Neil Harris

Experience

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  ANGLOLANG (SCARBOROUGH) LIMITED

  Sept 1997 - Jul 2006

  Business Development Manager, Teacher Trainer and Senior Teacher

  Business Development Manager (Europe) Teacher Trainer (Cert TESOL) and in-house teacher development coursesActing DoS (maternity cover)Senior Teacher

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  Various Companies

  Apr 2002 - now

  Teacher Trainer

  Highly experienced teacher trainer with MCT experience for CELTA and Cert TESOL programmes.Have developed a range of teacher education / development programmes for Erasmus + and previously Grundtvig 3/Comenius 2.2c mobilities. These cover teacher refresher/methodology (secondary and adult); CLIL; project management for educators and intercultural competence training.

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  Gatton Solutions

  Jul 2006 - Jul 2010

  Freelance ELT Consultant

  Freelance business development, marketing, academic management and editing roles in ELT

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  Aberystwyth University

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  Teacher Trainer

  Course tutor on two full-time Cert TESOL programmes

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  Swansea University

  Jan 2010 - Jul 2016

  Coordinator, CELTA trainer, EAP Tutor

  VLE co-ordinatorCELTA trainer (MCT)Deputy co-ordinator 10-week Pre-sessionalLead on International Lecturers' Professional Development ProgrammeEAP tutorMember of working group responsible for devising department wide matrix-based portfolio assessment and lead for assessment for writing and research project modules

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  City School of Languages

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2018

  Vice Principal

  Responsible for academic management, gaining the school a strength in course design for British Council Inspection 2017Responsible for school marketing 2018

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  English UK

  May 2017 - now

  Chair of English UK Wales, promoting Wales as an international class ELT destination and representing our members to the wider industry.

  • Member Board Of Trustees

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Chair, English UK Wales

    May 2017 - now
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  CELT Language School

  Oct 2018 - now

  Responsible for agent-based marketing for this family owned boutique language school and Quality English member. BC webinar expert and PRELIM course lead. OET All StarDeveloped and promoted a range of OET preparation courses. Successfully managed the school's development as a dual-endorsed Premium Provider for OET Nursing and Medicine and as an OET All Star (one of nine globally)Led CELT to become one of the first UK providers to have its online delivery included in its British Council accreditation, pending inspection. Member of working party tasked with advising British Council Accreditation Unit on the development of accreditation of online courses.Successfully developed and co-delivered an innovative online teacher development programme for CABITA, the ETA in Cameroon, in partnership with the British Council, IATEFL and English UK and delivered using m-devices.Developed three teacher development courses for Erasmus+ School Education Gateway. Show less

  • Director of Academic Development and Teacher Training

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Director of Marketing

    Oct 2018 - Sept 2024
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  Macmillan Education

  May 2020 - now

  Developing and delivering webinars and conference presentations for teachers of English around the world. Specialisms include OET, exam prep, CLIL, academic writing, teacher training. Developing and delivering webinars and conference presentations for teachers of English around the world. Specialisms include OET, exam prep, CLIL, academic writing, teacher training.

  • Teacher trainer (UK and Ireland plus France, Benelux and The Netherlands)

    May 2020 - now

  • Teacher trainer (Hueber Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg)

    May 2020 - now
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  Gallery Teachers

  Mar 2021 - now

  Teacher Trainer

  Freelance trainer delivering masterclasses for Gallery Teachers and masterclass panelist

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  Hueber Verlag

  Sept 2021 - now

  Teacher trainer

  Developing and delivering online content for teachers of English, primarily in German speaking countries

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  British Council

  Dec 2021 - now

  Teacher Trainer

  Teacher trainer acting as Webinar Expert for the British Council Future Pathways to English Online Teacher Community, responsible for developing and delivering online training for hundreds of teachers in Wider Europe (2021-ongoing)Assisted with delivery of webinars and speaking clubs for online summer camp for teachers in Armeniam Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan (2022)Design and delivery of a PRELIM I course with CABITA (Cameroon) and a PRELIM II course working with VietTESOL (Vietnam) (2021-2022) Show less