Peter Beech - Center Director

Originally from England, Peter has been working in EFL in Greece since graduating from Sussex University in 1986, and for several years was director of his own school in Corinth. After completing his MSc in Teaching English in 1997, Peter established Anglo-Hellenic primarily as a teacher recruitment service, while becoming increasingly involved in teacher training. He has provided training seminars for schools throughout Greece, and since 2004 has been running TEFL certificate courses full-time year-round.

Peter also has substantial experience of university teaching. He works part time as an Associate Lecturer with the UK Open University, tutoring since 2001 on the MA in Education (Applied Linguistics), and at New York College in Athens, tutoring on the University of Greenwich BA in TESOL and MA in ELT Management.   

His academic interests are centred on ways to make teaching more effective, from initial teacher training courses through to experienced teachers studying at Master’s level. He is particularly concerned with the role of teacher as researcher and with the effective design and implementation of classroom research. His other main area of interest is the use of technology in education, and especially Computer Assisted Language Learning.

A former Board member of TESOL Greece, he was the founding coordinator of the TESOL Greece CALL SIG, and has given numerous professional presentations in this area. Peter has also given presentations throughout Greece as an invited guest speaker at events organized by PALSO, the Federation of Greek Language Schools, and QLS, the Panhellenic Association of Accredited Quality Language Schools. He is extensively involved in the Greek State Certificate of Language Proficiency (KPG), primarily as a trainer of oral examiners.

Peter is an active member of IATEFL, the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language and of the Teacher Trainers and Educators SIG. He has presented numerous times at the annual IATEFL conference in the UK and has published several articles in the IATEFL conference selections. He has also published extensively in Greek ELT publications such as ELT News and the TESOL Greece Newsletter.

Amy Elenis – Trainer

Amy received her certification in 2002 and began teaching while studying at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. After graduating from the Master’s of Science for Teachers program with high honors, she continued to teach in inclusive classrooms in upstate New York before moving to Florida. While in Florida, Amy taught in an urban public school district for four years where she was an ESOL instructor at the adult learning center and a tutor for students in grades K-12. Amy used a variety of strategies during her tutoring sessions, including inclusive small group work, one-on-one and online instruction. In 2008, Amy moved to North Carolina to teach ESL for grades K-5 at a rural public school. At the end of the school year, she returned to New York where she taught briefly before moving to Greece.

Amy’s diverse teaching and educational experiences have enabled her to develop strong communication, organizational and leadership skills. As a lifelong learner, Amy has continued her education by attending workshops on sheltered instruction using the SIOP model, teaching strategies for ELLs, and making content comprehensible for English Learners. Currently, she is working on a master’s degree in TESOL. Amy is passionate about improving academic and oral language through sheltered instruction and integrating multiculturalism into the curriculum. She loves to travel, learn about new cultures, and has enjoyed exploring her new home in Greece.

 

These are the trainers working on the current course. Other trainers who have worked with us previously are detailed here.