Jenny Wiseman
Stamford American School Hong Kong Head of EAL
Hong Kong
Over 10 years of progressive teaching experience in both public and private sectors. International teaching experience in Australia, South Korea and Hong Kong. Excellent understanding of language, grammar and usage, having studied linguistics, French and TESOL. Began my own education in a Spanish-English bilingual school, giving me an understanding of the challenges of learning a language. Founding Head of EAL at start-up school, which is steadily growing. Keen to develop EAL department at my school and build international connections with other EAL teachers and experts to share experiences and gain innovative and engaging ideas founded on research-based best-practice. Particularly keen to gain ideas about developing a strong EAL framework for our school and engaging and improving outcomes for multi-lingual learners in an Asian setting. Passionate about teaching, lifelong learning and excellence.
Personally- love keeping fit, hiking, swimming, brunches and coffee dates, travel, public speaking and sharing my experiences with others, reading to learn, my next goal is doing a TEDx talk!