Chiara Farina-Ibbs
Teacher Training Co-ordinator
Chiara has worked in teaching for nearly 20 years. She has taught at all ages and levels in South America and Europe, and has been a teacher trainer since 2001, at both CELTA and DELTA level. She was a Director of Studies at a large school in London for some time and is also a Trinity GESE and ISE examiner. Chiara has a MA in Applied Linguistics, is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, and also speaks Portuguese. She has put all of this knowledge and experience together with that of our exceptional trainers into the development of the Stafford House CELTA course.
Rachel Kirsch
Teacher Trainer
Rachel is a lively, engaging English Language teacher, teacher trainer and academic manager with almost 30 years’ experience in the EFL industry. She has more than 10 years’ experience of training CELTA and DELTA candidates and has created and run a variety of bespoke teacher training courses. She has managed EFL, ESOL and ELT Teacher Training departments in a large Further Education college in Central London and is a qualified Trinity ESOL International and SELT examiner working both in the UK and abroad.
Tim Dalrymple
Teacher Trainer
Tim has been working in ELT for over 30 years, in the UK, France and Spain. He is an energetic and engaging CELTA trainer with twenty years’ experience of designing and delivering courses in private language schools, an FE college and a Training Centre. He has successfully trained up numerous Diploma-qualified teachers to become CELTA trainers and has led hundreds of trainees through courses to become qualified EFL teachers.