Language teacher biography example

Rhonda Bengtson 

Rhonda earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, M.Ed. in Special Education from Arizona State University – Tempe, and has licensure as a psychometrician in Oklahoma. Since returning to Wisconsin in 2003, Rhonda has worked as a CESA 8 program support teacher conducting academic assessments and as a classroom special education teacher. Currently, Rhonda holds licensure in Elementary Education, SLD, CD, and EBD and teaches sixth grade special education for Merrill Area Public Schools.

Jorge Covarrubias

Jorge is an Educator Effectiveness Strategist for the Madison Metropolitan School District. In his role as a Strategist, he supports principals and assistant principals across elementary, middle and high schools engage in the Educator Effectiveness System resulting in continuous improvement in teaching and learning. Jorge’s background includes elementary assistant principal as well as teaching experience at both elementary and middle levels.  Educational degrees include a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from UW-Madison and a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Concordia University.  Jorge’s work is rooted in the belief that a great education is foundational to life success. 

Megan Dixon

In her 16 years as a Wisconsin educator, Megan Dixon has been privileged to work with students and teachers in a variety of K-8 settings.  She has worked as a classroom teacher, Title 1 Reading Teacher, Reading Specialist/Coach, and Literacy Coordinator.  Currently, Megan teaches and learns with exceptional second grade students and colleagues at Glenwood School in Greenfield.  Her goal is to create academically engaging learning experiences through an environment that fosters creativity, curiosity, and kindness.  Committed to sharing her passion for literacy and learning, she also teaches courses in Literacy to prospective educators at Cardinal Stritch University.  Meg

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Biography      

I’m a native speaker of British English and have a great interest in people, how they communicate and how they learn languages. My first career was in architecture - I studied at Cambridge University and then worked as an architect for 15 years in London. I later moved to Berlin and have taught English as a foreign language to adults since 2015. I’ve worked for private, commercial and institutional clients, both online and face to face, 1 to 1 and in groups. I’m a certified teacher of English as a foreign language (CELTA) and a member of ELTABB, the professional body for English language teachers in Berlin and Brandenburg. I have learnt German and I understand from my own experience many of the issues connected with learning a foreign language as an adult.

Business English was a daily part of my work as an architect, experience which I’ve been able to bring to my work as a language teacher . I had contact with a wide range of people, situations and varieties of English, including British and American native speakers and many non-native speakers using English as a second language. I took part in the kind of meetings, negotiations and presentations that many of my current clients wish to practise. I learnt about the real-life challenges of written and spoken communication and saw both the successes and the mis-communications first hand.

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The skills which I bring to English language teaching are:

• An excellent knowledge of the English language, its vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. I’m also aware of the different ways that English changes depending on the situation and the audience. This may be about varying levels of formality, complexity or directness, or finding the appropriate specialist vocabulary. 

• The ability to hold a conversation and correct my student’s English at the same time. I’m a good listener, both to the content of a person’s speech and to the way they speak. I can keep up with the thread of