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LAMSIG is made up of a group of unpaid volunteers which has the aim of connecting and developing managers and leaders in the field of English language Teaching worldwide. This site aims to be not only a gateway to the SIG, but also a portal to sharing and connecting people, resources and ideas across our field.
Please join us and get involved!
Meet the committee
Meet the committee
Co-coordinator
Josh Round
Josh Round
Josh Round has 25 years of professional experience in ELT as a teacher, a teacher trainer, and academic manager.
He is the Group Academic Director for St Giles International (UK & Canada), and Co-coordinator of the IATEFL Leadership and Management Special Interest Group.
Barbara Craig
Barbara Craig
Barbara has been an active member of the TESOL professional community for 30 years, including 10 years leading in a university English language centre in Sydney, Australia. She has a passion for staff development and wellbeing and enjoys fostering the professional growth of others.
Her ELT work has been recognised in Australia, winning national awards for Academic Leadership, and also for Professional Practice. She is now a researcher, undertaking a PhD exploring the professional growth of middle leaders in ELT. She holds a Masters of Applied Linguistics, Masters of Research, Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching, and a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and Languages.
Co-coordinator
Publications
Tanya Livarda
Tanya Livarda
Tanya Livarda
Tanya Livarda
Tanya (BA/MA in TESOL, Delta, CELTA) is an EFL teacher, teacher trainer, content creator, and oral examiner in Greece and abroad. She has attended and completed a plethora of courses delivered by universities in Greece and abroad. She is an avid supporter of lifelong learning. She has also presented in various conferences here and abroad and her articles can be found in magazines and academic journals.
Her main research interests are teachers mentoring, teachers’ observation and feedback as well as the introduction of Social Emotional Learning in the classroom. Finally, she is a board member of TESOL Macedonia Thrace Northern Greece, a member of TESOL Greece, and of IATEFL.
Alex Fayle
Alex Fayle
Alex (MLS, DELTA) loves seeing how people tick. Over the years, he has developed a passion that makes me get up each day and say “I get to go to work today!”
Passion is also what keeps him motivated when the universe decides to throw challenges his way. And over time, he’s realized challenges are no more than opportunities to grow.
He currently applies his passion to the role of Academic Director at Well & Will Language Academy in the Spanish Basque Country.
Publications
Website & Social Media
Lucía Morotta
Lucía Morotta
Lucía has been working in the EFL industry since 2007. She has vast experience teaching students of different ages, levels and contexts. She has taught English as a foreign language in primary schools, secondary schools, language schools, colleges and universities. She also counts 9 years of experience managing teaching teams, both in Uruguay and Ireland.
Lucía is based in Ireland, where she has been working as the Director of Studies of EC Dublin for the last two years. Apart from her Diploma in TEFL and other EFL-related qualifications, she holds a Diploma in Human Resources and the Cambridge International Certificate in Educational Leadership. She is currently undertaking her MA in Professional Development in Language Education.
Katherine Martinkevich
Katherine Martinkevich
Katherine is a past LAM SIG IATEFL scholarship winner (2016) and has given regular talks on English language teaching and academic management at IATEFL and other international and local conferences. She holds an M.Ed. from Minsk State Linguistic University (1999), Cambridge CELTA, IH CELTYL, Cambridge Delta, IH Certificate in Educational Management, and is currently studying towards her second Master’s at NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education).
From 2014 to 2019 she worked as an academic manager at the British Council Ukraine and is now a member of the British Council English Online team, as well as a Professional Skills trainer and course writer. She blogs about teaching, learning and managing at Kate’s ELT Crate eltcrate.wordpress.com.
She spends her free time reading science fiction and fantasy, working out at the gym, listening to extreme metal, watching Asian dramas, or doing all of it at once.
Website & Social Media
Events
Mike Riley
Mike joined NILE as Deputy Director in 2020. He has worked as Teacher Training Manager at Macmillan Education and spent many years in academic management positions at International House Milan.
His role at NILE involves supporting strategic and organisational management as well as training and consultancy in a range of areas including educational management.
Paul Ashe
Paul has been involved in the world of TEFL since 1997. He is a lifelong learner and has experienced various areas of the ELT sector as teacher, print and digital materials writer, editor, online and F2F teacher trainer, Academic Manager, School Director & Educational Consultant. Paul has been involved in Business and Academic Management and Consultancy since 2004 and has provided consultancy for several publishers. He has been a senior manager of a large private language school and is qualified and experienced in online marketing and E-learning. He has helped State and Private School teachers around the world in conjunction with their respective Ministries of Education and international organisations. He trains teachers and managers on a range of courses, from Business Management, Academic Management, Online Tutoring, CELTA, DELTA ELTM, TKT, Business English Teaching and Customer Service.
Paul Ashe
Membership benefits
Membership benefits
We are a network of like-minded individuals, sharing best practices, ideas, questions and resources. Our members include academic managers, directors of studies, school owners, middle leaders, senior teachers, coordinators, supervisors, principals, deputy heads, ADOSs, managers, directors, and others who are involved in or interested in leadership and management in English language teaching organisations.
A bi-annual LAMSIG newsletter, one of the very few places for articles specifically written for and by ELT managers and leaders, regular workshops, events, and conferences around the globe
Connection with a community of committed and engaged managers in language teaching organisations.
Webinars available on a variety of topics in ELT
Discounts on all IATEFL events, including out Pre-Conference Event focussed on ELT leadership and management issues
Discounts on a wide range of courses, resources and publications. See here
Receive the IATEFL publication of the presentations given at the IATEFL International Conference
Searchable archive of articles, publications, interviews and webinars
Member-only Scholarship opportunities
Google Sites
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