Alexandra Ioannou

English teacher

Alexandra Ioannou is a Vocational Training Institute (IEK) graduate and holds a degree in ‘Early Childhood Education and Creative Expression Activities’. She learned to love the English language through her teachers, who taught with passion, giving out their love and smile generously to their students. With them as role models, she decided to enter the field of foreign language education. She has been teaching English since 2000. She has experience at all levels and believes that learning never ends and is fun!!!

Alexandra has attended many seminars on classroom management, English language teaching methodology and technology in foreign language teaching. She has also obtained the Certificate of Proficiency (ECPE) of the University of Michigan, as well as Certificates of Proficiency (CPE) and Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) of Cambridge University. She believes that teaching a foreign language should be a pleasant process and that students should have fun learning a foreign language while being able to express their views openly in the classroom.

Mary Bougioukou

 

 

English teacher

Mary Bougioukou entered the fascinating world of teaching in the 1980s and has been working at Kyttea Education Centres since 2008 – eight years of which in a secretarial position.

She has taken part in teacher training courses and attended seminars on the foundations of teaching and learning a foreign language, lesson planning and use of resources in teaching, classroom management and the learning process. She holds the Certificate of Proficiency (CPE) of the University of Cambridge. She also holds a translation certificate from the meta|φραση Translator Training Centre.

Mary speaks French, Spanish and Italian. She has many years of teaching experience at all levels and believes that learning never ends and is fun!!! She loves children, books, arts and crafts, travelling and going to the movies.

 

Georgia Vasilopoulou

 

 

English teacher

Georgia Vasilopoulou grew up in Canada and is bilingual. She is a graduate of York University in Toronto, majoring in Political Science and Mass Media.

Georgia has been working as an English teacher in Greece since 1999. She has acquired the CPE (Cambridge Proficiency Examination) with a grade of Excellent and the TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) from the University of Cambridge. She frequently attends conferences and seminars to learn new techniques and to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of foreign language teaching to non-native speakers.

Georgia believes that languages need to be learned in a natural and active manner, stimulating real communication skills for students to experience the language in the classroom. Her aim is to educate and instil the knowledge that will inspire students to discover the multifaceted and interesting functions of the English language.

 

Tzela Karkantzou

 

 

 

English teacher

Tzela Karkantzou has a Certificate of Proficiency in English and has been teaching the language since 2005. She holds a BA in Greek Culture from the Department of Humanities of the Hellenic Open University. She has also a good knowledge of the Italian language.

Tzela was born and raised in Athens, but since 2005 she has been living and working in Nafpaktos, her place of origin. She has a son, Konstantinos. In recent years she has presided over the Association of Parents and Guardians of the 2nd Primary School of Nafpaktos.

Tzela cares about the town where she lives and envisions the improvement of the quality of life in it. She loves learning languages, travelling and reading books.

 

Eugenia Tsiota

 

 

English teacher

Eugenia Tsiota studied at the Department of Early Childhood Education of the University of Patras but decided that she preferred teaching English instead.

She has obtained the following certificates from the University of Cambridge: CPE (Cambridge Proficiency Examination), CEELT (Cambridge Examination for English Language Teachers), and TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test), achieving Band 4 (excellent). Eugenia has attended numerous seminars on the psychological and emotional aspects of learning, as well as on ways to educate people with learning disabilities. She has completed a course at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens on teaching foreign languages to children with learning difficulties, with a grade of Excellent. Eugenia has also participated in workshops regarding various English language exams.

Eugenia loves learning – her latest "craze", Spanish. She likes "making" stuff and spends her time knitting and crocheting. Running helps her let off steam.

 

Freelance staff

  • George Asimakopoulos

    George Asimakopoulos

    Lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Peloponnese
  • Charalampos Orfanoudakis

    Charalampos Orfanoudakis

    Director of the Public Vocational Training Institute of Nafpaktos, Information Technology Teacher
  • Eleni Ploumi

    Eleni Ploumi

    Physical Education Teacher - Tennis Coach