NAME : ANGELA COTOARA
15 April 1998-2005 President of Professional Foundation,
• To promote high quality in education, courses for English, French, German and Romanian for foreigners, intercultural tolerance and appreciation, life-long learning, human rights and social inclusion
Director of Professional Language Centre
• To meet the ever-growing demand for professional communication in English, by providing high quality services in the fields of language training and testing.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2010 European Project Management – Arezzo, July Grundtvig Course
2005 Multimedia and New Technology Course, NILE, Norwich, the UK
2004 QUEST Inspector Course, ACCESS Language Centre, Cluj-Napoca
2004 QUEST Inspector Course, Prosper-ASE, Bucuresti
2001 Bi-lingual Teacher Training Programme, Chichester College, Chichester, the UK
1999 Mentor Trainer Training Course, the University of Leeds, Leeds, the UK-British
Council selection
1998 International Teachers Course – Trainer Development, Hilderstone College, Broadstairs, the UK –winner of Teacher Development Textbook Fund Grant
1998 to 1997 Mentor Training Course, the British Council, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1996 First Degree in English and Education(the highest), Thesis:”The English Time/Tense, System, Future Tense”, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
1995 Teacher Training Course – Joy Jensen, American Embassy Project, Targu-Mures
1986 Second Degree in English and Education – Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
1976Third Degree in English and Education – University of Bucharest, Bucharest
1973 Bachelor of Arts, “Al.Ioan Cuza” University, Faculty of Letters, English
Department, Iasi
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:
• extensive work in various aspects of education, life-long education, counseling, mentoring and training
• ability to coordinate the activity of the English Faculty
• conduct research, produce reports and administer education programs
• evaluate curriculum programs and recommend improvements
• develop the structure, content and objectives of new educational standards(the occupational standard of mentor)
• provide on-going professional development, training and consultative services to teachers
• develop teaching materials
• well-organized, efficient, quick learner, self-motivated and excellent methodological background
• counsel students regarding educational issues such as: course selection, career planning, study habits.
CONFERENCES, PAPERS, DISSERTATIONS, COURSES
2010 Languages as a Lifeskill-New Perspectives on LSP Teaching and Learning, Bucharest,Romania
2009 Languages Meet Sport – Conference in Trieste- Italy
2007 DissMark II Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, Presentation Intercultural Values in
Projects
2006 Rate-QUEST Conference in Cluj - Napoca
2004 Along Quality Road- Annual Convention of QLS in Kamena Vourla, Greece
Presentation, “Mentoring as a Profession”
2002 The QUEST Second National Seminar, Iasi, 19-20 September
2002 The Second National Macmillan Conference, Bucharest, 6-8 September
“Grammar through Drama”-workshop and English Sketches performed by a
group of students from my school under my direction
2002 The British Council Annual General Meeting, Constanta, 30 May –2 June
2002 Mentor Observation and Support Scheme – The British Council Project, Cluj-
Napoca, 8-10 February
2001 IATEFL ROMANIA, The Second National RATE Annual Conference
Presentation: “International Links”
2001 English Language Teaching Seminar, Oxford University Press, Bucharest, 25-26
August.
2001 The Mentor Training Course- co-run by me and Maria Cata, subsidized by the
World Bank, under the Ministry of Education and Research, Bacau, 6-!4 September
2001 The QUEST First National Seminar, Iasi, 28-30 September
2001 The British Council Annual General Meeting, 1-3 June
2001 The First National RATE Annual Conference, Bucharest, 3-4 March
2000 The British Council Annual General Meeting, Constanta, 1-3 June
2000 The Second International Mentor Conference, Cluj- Napoca, 13-14 April
1999 The Mentor Training Course, co-run by me and Eva Meszaros,
Targu-Mures, CCD, 1 February-15 June
1998 The First National Mentor Conference, Cluj-Napoca, 2-5 September
2001-
1997 METTEXT Training Courses, co-run with other fellow trainers – The British Council Project
PAPERS:” The English Time/Tense System”, The Annual of “Dimitrie Cantemir”
University, Targu-Mures,1997
“ The Themes of Robert Frost”, The Annual of “Dimitrie Cantemir”University,
Targu-Mures, 1998
ARTICLES: Mentoring Summer Course in Cluj, “Together” The Romanian Journal for
Language Teacher Educator, Vol.3-4 1997-1998
Using a Textbook Professional Development Fund Grant, “Together”
Vol. 5/ 2000
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Computer Studies, Linguistics
Languages :English, Italian, Spanish
