Component 2: General English
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Teachers Up members who want to improve their English language proficiency can join our FREE English classes.
Eligibility
Schedule of English Classes English classes are divided into two modules. Module 1 runs from February 18 to April 1, 2023 and Module 2 from June 24 to July 29, 2023. English classes will be offered on Saturdays in two schedules: from 8:30 am to 9:30 am and from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Classes will be taught on Zoom and will last for one hour. Registration Interested teachers and students have to register for each module. After registering, for the purpose of diagnosis, participants will take a required English entry test which will not affect the status of the registration. Registration for Module 2 is closed. Completion Certificates There are six or seven classes in each module. If participants attend 5 classes or more and submit 5 assignments or more in a module, they will be awarded a completion certificate of that module. |
Registration is closed.
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Meet the Instructors
Get to know our talented and dedicated instructors. Each instructor will bring their own unique ability to connect and teach while staying true to Teachers Up's mission of inspiring, encouraging, and training teachers of English in El Salvador.
Jenniffer González |
Jenniffer González graduated from the University of El Salvador with a bachelor´s degree in English teaching. At the moment, she is researching how metacognitive strategies can help students improve their speaking skills to obtain her master´s degree in education. She participated in two programs sponsored by the US Department of State: The Global UGRAD program in 2011 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the Fulbright TEA Program in 2019 at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
She taught English to kids, teenagers, and adults since 2012 at Centro Cultural Salvadoreño Americano, Colegio El Camino, and Educlase English Academy. She is currently working as an English Teacher for kids and teenagers at Centro Escolar Organizacion Estados Iberoamericanos. She loves teaching because she believes she can contribute to the development of her students’ abilities to become better persons, citizens, or professionals in the future. |
Mauricio Hernández |
Mauricio Hernández holds a bachelor's degree in education with a specialization in teaching English and is certified in English as a Second Language and English Landuage Teaching methodologies. He has received training from institutions such as ITCA, UCAD, and Teachers Up. He has been teaching English to kids, teens, and adults since 2008. Currently, he is an English Coordinator in a private institution and the Head of an English academy.
In addition to being a teacher of English, Mauricio is an entrepreneur in individual and corporate English language teaching and a musical educator. For Mauricio, teaching is a way to bring positive change to an individual, their family, and the society. |
Gerardo Melgar |
Gerardo Melgar worked as a full-time teacher for Programa Empresarial ¡Supérate! from 2015 to 2022. He holds a bachelor’s degree in applied linguistics and an associate degree in English teaching, both from Instituto Centro Cultural. Currently, Gerardo is pursuing his master's degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Michigan State University under the Fulbright Program.
Gerardo’s preparation in the English language field started at Programa Empresarial ¡Supérate!, where he was granted a three-year scholarship. In 2013, he won the Global UGRAD scholarship to study for one academic year at Augustana University in South Dakota, and at the beginning of 2020, he traveled to North Carolina State University in Wilmington with the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (Fulbright TEA). Gerardo has worked training public school teachers from San Andre's Valley in San Juan Opico. He has also participated in workshops, symposiums, conferences and conventions related to English teaching and learning. He was a presenter at the first Symposium of Applied Linguistics organized by Instituto Centro Cultural, and at the International Conference for teachers of English organized by Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán (UPNFM), Honduras. In 2022, he attented the Virtual TESOL Convention, and the Michigan TESOL Conference. |
Irvin Romero |
Irvin Romero has been teaching English since 2013. He has experience working with kids, teenagers, and adults in public and private institutions.
He obtained his bachelor's degree in language and literature from Universidad de Sonsonate. He has participated in different scholarship programs, such as Centro ¡Supérate! CASSA Sonsonate in 2011; Study of the US Institutes, sponsored by the US Department of States in 2013; and the Chevening Scholarship Program in 2020, through which he got his master's degree in language education from the University of Edinburgh, in the UK. |
Disclaimer: This project was funded by a grant from the United States Department of State. The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.
