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Qualifications & Formation

Credentialled in language.

An Edinburgh MA, multiple TEFL certifications and the current training and assessment qualification — titles listed without certificate identifiers.

Current Qualification

The national benchmark

Certificate IV

TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Current qualification — the national benchmark for vocational training and assessment practice.

Master's Degree

MA, Philosophy and English Literature

University of Edinburgh — one of the world's top-ranked universities for literature and languages.

TEFL

120-Hour Premier TEFL

The core certification behind the classroom practice.

TEFL

40-Hour TEFL, Exam Preparation

Specialist certification for preparing students to sit standardised English tests.

Qualification and certification titles are listed without certificate numbers or identifiers, in line with CAQA's privacy standard.
Professional Formation

Where the skills were built

Academic Formation

  • TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment — current qualification
  • MA, Philosophy and English Literature — University of Edinburgh
  • Linguistics modules — several completed alongside the MA
  • Advanced grammar courses — the machinery beneath the prose
  • 120-hour Premier TEFL — core teaching certification
  • 40-hour TEFL for exam preparation — test-preparation specialism

Working Disciplines

  • TESOL & ELICOS — English for speakers of other languages
  • IELTS & PTE preparation — assessment frameworks understood deeply
  • Curriculum development — programs for children and adults
  • Resource creation — materials tailored to individual needs
  • Program management — educators supported, administration handled
  • ESOL job readiness — conversational English for working life
Put it to work

Formation, applied to your learning

See how the credentials translate into classrooms, curricula and test results.