aa education consultancy
London
After several years of experience teaching EAL to all age groups, she began
teaching IB Diploma Programme English and ToK in 2002. Since then she has also
taken on the roles of examiner and workshop leader for the IB. Her perspective
has been shaped and informed by her varied experience and her teaching in very
different and diverse contexts in Greece, Germany, the UK and China.
Additionally, her experience from working at residential schools has enhanced
her awareness of the impact of holistic education on teaching and lifelong
learning. Her understanding of the challenges of the interaction of national
curricula with the IB Diploma Programme as well using English as the medium of
instruction in international schools have become an integral feature of her
professional agenda. The administrative positions she has also held -IB Diploma
Programme Coordinator and Head of English- inform not only her understanding of
contextual and pedagogical implications for the teaching of English for both
students and teachers, but also the impact of secondary education on raising
internationally-minded global citizens who will continue to learn, earn and
contribute to a sustainable future for all. Anna has a passion for reading, for
learning that challenges expectations and curricula, for asking searching
questions, as well as for strategic thinking for educational institutions. She
is the author of several academic papers in Theoretical Linguistics and her most
recent writing project being the Oxford University Press English A: Literature
Course Companion for the new IB Diploma Programme curriculum (first teaching
2019). Between workshops, consultancies, writing and assignments, she enjoys
reading, blogging and spending time with her children, her friends and her
former students, wherever they are.
