Teacher of English, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK - as above

Jan 1997 - June 1997Teacher of English, Saudi Aramco, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia

May 1996 - Oct 1996Teacher of English, Presidency of Civil Aviation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

June 1996 - Aug 1996Teacher of English, British Council, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Jul 1992 - Aug 1995Teacher of English, British Schools Company Services, Rome, Italy

Sep 1989 - Jun 1992Teacher of English, IstanbulTechnicalUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey

Sep 1990 - May 1991Teacher of English, Istanbul Turco-British Association, Istanbul, Turkey

Aug 1987 - Sep 1989Teacher of English, Ozel Tercuman Lisesi, Istanbul, Turkey

References

Sister Judith Redden, Principal of St Aloysius College / Principal Administrator of ELSA, 53 Wakefield Street, Adelaide Email:

Sally Collyns, Academic Manager, EnglishLanguageSchool of Australia, 43 Angas Street, Adelaide Email:

Email: Tel: 043 43 72 749