• Lisa Girling (Director)

  Lisa has been teaching English since she graduated from Durham University at the end of the 80s. She is Cambridge Certificate and Diploma qualified.

  In Barcelona she has taught in several universities and was until recently Head of Department at a private business university. Lisa moved into teacher training a (good) few years ago and took over as Director of TEFL International Barcelona in 2005. She likes to think she runs the centre with a firm but gentle hand, is obsessed with Humanistic ideals and is famously easy to win over with tea and dark chocolate! When not in the school (and she virtually lives there..) Lisa enjoys being outside in the countryside or on the beach, spending time with her family and cats, reading and painting.

  
  
• Jamie Cruickshank (Teacher Trainer)

  Originally from Folkestone, England, Jamie was travelling from 1999 to places such as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Indonesia following his passion for the surf until settling in Barcelona in 2001. He took his TEFL certificate in 2001 and is now a Trinity Diploma qualified teacher and Cambridge oral examiner.

  
  
• Luke Adams (Teacher Trainer)

  Luke, previously an archaeologist in the UK, has been teaching English in Barcelona for 7 years. Since completing the Cambridge Diploma in TEFL he has been working as a teacher trainer. He also gives business English classes and is a certified Cambridge oral examiner. In his spare time he enjoys snowboarding and sings with his band, Smart Bomb.

  
  
• Jane Kirsch (Teacher Trainer)

  Jane is originally from the south of England and worked in magazine publishing and marketing in London before moving to Barcelona. She has 8 years English teaching experience, and has worked as a teacher trainer since completing the Trinity Diploma in 2005. Jane is currently studying for a PhD in Education at the University of Nottingham, specialising in CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning). In her free time she loves snowboarding and cheering on her favourite Barcelona football team, RCD Español.

  
  
• Alex Sankey (Teacher Trainer)

  Alex is originally from the Shropshire countryside but has lived in Barcelona since graduating from university. She first started teaching in 2003 and since then has been involved in both the teaching and management side of EFL, as well as finding time to do her diploma in 2008. In her free time she enjoys skiing, going to the beach, reading and walking her dog.

  
  
• Jen Whelan (Career Guidance Tutor)

  After moving from Milwaukee to Barcelona and taking a TEFL course in 2006, Jen began teaching English in Barcelona. About the same time, she started the Barcelona TEFL Teachers Association, a social networking group for new and experienced teachers alike. She has been a TEFL instructor for just over a year and specialises in job guidance and teaching young learners. When not teaching or planning BTTA events, you can find her riding her pink bike around town or searching for the best baking ingredients.

  
  

TEFL International Barcelona
Escola Mediterrani
Calle Rocafort 104
Barcelona
08015
Spain

Tel: +34 934 230 337

Email: info@teflinbcn.com