Training Team – CELTA Trainers
All teacher trainers at ILC France in Paris are highly experienced E.F.L. teachers, holders of the Cambridge Diploma (D.E.L.T.A) and are officially recognized Cambridge Language assessment trainers and oral examiners. They are impassioned by teacher training and seek constantly to raise standards .
Darren Cainey - head of teacher training
Darren has been teaching English since 1998. He has been a CELTA trainer since 2004 and a Delta trainer since 2012. Before moving to France, he previously taught or trained in Thailand, Spain, the UK, and Peru. He has a special interest in online learning and has tutored on an e-Moderating course for online CELTA tutors. He was also the Online Course Tutor on two pilot courses of the first ever fully online CELTA courses.
tyler glaine-whittington
Tyler came to ILC in 2015 when he took his CELTA course here. ILC afforded him the possibility to grow as a teacher by teaching business professionals, job seekers, young learners from preschool to terminal and in the French Senate. Before becoming a teacher trainer, he also served as the manager of Cambridge Exams. He is constantly motivated by the joy in seeing English language learners and CELTA trainees accomplish their goals.
angelos bollas
Angelos Bollas has been a language teacher, teacher trainer, and materials writer since 2006. He also lectures in Sociology, Literature, and Culture for various universities in Ireland and writes books and articles on contemporary literature, society, and culture. At ILC, Angelos enjoys working on CELTA courses helping trainees become the best teachers they can be.
NICHOLAS HAVARD
Nick has worked in EFL since 2005, teaching English to both adults and young learners at all levels. He has extensive experience as a teacher trainer, having delivered the British Council’s TYLEC course, and worked with the organisation in Colombia, Morocco, and South Sudan. He has also trained on International House’s IHCYLT course, supporting the development of teachers aiming to develop their skills in the YL classroom. He also works as a CELTA tutor for both online and face-to-face courses.
isobel drury
Isobel has a long career with ILC France as a teacher and teacher trainer. She has taught English to groups and individual adults in a wide variety of professional fields including telecommunications, pharmaceutical and airport industries. In this capacity she has also taught at the CNES, Kourou in French Guyana. In addition to Paris, she has worked as a teacher trainer in Hastings, New York and Riyadh, training a wide variety of would-be language teachers. She is particularly interested in maintaining face-to-face contact with learners, using authentic materials and fostering life-long learning.
marian casey - cambridge assessor
Marian began her teaching career in the state system in Ireland and when she moved to France in the eighties, she retrained in order to work in adult education. She began teacher training twenty – some years ago and apart from Paris she has worked in Brussels, Lisbon & Bangkok. Among other things she is particularly interested in the principles and practice of assessment, both self-assessment as well as formal assessment.
andrea da silva - cambridge assessor
Andrea was trained as a CELTA trainer in ILC back in 2002. Since then she has worked on CELTA courses in France, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Portugal, as both an online and face-to-face trainer. She has also worked with trainee teachers in the field of ESOL and ESOL literacy, as well as teaching Cambridge exam classes both at ILC and in the UK.
Jane Denier - TEACHER TRAINER
Before working as a language teacher Jane gained valuable experience in a variety of professional fields such as advertising and market research in the UK and in Nigeria. At ILC she has worked with a wide range of learners and has taught specialist courses (pharmaceutical, telecommunications and airport companies). Her current interests include cross-cultural courses and coaching She has been a teacher trainer since 1996 and an blended online trainer since 2016.
