1. Dr FelicityBreet
International consultant and mentor to English Language Teacher Educators
and policy makers.
Extensive experience of strategic leadership of teachers’ professional development. Highlyskilled in
innovative curriculum development and portfolio planning. Analytical with proven ability in
researchingthe learningandteachingof Englishas a first,secondand foreignlanguage.Aneffective
communicatorbuildingrelationships withpolicymakers, Inspectors,Advisers,TeacherEducators and
teachers of English working to improve curricula and classroom methodology.
Areas of Expertise
Influencedchange
 Chaired the University of Sunderland’s new cross Faculty programme development group.
Ensured that all new innovative portfolio development ideas were discussedand challenged
before development work commenced from an agreed base in the appropriate Faculty.
 IntroducedTeachingEnglishtoSpeakersof OtherLanguagesas a discipline, tothe University
of Sunderland. Developed, led and taught the MA TESOL and then an Undergraduate TESOL
programme and internationalisedthe Department. Programme leaderships handed over to
colleagues and both programmes thrived.
 Supported and challenged University of Leeds staff working within their Primary Education
development project in Oman. As External Examiner attended Assessment Boards in Leeds
and made twovisits tomonitorthe effectivenessof the projectwhichmetitsspecifiedaims.
 Liaised with senior teachers to enhance in service activities for teacher of English in North
WestProvince Cameroononbehalf of the BritishCouncil. Drove forwardthe decentralisation
of the English Language Teachers Association within legal constraints to ensure maximum
participation. The ELTA continued, managed by the teachers themselves.
Guidedand ledstrategic curriculumdevelopment andportfolio
planning
 Facilitated the rewriting of a new curriculum for PrimarySchool English,with Head teachers
inthe SolomonIslands.The syllabuswassuccessfullyimplemented aspartof the Department
of International Development funded national project.
 Established on-going portfolio reviews and development activities across the Faculty of
Education and Society. Within University strategy maximised the Faculty’s independent
distance learning programmes, analysed and proposed new flexible programmes for
internationalrecruitmentandstrengthenedproposalsforinnovative degreeprogrammes and
new modes of learning.
 Actedonbehalf of the DeputyVice Chancellortochairthe UniversityAcademicDevelopment
Committee as and when required. Consolidated and expedited discussions on University
strategy for portfolio development and the operationalisation of such strategy
Customised knowledge and experience in diverse contexts

2. Pre-service TeacherEducation
 Managed large classes (60 learners) to success in national exams in English and English
Language Teaching methods at Government Teachers College Doko Nigeria (VSO)
 Wrote and taught a course in English; linkedtothe introductionof new teachingmethodsin
a culturally challenging context at the University of Nanjing China. British Council project.
 Demonstratedadaptabilitybystandingin atshort notice at the Universityof Leeds;lecturing
inTESOL to B.Ed. studentsfromMalaysiaandPGCE students fromthe UK. Contract extended
when colleague returned to work.
 Taught BA Primary and PGCE Secondary students in teaching English as a first and as an
additional language, University of Durham; Part of a successful OFSTED inspection March
In Service Teacher Education as a Consultant
 Facilitatedaseriesof workshopsforFrancophone teachersof English inSenegal.Nationwide
project supported by the Department for International Development (DfID)
 CreatedandledaworkshopforteachersofEnglishinhighschoolsfromdifferentcommunities
in the Lebanon, supported by the British Council
 Mentored Maths teachers on language related challenges in Township high schools in and
around Durban, supported by Shell South Africa
 Supported and challenged the Molteno project research team in Johannesburg developing
new materials for Primary schools across all communities in South Africa. British Council
invitation.
Career history
 2011- 2016 Associate Dean Planning Portfolio and Recruitment Faculty of Education and
Society, University of Sunderland.
 2008-2011 Head of the Department of Culture University of Sunderland
 1995 – 2008 Principal LecturerinTeachingEnglishtoSpeakersof OtherLanguagesUniversity
of Sunderland.Publication; “BreakingInorbreakingthe mould?”paperwithafocusonEnglish
forAcademicPurposesandcultural awarenesspresentedatthe Informconference University
of Newcastle 2012
 1996-2016 PhD research supervisor accredited by the Universityof Sunderland.Publication;
Article inthe Journal of International EducationUKCOSA “EAPforInternationalPhDstudents,
who decides?” 1996
 1992 Visiting Lecturer in TESOL University of Leeds
 1991-1995 University of Durham School of Education Half time lecturer in Primary and
Secondary English Teaching Methodology
 1987-1990 EnglishTeachingAdviserCameroon(DfIDpost) Developinga self-sustainingINSET
scheme for Teachers of English
 1984-1986 Senior Lecturer University of Nanjing People’s Republic of China Planning and
runningELT INSET coursesfor teachersat all levelsof education.BritishCouncil/DfIDproject.
Publication;ELTJVol 42/1basedonteachingatthe Universityof Nanjing,“UsingMethodology
Notebooks on in service teacher training courses.” 1988
 1984-1993 ELT Tutor for Voluntary Service Overseas on short pre-departure and In-country
training for Primary and Secondary ELT trainer training courses
 1980-1983 Senior Lecturer, College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria. English Language courses
for teachers of Hausa and Arabic. Primary/Secondary English Language Teaching Methods

3.  1978-1980 Head of English Government Teachers College Doko, Nigeria English Language
Teaching and Primary teaching methods (Voluntary Service Overseas)
 1975-1978 Teacher of English and Head of Drama Beaumont School, St Albans, Herts.
Consultancies
 External Examinervisitstoteachers,trainers andBA TESOLprovidersdelivering the University
of Leeds national BA TESOL Primary project Oman.
 Designed, led and evaluated a Trainer Training programme for Primary/Secondary Teacher
Trainers. 1998 and2000 innorthern Nigeria.Follow upto1996 consultancyvisit toThe British
Council, Nigeria.Publication;“You’re an ELT trainer,so what?” paper witha focuson trainer
training presented at IATEFL Teacher Training Conference University of Leeds 2000
 Facilitatedthe rewritingofthe PrimaryNational CurriculumforEnglishintheSolomonIslands.
1997 Spring and 1997 Autumn DfID consultancy supporting Primary Education Project,
 Supported the writingof EnglishlanguagematerialsforbilingualPrimaryeducation. 1993DfID
consultancy visit to the Molteno Project Johannesburg, South Africa
 Advisedstaff at the Centre for the Advancementof Science andMaths Education,University
of Natal andteachersinTownshipHighschools.1993and1992 The BritishCouncil/ShellSouth
Africa
 DesignedanddeliveredandevaluatedINSETworkshopsforFrancophone teachersof English
1993 and 1991 The British Council, Cameroon.
 Designed and delivered INSET workshops for teachers of English alongside Senegalese
Inspector of English. 1992 DfID funded visit.
 Designed, delivered and evaluated workshops for Teachers of English and those setting up
teacher development programmes. 1992 British Council Lebanon
Qualifications
 2003/4 Certificate and Diploma in Performance Coaching, The Coaching Academy and
Newcastle College
 October 1993 University of Durham PhD based on work in Cameroon; “Verbal interaction in
Mathematics lessons in Anglophone Africa”
 1989 April-JulyUniversityof Lancaster(IELE) In-Service course forInspectorsandAdvisersof
English Language Teaching (DfID Study Leave)
 1983-84 University of Essex MA in Applied Linguistics
 1974-75 University of Cambridge Wolfson College B.Ed. (Hons) in English and Education
 1971-74 Hockerill College Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, Certificate in Education
Primary/Secondary English.
References available on request