Meet Our Teacher Training Team

Thanks to the skill and dedication of our team of teacher trainers we have a very high success rate in our training courses.

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Elaine Allender

My first experience of designing and delivering teacher training courses was here in Oxford where I worked on several programmes for primary school teachers from France and the Netherlands. Later I designed a course in Advanced Language and Methodology for Secondary School teachers (see the course outline for more details).

Delivering these courses is the highlight of my working year as it's both hugely enjoyable and often inspirational working with like-minded individuals from around the world. I like to think we spur each other on to explore new ideas and deliver better teaching to our students. I am also a CELTA trainer and love seeing trainees with no initial experience achieving their potential and realising that, yes, they can actually teach.

Steve Haysham

I joined British Study Centres, Oxford in August 2008. I have been teaching English for more than 25 years and have trained teachers at all levels in Spain, the USA and the UK in both the private and public sector. I am a Joint Chief Assessor for the Cambridge ESOL CELTA and DELTA schemes. My main interests have recently focused on adapting the use of ICT and e-learning for teacher training and language courses.

Hayley Parry

I first taught at BSC in the summer of 2002 and have been a full-time teacher here since July 2004. For the 2 years in between, I lived and taught English in Porto, Portugal which was hard work but a great experience.

I enjoy teaching to all ages and levels but particularly like working at BSC because we have a really good bunch of friendly, relaxed staff and students. I'm also having lots of fun living in Oxford - there's always plenty of choice of things to do and new people to meet.

Outside work, I love travelling, any kind of dancing, socialising and eating out. I'm currently eating my way round Oxford trying every restaurant in town!

Tim Lewis

I've now been in TEFL since 1996 and in addition to my role as Resource Manager I'm one of the CELTA trainers, Acting Course Manager and a senior teacher, all of which ensure I am fully immersed in all operating areas of the school.

Before joining BSC Oxford in 1999 I taught in Thailand, Spain and several other schools in Oxford all of which helped me decide to pursue a long-term career in English language teaching.

Outside of work is now mostly spent doing things with my partner and our two young children, Heather and Kosta. Apart from them, I continue to have a passion for cooking, especially Thai food, which I got addicted to when working there.

Mark Bartram

My name's Mark Bartram, and I'm the Course Tutor for the DELTA course. I've been running DELTA courses since 1988, first in Italy, and then in Oxford. I'm also an assessor for the DELTA external examination. As a teacher, teacher trainer, examiner, and Director of Studies, I've worked in various countries, mainly Italy and the UK. I still regularly teach EFL, and I believe it's important that trainers don't lose touch with the classroom. I've published various EFL books, including Correction (LTP/Heinle) and Initiative (CUP), and I'm currently writing secondary materials for OUP.

Outside work I enjoy reading thrillers, cooking, gardening, playing tennis and squash, and ferrying my children to their various appointments around Oxford.