Phil Bridges has been working with English language learners for 15 years, teaching classes, designing curriculum, and more. Phil is a certified CELTA tutor and teaches in most of the CELTA courses offered at Missouri State University, as well as in other teacher training programs, like the PDPI program for Brazilian teachers and the Khebrat program for Saudi teachers. He has conducted additional teacher training workshops in Bogota, Colombia, and online. Phil has also taught undergraduate courses at MSU in writing and student success.

 Rachel Love, one of our Teacher Training Specialists, has been teaching English to speakers of other languages,   both as a K-8 English Language Learner (ELL) Specialist in public schools in the U.S. and as an EFL instructor in   Europe and Asia, for 9 years. Throughout her career, she has developed curriculum for English instruction and for teacher training and development, including serving as interim director of ELL Learning at ICSB international school in Budapest, Hungary. Rachel is interested in language, literacy, and multi-cultural understanding and has traveled widely, visiting many countries over 5 continents and holding teaching engagements in four countries (South Korea, Hungary, Columbia, and Kenya). She has been part of the Teacher Training team since 2017 and has overseen the experience-based training aspect of each cohort of the Khebrat program for Saudi teachers, as well as other initiatives, particularly those with a K-12 focus.