CELTA

The trainers are all accredited by the University of Cambridge ESOL Teaching Awards. They are all very experienced English teachers and IH tutors have typically worked in a variety of settings and locations. All our trainers are committed to teacher development and have an active, ongoing interest in this field.

Our 2011 trainers include:

Claire Fenton

Claire has been in EFL since 1997 and has taught in Russia, Spain, Argentina, the UK and Vietnam. Prior to joining our team of CELTA trainers, Claire coordinated our YL and Kindy programme and was then appointed the Academic Manager for Apollo in Le Van Huu, Hanoi. She has tutored on the IHCYL both on-line and in–house and has also conducted a variety of training workshops in various countries. She is also an oral examiner for the Cambridge YL Suite and the IELTS exam

Maurice Drews

Maurice has taught English to adults and to children in a number of different locations on four continents, and he has trained teachers in Australia, Peru, Canada, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, Japan, Egypt, China and the UK. In his EFL career, he has taken on several roles from social programme organiser to principal. Prior to working in Vietnam, Maurice was living and working in Japan.

Paula Hanna

Paula has worked as an EFL teacher, director of studies and trainer for ten years in Vietnam, China and the UK. She has tutored online and face to face courses for the International House (IH) Certificate in teaching Young Learners and the IH Business English Teaching Certificate. As well as providing in-house training for teachers on a number of topics, she has also led external training workshops for Cambridge ESOL and spoken at TESOL conferences in the UK and the region.

Gerald Bagge 

Gerald has been in EFL since 1988. He has spent lengthy periods of time teaching in Switzerland and Canada and considers both these places to be home. Freelance since 2004, Gerald has worked on a variety of training projects in North America, Australasia, Europe and Asia. He has helped to set up new centres and coach new CELTA tutors. He is an assessor for the Cambridge CELTA Scheme.

Onny Holdaway 

Onny Holdaway comes from Rotorua, New Zealand, and has served as an ESOL teacher and coordinator and IELTS examiner since 1991 in Thailand, China and New Zealand. In recent years he has been a learning advisor for several diplomas and degrees, a lecturers' union representative, and an ESOL teacher training tutor based at his home polytech, Waiariki Institute of Technology.  As a CELTA tutor he has worked in four other countries.