Leadership on Action: Managing Change and Risk

Tina holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Riverside and an MSc in Teaching English as a Second Language from California State University at Fullerton, where she specialized in Second Language Acquisition and did my Master’s Thesis in Content-Based Language Instruction. Tina also holds a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from California State University at San Bernardino which gives her the license to teach in all primary and secondary schools in California. In the United States, Tina taught in the American Culture and Language Program at California State University, San Bernardino for five years and taught academic English to foreign students pursuing both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees as well as the being responsible for selection of course materials, curriculum design and the use of authentic materials in the language classroom For the last  20 years in Greece, she has had  extensive experience in teaching English to adults, mainly Business and tailor-made English language programs to executives in all industries and sectors, such as banking and finance, shipping and maritime, pharmaceutical, sales and marketing, etc. At Benefit Language Programmes and Services, apart from her teaching responsibilities, she is fully responsible for the operation of our executive language programs in all languages, including placement of students, selection and creation of materials, recruitment of teachers, supervision of courses and content, testing, assessment and teacher training and development.  Duties also include the liaison with companies to fulfill both educational and business goals.