What Direction Will Teaching Take You?

“The direction in which education starts a person will determine their future life.” (Plato) In this session we will be exploring how you can collaborate with publishers and the possibilities of professional progression open to ELT teachers. From Director of Studies to Director of Marketing or Educator to Editor, we will talk about the options open to you and look at real examples and how to get there.

Find out about ...

  • How to develop your professional career in the publishing business
  • Roles to explore in ELT business
  • Helping people make progress in their lives
  • Enabling more effective teaching and personalized learning
  • How to link education to the way people aspire to live and work
  • Embrace lifelong learning

Speaker

Benjamin Fedigan

Ben Fedigan was born on the Wirral in the UK and has lived in Madrid since 2008 with his wife and son. He started his teaching career as a volunteer teacher in Sydney, Australia and started teaching ELT in 2008. Over the next 6 years he worked as an ELT teacher and Director of Studies in various academies. In 2015 he started working as an ELT Consultant, joining Pearson in 2016 where he has had various roles including ELT Consultant, Project Manager, Pearson Test of English Manager for Spain and Portugal and is currently Europe and Africa Project Manager for Pearson Test of English Academic. Ben is an avid rugby fan and his rugby career gave him the opportunity to travel the world.    

Sponsored by ...

Pearson

Pearson is the world’s learning company with more than 24,000 employees in nearly 60 countries and a mission to help people make progress in their lives through learning. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people. Our vision is to have a direct relationship with millions of lifelong learners and to link education to the way people aspire to live and work every day. To do that, we’ll collaborate with a wide group of partners to help shape the future of learning. We believe that we all need to embrace lifelong learning, continuously acquiring new knowledge and skills to thrive in an ever-changing and increasingly connected world.