Oxford Professional Development is akin to an academic laboratory; like seasoned researchers, our team of experts is equipped not only with solid theoretical foundations but also with the specialist knowledge that comes from first-hand experience. With our help, educators learn to apply the latest teaching methodology in real classroom situations, motivating students and propelling their own career trajectories.
About us
Our experts
Sarah Mercer
Sarah Mercer is Professor of Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Graz, Austria, where she is Head of ELT Methodology.
Esther Herrero
Esther Herrero works as a Pre-Primary, Therapeutic Pedagogy and Hearing and Speech teacher at the Ponce de León educational centre in Madrid.
Paul Driver
Secondary & Technology
Paul is a Senior Learning Technologist at Anglia Ruskin University. He specialises in immersive virtual reality scenario creation and holds an M.A. in Creative Media Practice in Education.
Jen Dobson
Jen Dobson has over 30 years’ experience in English language education, as a teacher, author, and teacher trainer.
Robin Walker
Robin is a freelance teacher, teacher trainer and ELT author, as well as former Vice-President of TESOL-SPAIN.
Ángela Álvarez-Cofiño
Pre-Primary, Primary, CLIL & Phonics
Ángela is an English teacher and was awarded a National Prize in Educative Innovation.
Donna Fields
Primary, Secondary & CLIL
Donna is a professor at the Universidad Internacional Valenciana and a teacher-trainer for the Consellería d’Educació in Valencia.
Neil Ainsworth
Neil has been involved in ELT since 2003, working as a teacher, teacher trainer, and director of studies.
Montse Costafreda
Primary, Secondary & CLIL
Montse is an ELT teacher and teacher trainer with a particular interest in the implementation of new and innovative methodologies in the classroom.
Abel Gálvez
Secondary & Technology
Abel began teaching English in 1992 and now teaches teenagers at IES Torre del Palau.
Nina Lauder
Pre-Primary, Primary, CLIL & Sciences
Nina has been teaching at all levels since 1990 and for the past ten years has been involved in educational consulting and teacher training.
María Moliner Bernabé
Pre-Primary, Primary & Phonics
María Moliner has a PhD in Bilingual Education and has also been granted the Doctorate Special Award with “excellent” at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
Amanda McLoughlin
Primary, CLIL & Sciences
Amanda is a teacher, teacher trainer and CLIL materials writer based in the Bilbao.
Víctor Pavón
Primary, Secondary & CLIL
Víctor Pavón Vázquez is assistant teacher at the University of Córdoba (Spain), where he teaches in the areas of EFL methodology and bilingual education.
Rachel Playfair
Primary, Secondary & CLIL
Rachel Playfair has been teaching English for 25 years, to students of a wide variety of ages and abilities, both at language academies and universities.
Mariela Collado
Primary, CLIL & Phonics
Mariela Collado is a teacher of English and a teacher trainer with 25 years teaching experience.
Phil Ball
Primary, Secondary & CLIL
Phil works for the federation of Basque schools and is an expert in Primary and Secondary CLIL.
