David Read Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Responsible for overseeing integration of technology at our centre and delivery of online courses. Duties include developing and implementing e-learning strategy, organising and implementing digital literacy training for teachers and students, running workshops/seminars on how to integrate technology in the classroom. I also develop flipped learning content for face to face and online EAP courses and design and implement a variety of online CPD courses for teacher in technology, instructional design and corpus linguistics through our website, the Training Foundry (https://trainingfoundry.co.uk/). I am also responsible for managing our centre's Generative AI policy and provide training for teachers and students on how to use it ethically and responsibly. My wider roles at the University of Sheffield include serving on the University of Sanctuary action committee and the Generative AI committee.

Main duties: providing training in educational technology for both teachers/students, teaching a range of academic English and credit-bearing modules, main tutor for online CELTA courses, providing online writing advisory support for distance learning students.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Main duties: writing project proposals for training courses for English teachers from disadvantaged groups; training on blended methodology courses using Moodle, running SIT TESOL Certificate courses, maintaining and uploading content for Modern Institute e-Learning site

Main duties: training Korean teachers on SIT Best Practices courses, helping UCC Center develop and promote their professional training programs and training up local teachers to be SIT trainers

Have run 4-week intensive courses in: Kyrgyzstan, USA (New York, Santa Fe), Korea, Costa Rica. In addition, I have worked as a trainer of trainers for the SIT TESOL course in South Africa, Bulgaria and Korea.

Main duties: co-tutor on Advanced Methodology Course; mentor for local trainers-in-training; main tutor on training course for Academic Writing teachers; main tutor on Academic Writing courses for teachers and students; Course Director for Pre-departure summer school for Central Asian scholarship students going to the U.K. and the U.S. for post-graduate studies.

Main duties: Teaching EFL methodology and academic writing to 3rd and 4th year undergraduates; helping organise and evaluate teaching practicum in local schools; providing input regarding improving the English program at the university (regarding standardisation of marking, testing, teaching methods); running in-service training workshops for local teachers in Nis and the surrounding regions.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Main duties: teaching general English and Cambridge exams; running weekly teacher development workshops for both school staff and local state school teachers. Observing teachers and providing detailed feedback;. Running intensive teacher training courses for local teachers in the summer; Editing the school magazine; Also, accredited examiner for FCE exams at the British Council, Vilnius.

Katowice, Silesian District, Poland

Main duties: teaching general English and Cambridge exams; implementing EF policy regarding the academic programme; assigning teachers to classes based on ability/availability; running regular teacher development workshops; observing teachers and providing them with detailed feedback

Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian District, Poland

Main duties: supervising and training the new DoS; recruiting local and native teachers; teaching Cambridge exam groups; helping with the school’s social programme; helping to redress some of the management/staff problems that existed the previous year.

Casablanca, Morocco

Main duties: implementing English First policy regarding academic programme; recruiting, running workshops, observations and feedback; designing appropriate programmes for exam courses (especially TOEFL); helping students with applications to foreign universities; inducting teachers in use of multi-media and language laboratory facilities.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

main duties: Teaching general English (Beginner/Int/Upper Int), Exam prep classes (FCE and CPE) and Special Interest (TOEFL) to adult, mixed nationality groups.

Cakovec, Croatia

main duties: wide range of ages/levels taught (one-to-one, business, adult, elementary to advanced). Main responsibility preparing students for various Cambridge exams (PET, FCE, CAE, CPE). Also worked for the British Council as accredited FCE examiner

Heraklion, Crete, Greece

main duties: teaching both academic year and summer schools to a wide range of levels from pre-int to Proficiency (aged 12-18). Main responsibility preparing students for the FCE and CPE.

Msc, Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages

Trinity Licentiate Diploma, Tesol

Celta, Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages

Bachelors, Philosophy