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Peter Beech
Originally from England, Peter has been working in EFL in Greece since graduating from Sussex University in 1986, and for several years was director of his own school in Corinth. After completing his MSc in Teaching English in 1997, Peter established Anglo-Hellenic primarily as a teacher recruitment service, while becoming increasingly involved in teacher training. He has provided training seminars for schools throughout Greece, and since 2004 has been running TEFL certificate courses full-time year-round.
Peter also has substantial experience of university teaching. He works part time as an Associate Lecturer with the UK Open University, tutoring since 2001 on the MA in Education (Applied Linguistics), and at New York College in Athens, tutoring on the University of Greenwich BA in TESOL and MA in ELT Management.
His academic interests are centred on ways to make teaching more effective, from initial teacher training courses through to experienced teachers studying at Master’s level. He is particularly concerned with the role of teacher as researcher and with the effective design and implementation of classroom research. His other main area of interest is the use of technology in education, and especially Computer Assisted Language Learning.
A former Board member of TESOL Greece, he was the founding coordinator of the TESOL Greece CALL SIG, and has given numerous professional presentations in this area. Peter has also given presentations throughout Greece as an invited guest speaker at events organized by PALSO, the Federation of Greek Language Schools, and QLS, the Panhellenic Association of Accredited Quality Language Schools. He is extensively involved in the Greek State Certificate of Language Proficiency (KPG), primarily as a trainer of oral examiners.
Peter is an active member of IATEFL, the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and of the Teacher Trainers and Educators SIG. He has presented numerous times at the annual IATEFL conference in the UK and has published several articles in the IATEFL conference selections. He has also published extensively in Greek ELT publications such as ELT News and the TESOL Greece Newsletter..
Amy Elenis
Amy received her certification in
2002 and began teaching while studying at Le Moyne College in
Syracuse, New York. After graduating from the Master’s of Science
for Teachers program with high honors, she continued to teach in
inclusive classrooms in upstate New York before moving to Florida.
While in Florida, Amy taught in an urban public school district for
four years where she was an ESOL instructor at the adult learning
center and a tutor for students in grades K-12. Amy used a variety
of strategies during her tutoring sessions, including inclusive
small group work, one-on-one and online instruction. In 2008, Amy
moved to North Carolina to teach ESL for grades K-5 at a rural
public school. At the end of the school year, she returned to New
York where she taught briefly before moving to Greece.
Amy’s diverse teaching and educational experiences have enabled her
to develop strong communication, organizational and leadership
skills. As a lifelong learner, Amy has continued her education by
attending workshops on sheltered instruction using the SIOP model,
teaching strategies for ELLs, and making content comprehensible for
English Learners. Currently, she is working on a master’s degree in
TESOL. Amy is passionate about improving academic and oral language
through sheltered instruction and integrating multiculturalism into
the curriculum. She loves to travel, learn about new cultures, and
has enjoyed exploring her new home in Greece.
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