Olha Pavlenko

Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Linguistics at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, EFL/ESP teacher

Olha Pavlenko

Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Linguistics at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, EFL/ESP teacher

Biography

Olha Pavlenko holds PhD in Education, CELTA/Delta, and is a certified teacher trainer. Olha also has been with the British Council Ukraine since 2015 as a part of the teaching center team. Having received the British Council Professional Award in Teacher Development, she joined the pool of teacher trainers to deliver a variety of courses within a range of British Council teacher professional development projects (Social Cohesion and Resilience through Schools, Learning Hubs, English for Civil Servants, English for Universities, Teaching and Learning in Difficult Times etc.). Olha delivers teacher development courses in Ukraine and abroad. Her interests include applied linguistics, materials development, and digital technologies in education. Olha believes that professional development empowers teachers to become inspirational leaders.