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Our Staff
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David Young, Course Director Prague
David joined the team in October 2001 having worked teaching a variety of courses in both the Czech Republic and Spain since 1993. From a first EFL job teaching in summer camps to kids, he has gone on to teach exam preparation courses, design and run various ESP (English for Special Purposes) courses for engineers, management and Human Resources at a large multi-national in Syria, and worked as Director of Studies for a language school in Prague. Since taking the Trinity Licentiate Diploma in TESOL, David has run teacher training courses in Barcelona, Madrid, Hong Kong, Paris and Prague.
David enjoys table football, cooking and going to concerts.
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Sean Hayward, Course Tutor and Careers Officer
Before becoming an English teacher, Sean worked in banking, retail, youth training, industry, and as a musician, having graduated in English Literature and Social Psychology from Lancaster University in 1983. He entered the ELT industry in 1997 after completing the Trinity Cert. TESOL in Barcelona through Oxford TEFL where founders and directors, Duncan and Nick, were his tutors. He worked in Barcelona for six years, teaching in-company, exam preparation classes and general English for children, teenagers and adults.
He completed the Trinity Licentiate Diploma at OxfordTEFL, Barcelona in June 2002 and joined as a Teaching Practice tutor the following September. In August 2003 he teamed up with David in Prague, and he has been here ever since sharing the role of Course Director and Careers Officer.
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Andrea Downing, Course Tutor
Andrea spent her early working life in West Africa, doing sociological research. Back in the UK she worked in youth training and the careers service before heading into academia at the University of Liverpool. She became an English teacher in 1999, looking to make some extra money to support a life of travel and adventure, but became hooked on teaching and has since worked in Brazil, China, Estonia, Oman, Lebanon and Prague teaching everyone from school children to company executives. She worked as Assistant Director of Studies in Prague and Head of English at universities in Oman and Lebanon before coming to Oxford TEFL in June 2006 after completing her Cambridge DELTA course.
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Jan Pikhart, Course Tutor
He is currently learning why it's not a good idea to be away when the digital camera is in school and the website is being edited ;-)
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Jitka Stáreková, Office Manager
Jitka has been working with OxfordTEFL since the beginning of 2008.
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Lucia Cižmárová, Client Manager
Lucia is from Slovakia but she has been living in Prague for almost two years. She studies at the University of Economics, Faculty of International Relations. She hopes it will enable her to travel. She likes tennis and horse riding and has many pets in her hometown, including a turtle, parrots, dogs, rabbits and guinea pigs. Her personal motto is "Always be an optimist."
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Vincent Deieso, Course Co-ordinator
Vinny has been living in Prague since 2006. He was an Aircraft Mechanic for three years, but needed a change. He tends to do foolish things without thinking them through, and it works out for him about 50% of the time. He is witty, sarcastic, and likes writing about himself in the third person. He likes to read, play games, and go out. His goal is to go everywhere and meet everyone.
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