Alumni Spotlight: Insights from EFL Educators
Thursday, November 17, 2022 · 7 - 8 PM
Online
As part of UMBC's celebration of International Education Week, the UMBC Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Graduate Program Presents:
Alumni Spotlight: Insights from EFL Educators
Thursday, November 17, 7:00 - 8:00 PM EST
Registration by e-mal to TESOL@umbc.edu
What
is it like teaching abroad? What challenges or surprises are in store
for EFL teachers? What teaching opportunities are available for UMBC
students beyond the public school system? Join us in a discussion with
TESOL alumni Bridget Jordan and Matthew Gleason about their
international English teaching experiences, their teaching strategies,
and life outside of the classroom.
Bridget Jordan
is an alumna of the M.A. TESOL program at the University of Maryland
Baltimore County (UMBC) where she also earned her Bachelor’s in Modern
Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication. In her years
leading up to teaching, she volunteered locally at the Education Based
Latino Outreach and the Esperanza Center as well as overseas, teaching
English classes in Bolivia and Italy. In addition, she served on the
Maryland TESOL board as the graduate student chair and interned at the
English Language Institute at UMBC. She is currently an elementary ESOL
teacher at Baltimore Highlands Elementary.