Member Directory
Nik Peachey is a freelance writer, teacher trainer and consultant specialising in digital publishing, online course development and the development of digital resources for teachers. Since 1992 he has worked all over the world as a teacher, trainer and project manager. He was Global Head of Learning for Macmillan’s online English school EnglishUp from 2014 to 2016. In 2016 he won his second British Council Award for Innovations (ELTon) and co-founded PeacheyPublications Ltd https://peacheypublications.com/
Fatima Elmcharfi completed our 100% Online CELTA course in July 2020. She is American and has been living in Saudi Arabia for over a decade. Before the 100% Online CELTA course, Fatima tutored part-time and helped homeschool children. She then decided to gain the CELTA to further her career. In this blog post, she explains more about the challenges of the course and what her plans are now that she is a qualified teacher.
Daniel Pagnoccolo has been teaching primary and secondary school students in Moscow, Russia for the past two years. He is originally from Australia and previously taught primary school and secondary school students for five and half years there before moving overseas to embark on a new teaching journey. In this blog post, he explains his experience on our 4-week 100% Online CELTA course.
Sarah is from England and is a recent 4-week 100% Online CELTA graduate. She is an avid traveller and has lived in New York and Barcelona. For years, she has taught and examined pilates teacher training certification courses, alongside private music lessons. With the recent shift to online instruction, she decided to look at other opportunities where she could continue her love of teaching and interacting with people. In this blog post, she shares her experience on our 100% Online CELTA course.
Adrian Underhill is series editor of the Macmillan Books for Teachers, author of Sound Foundations: Learning and Teaching Pronunciation and an adviser in the development of the new Macmillan English Dictionary. He has been a teacher and trainer for many years and was director of the International Teacher Training Institute at International House in Hastings until 1999. Now, he works is a guest tutor on our blended Trinity DipTESOL course, as an international ELT consultant, trainer, author, school consultant and as a conference speaker.
Luke Worsnop began his ELT journey in 2010 when he worked as an English Language Instructor at the University of Nice. Following this, he gained experience in Switzerland and Seville before joining the Oxford House Barcelona team in 2017 where he became Sales and Marketing Assistant until 2023. There he discovered a passion for guiding trainees as they begin and develop their teaching careers. Exploring this interest further, Luke is DipTESOL-qualified and has worked as the tutor for DTCS input sessions, allowing him to support newly-qualified teachers and design course content. This variety of experience within the ELT world has equipped Luke to work in the capacity of Event Organiser for the annual InnovateELT international conference.
Richard Parkin is an Oxford House teacher and Innovate ELT conference volunteer from the Isle of Wight, England. Before packing up and moving to Barcelona he trained in journalism and worked for the NHS in London. He arrived to do his Trinity CertTESOL course at Oxford TEFL in 2016 and he’s been teaching at Oxford House ever since. He is hoping to do the Trinity DipTESOL soon, when he builds up the courage.
Fran Austin is the Sales & Marketing Director for Oxford TEFL. Prior to this, she taught English as a foreign language in Barcelona for 8 years and ran her own summer English immersion courses for adults in the UK. She is qualified in Trinity CertTESOL, Trinity DipTESOL, Dip. Educational Management and Dip. Professional Marketing. This experience means that Fran is able to understand the needs of aspiring or experienced teachers to help them reach their personal and professional goals in ELT.
