...Meet some of our course tutors
Debbie Owen
Debbie has been a TEFL teacher for almost 20 years and a CELTA trainer for eight. She has worked in the UK, France, Greece, Australia, and has just returned to Barcelona after living in the UAE for eleven years. She has taught in a very wide range of situations and settings, from a Buddhist monastery to English for sewage engineers! “Variety is the spice of life” is her motto and when you travel and teach TEFL, there´s no lack of it! .
Jane Kirsch
Jane was born in Portsmouth in the south of England and is a graduate of the University of London with a BA in History and an MSc in Politics. She worked in magazine publishing and marketing before moving to Barcelona in 2001 to become an English teacher. Since completing the Trinity Diploma she has been involved in teacher training, working as a course tutor on the Trinity Certificate in TESOL and giving seminars and workshops for teachers around Spain. Jane is currently studying for a PhD in Education at the University of Nottingham, specialising in CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning). In her free time she loves snowboarding and cheering on her favourite Barcelona football team, RCD Espanyol.
Catherine McFarlane
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was born in Scotland, but adopted Barcelona as my home in 1991 when I came here and started my career in EFL. Seven years ago I took the opportunity to move to Brazil and then also taught and trained in London and more recently Budapest. It's always lovely to be back and am really looking forward to the July CELTA. My hobbies are travelling, photography, reading and enjoying good food and the company of friends.
Colleen Wackrow
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was born in New Zealand and have worked as a EFL teacher and trainer since 1990. I have worked in Egypt, Spain, New Zealand, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Yemen and United Arab Emirates in a number of roles. I enjoyed living and working in Barcelona for 7 years and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to come back this summer to work on a CELTA, in the most beautiful city in the world. Later I will be moving on to Shanghai for the next adventure. My passion is travel and everything that comes with it.
Irwin Temkin
Irwin was born in New York. After completing an M.A. in ESL at Columbia University, he moved to Barcelona, where he has lived since 1978. He taught general English courses for several years before becoming involved in teacher training in 1982. Since then, he has led many workshops and seminars for teachers in Barcelona, Madrid, Saragossa, New York, London and Cambridge. Irwin has taught courses in language teaching methodology for the Departments of Education of the autonomous Spanish communities of Catalonia and Valencia, in addition to courses at the University of Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma ). He began working as a tutor on RSA Certificate and Diploma courses in 1988, and has worked as a CELTA tutor in Barcelona, Seville and Poznan. Irwin's hobbies include music (especially classical), cinema and reading.
