Each CELTA course at the BERLIN SCHOOL OF ENGLISH has a team of CELTA tutors, one of whom acts as the Main Course Tutor.
All CELTA tutors have to be approved by Cambridge Assessment English and must participate in standardisation every year. This ensures that your tutors are always up to date with developments in the award and are able to assess your progress in line with Cambridge Assessment requirements and standards.
Meet the team
Helen Down – Head of CELTA Teacher Training
MA, Cambridge DTEFLA
Helen has been involved in English language teaching since 1991 and has worked in France, Italy, Poland, the UK, Russia and Germany as a teacher, examiner, director of studies and since 2007 as a trainer on CELTA courses. She is also a Cambridge appointed assessor for the CELTA qualification. She has been Head of CELTA teacher training since 2017.
Anthony Gaughan – Director of Studies
PGDip BA (Hons.) PGCE (QTS) DELTA
Anthony has worked as a language teacher and teacher trainer for almost 30 years, mainly in the UK and central/eastern Europe. He is a Delta Module 2 tutor, CELTA main course tutor and also a Cambridge-approved CELTA Assessor for that award. Before becoming Director of Studies, Anthony was the Head of CELTA Teacher Training at HAMBURG SCHOOL OF ENGLISH for almost 10 years. In addition, Anthony has worked for a range of course providers and publishers as an online and F2F presenter and course moderator. He is also or has been a member of ELTABB, HELTA, ELT Ireland and IATEFL.
Laurence Bardout
MA
Laurence has an MA in Literature and Linguistics and 25 years’ experience in the field of EFL. In the 1990s, she taught in the Czech Republic, Indonesia, the UK and Turkey before moving to Syria in 2000, where she taught a wide range of courses, worked in academic management and started developing her teacher training skills. She then spent 5 years as a CELTA and DELTA tutor in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2017 she moved to Germany. She is also an IELTS oral examiner.
