Professional memberships
- Member, International Association of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL)
- Business English & English for Specific Purposes Special Interest Groups
- Member, TESOL International Association
- Member, ELTA-Rhine
Training & development activities
I am always looking for professional development opportunities to update my knowledge and improve as a teacher and freelance business owner. Here are some recent activities that I have participated in:
- MaWSIG Webinar: Writing materials that develop reading skills, Mark Heffernan & David Byrne
- Foundations of Good Copy, Lauren Martin of Copy That Copywriting
- “Spark joy”: Using Notion as a lesson planner, Daniel Herlihy of The Riot Way
- “Gute Lehre” Vertiefungskurs (Kommunikation, Grundlagen Prüfung, Erfolgreich Studieren), IU Internationale Hochschule
- “Adaptability 2.0 — What do we really need in the Business English classroom?”, Karin Heuert Galvao for IATEFL Business English Special Interest Group (BESIG)
- “Gute Lehre” Microtrainings (Tipps & Tricks, Agile Lehre, Prüfungen), IU Internationale Hochschule
- Feedback und Korrektur schriftlicher Texte (“Feedback and correction of written texts”), WWU Münster Fortbildung
- Autonomie im Fremdsprachenunterricht (“Autonomy in foreign language lessons”), WWU Münster Fortbildung
- Training in Learning Management Systems: “Einführung in ILIAS (Basis) für DozentInnen des SLZ,” TH Köln
- Rachael Roberts’ “Festival of Freelancing: for Freelance ELT Professionals and Business Owners”
- Webinar: “IATEFL Career Guides: How to teach online”