"Over 10,000 people successfully complete a CELTA course each year"

"CELTYL shows you have the skills needed to teach English to children or teenagers in language schools. This international qualification gives you a solid basis in the fundamentals of language teaching practice and the confidence to take control of young learners in the classroom".

Our teacher-trainers have been teaching for many years and have a broad range of teacher training experience. They have worked in a variety of ELT classrooms around the world and have been trained to the highest standards according to the training procedure outlined by Cambridge. This involves observing most of the CELTA course and being observed giving training. By the end of their training they produce a portfolio which is assessed by Cambridge. Our trainers have plenty of post DELTA experience and show their commitment to their own development as teachers and trainers by participating in conferences and keeping up to date with the latest developments in EFL.

Our tutor’s experience and sound expertise in teaching will help you to make the most of your TEFL course. In addition, our philosophy on training is that we are here to help you improve and develop as teachers so we aim to be accessible and available to support you as you learn how to teach.

Ellen Darling Ellen has been an English teacher since 1992 and has worked for the British Council for over 16 years. She has taught beginners through to proficiency and is an experienced teacher of young learners. She has taught in Spain, Colombia and Italy and has run teacher training courses and events in Italy, Egypt, Morocco and Malta.

She assesses course books before publication and writes online materials for Cambridge University Press. She has written teacher training modules for teaching young learners and teacher training videos for the British Council, which are used worldwide. She is a CELTA Assessor and local supervisor for the DELTA as well as Main Course Tutor for our YL extension course and a trained primary school teacher.

Jeff Fowler

Jeff has been an English teacher since 1992 and has worked for the British Council for over 16 years. Jeff has taught in Spain, Colombia and Italy. Jeff is a regular contributor to the British Council Teach English website and runs the Naples British Council in-house training programme. Jeff has written materials for Cambridge University Press and the Premier Skills website.

Jeff is also a tutor for the YL extension course.

Jane Ritter

Jane has been an English teacher since 1994 and has worked for the British Council for over 16 years. She has taught beginners through to proficiency and is an experienced teacher of young learners. She has taught in Italy and Hong Kong has run teacher training courses and events in Italy, Germany, Hong Kong and Romania.

She is Manager of Adult programmes for the BC Naples. She is a tutor for the Cambridge CELTA teacher training courses, Main course tutor for the CELTYL and DELTA local supervisor. She is Regional Team Leader for Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiners in Campania, Lazio, Sicily and Calabria and Presenter for Cambridge ESOL.

Caroline Swettenham

Caroline has been an EFL teacher since 1994 and has worked in Italy, France, Spain and Greece. She is also a Cambridge ESOL oral examiner for the YLE suite, KET, PET, FCE and CPE. She has contributed to British Council conferences, in-house training sessions, and seminars for Italian teachers of English and has piloted and evaluated Cambridge ESOL test material for YLs. Her main interest is materials development for teenagers and she is currently working on some online material for a publisher. She says the best thing about being a CELTYL tutor is seeing the participants collaborate and develop over two weeks.

Neil Shirvington Neil has been an English language teacher since 1998 and has worked at the British Council for over 8 years. He has taught in Thailand, Turkey, Egypt and Italy, and has been a part of the CELTA training team for 5 years. He has a broad experience from beginners to proficiency and exam courses. He is also particularly interested in the integration and development of web 2.0 technologies in teaching practices and is the main course tutor for the CELTA course in Naples.