Simon started teaching English in Fukuyama, Japan, in 2004. He moved to China in 2006, working for EF in Yuyao, Wuhan and Shanghai as a teacher, senior teacher, DOS (in 3 different schools) and Regional Production Manager. During his teaching career Simon has taught all ages from 3 to 65, been a judge on Hubei Province’s Star of Outlook speech contest and once taught a class of over 1000 students.
Simon has worked for TRT training team since 2016. As TRT's online trainer, he has trained more than 1000 EF teachers on tutor-led distance learning courses and is always looking for ways to help explain concepts more clearly and encourage more communication between trainees. He blogs about distance training at https://onlinetefltrainer.com/
Outside of work Simon does a lot of reading and likes to travel (mostly around UK these days), study Mandarin, eat good food and play with his two sons.
Special Interests: child development, theories of learning and memory, technology in the classroom, collecting and using feedback
Qualifications:
BA English Literature (University of Durham, UK)
CertTESOL (Trinity Certificate in TESOL)
DipTESOL (Trinity Diploma in TESOL)
IDLTM (International Diploma in Language Teaching Management)
MA Professional Development in Language Teaching (NILE & University of Chichester)