Originally from Darlington in County Durham, Gary gained a degree in English and Journalism from the University of Central Lancashire in 2003. He worked as the course leader for English Language training at an independent language school, and gained his PGCE in English in 2007. He has taught English Language and Literature in a number of state schools in the North East of England, and also taught in an English language international school in Oman for three years.

Gary has completed a number of pedagogic studies in areas relating to student choice and literacy across the curriculum. Outside of teaching, he has a passionate interest in the Arts – he is a keen reader, frequent attendee of concerts, and maintains an interest in Modern Art. Gary is a fan of camping and wild swimming, whenever the weather allows.

Marco comes from Glasgow in Scotland where he studied politics and psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University. After a number of years teaching in Asia he moved to the Czech Republic in 1997 and worked for the British Council as an English instructor assisting the Czech government in their accession to the EU. Marco worked as an English teacher in a number of international and Czech schools before joining the ECP in 2017. He is a keen musician, concentrating on playing the guitar and writing songs, and he enjoys cycling and fencing among other sporting pursuits.

Having obtained her teaching degree in Wales, Caroline’s first aim was to go abroad and obtain some life experience. Her first stop was in the United States for two years and then on to South Africa, where she taught children with learning difficulties, including a period as Deputy Head in a school for autistic children. After her return to the UK, her next trip abroad was to Malawi with her husband and two children.

There she started her career of working in mainstream schools with children with specific learning difficulties. From Malawi to Tanzania and then latterly to Slovakia and now Prague, she has worked in the field of Learning Support in a primary and secondary school setting. She is thoroughly enjoying working at the ECP and loves living in Prague with all it has to offer.

After graduating with a BA (Hons) in European Studies with German from Wolverhampton University, Anna moved to Austria, trained to teach English as a foreign language (CELTA) and has been living in the heart of Europe since 1999. She worked as an English as a Foreign Language teacher in the UK, Ostrava and Prague before joining ECP in 2013. She brought with her a wealth of experience of teaching English to non-native speakers, having taught Cambridge exam courses, Business English & run extracurricular English clubs.

She has been instrumental in growing the English as an additional language (EAL) role at ECP, supporting students in small groups and alongside subject teachers. Her professional interests are languages, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and exploring the similarities and differences in the Czech and British school systems. She regularly teaches on courses for Czech teachers of English, exchanging teaching and learning ideas with Czech counterparts. Her interests are Pilates, Nordic walking, swimming and following amateur theatre groups.

David comes originally from Wolverhampton, and attended Wolverhampton Grammar School before graduating from the University of Leeds with a joint honours degree in French and Russian. He obtained his PGCE in Modern Languages and English from the University of East Anglia. His studies opened the doors to France and to several Central and Eastern European countries, including communist Czechoslovakia, Russia and Bulgaria. He taught in Bulgaria, London, Norfolk and Jersey, before moving with his wife and family to Prague.

Apart from a break between 2015 and early 2017, he has been teaching at the English College since 2001. He has been IB Coordinator and Director of Studies, and from 2005 to 2015, was Deputy Head. He has taught a number of subjects, including Modern Languages and English. His interests include football, Czech ice-hockey, gardening and the Moravian countryside.