Stephen is from Ireland and has come through the teacher training course as a Student Teacher. He joined the college as a staff member when he finished the course in June 2014.
What is your favorite travel memory?
This is such a difficult question as there have been so many wonderful places I've been to with wonderful people. I think I will go with one of my most recent trips, from August 2016, when I was able to return to Canada after 13 years, to visit friends and family.
Even within that trip it's a difficult choice - but I would have to say it was the day I spent at Whistler Bike Park in British Columbia. Flying down some of the best mountain bike trails in the world with amazing views of the BC wilderness all around me, perfect.
How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?
I think the realization that I can use many many skills of mine, that I have developed in different industries, and implement them on a daily basis with my position in the college.
Things such as networking, that I developed in the event industry, I now use to full advantage to spread our good work all over this part of Europe. Or even more importantly, that I can bring my own fun personality into a classroom full of Austrian school children and have them all thinking that learning and speaking English can be such fun.
The fact that I can do this and get paid for it is a dream come true for a lot of people.
If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?
I know that my company offers different Continued Professional Development courses such as Cert-Tesol and Dip-Tesol and also Winter Driving courses for the Alpine conditions that we sometimes have. So even though I'm hoping we get to skid around in the snow in a safe and supervised environment, I think one of my next steps would be to complete the Dip-Tesol course that is available for me.
