Andy Curtis - Team Member
Andy Curtis and I have been colleagues since
September, 1996, when he was the coordinator of a
business communication program in which I taught at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1999, I nominated
Andy for the TESOL Association Leadership Mentoring
Award. He received that award and has been active in
TESOL leadership positions ever since! He was my
"critical reading buddy" for the McGraw-Hill volume on
teaching speaking and we have written articles and
offered several workshops together over the years.
September, 1996, when he was the coordinator of a
business communication program in which I taught at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1999, I nominated
Andy for the TESOL Association Leadership Mentoring
Award. He received that award and has been active in
TESOL leadership positions ever since! He was my
"critical reading buddy" for the McGraw-Hill volume on
teaching speaking and we have written articles and
offered several workshops together over the years.
Bio
Andy Curtis is currently the Director of the Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) at
the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his teaching degree (BEd)
from Sunderland University, UK in 1991, and a Postgraduate Diploma in
TESOL from Sheffield Hallam University, UK, also in 1991. In 1992, he received
an MA in Applied Linguistics and in 1996 a PhD in International Education, both
from the University of York, UK. For two years, 1998-2000, Dr. Curtis was the
designer and program manager for a new graduate level EAP program offered
by the Department of English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in south
China, where he received the Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1999. In
2000, together with Dwight Atkinson, Dr Curtis published a handbook,
Preparing to Write Your MPhil/PhD: A Handbook for Postgraduate Researchers,
produced by the Department of English at the Polytechnic University. For one
year (2001-2002), Dr Curtis was a visiting associate professor in the
Department of Language Teacher Education, at the School for International
Training, Vermont, where he developed and presented new courses on
curriculum design and educational technology. Dr Curtis is currently a member
of SIT’s online teaching team for their International Diploma in Language
Teaching Management. From 2002 to 2005 he was the Director of the School of
English at Queens University in Ontario, Canada.
As an invited speaker, workshop facilitator and consultant, Dr. Curtis has given
approximately 100 presentations and worked with 10,000 language teachers in
more than 20 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong
Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (South), Malaysia, Mexico, Panama,
Peru, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the
United Kingdom and the United States of America. As a teacher, since 1989, Dr
Curtis has designed, presented, evaluated and developed 50 tertiary level
courses for 20 educational centres. In 1999, Dr Curtis received the TESOL
Leadership Mentoring Award from the TESOL Association, and during his ten
years as a member of the Association he has served on TESOL’s Standing
Committee on Rules and Resolutions, on the Nominations Committee, on two
Research Agenda Task Forces, and is currently serving on the TESOL Task
Force on Convention Long Range Planning. He was also invited to write the In
Service professional development columns for the four 2006 issues of the
Association’s magazine, Essential Teacher. He is an elected member of the
TESOL Board of Directors.
Dr. Curtis’ research interests include teacher education and development,
program design and program evaluation, educational leadership and
management of change. He has co-edited two books: Washback in Language
Testing: Research Contexts and Methods (2004), and Colour, Race and
English Language Teaching: Shades of Meaning (2006). In 2002, he co-
authored with Kathi Bailey and David Nunan Pursuing Professional
Development: The Self as Source. Since 2000, Dr Curtis has also published
six book chapters and since 1996, 24 papers in refereed, scholarly
publications.
Andy Curtis is currently the Director of the Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) at
the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his teaching degree (BEd)
from Sunderland University, UK in 1991, and a Postgraduate Diploma in
TESOL from Sheffield Hallam University, UK, also in 1991. In 1992, he received
an MA in Applied Linguistics and in 1996 a PhD in International Education, both
from the University of York, UK. For two years, 1998-2000, Dr. Curtis was the
designer and program manager for a new graduate level EAP program offered
by the Department of English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in south
China, where he received the Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1999. In
2000, together with Dwight Atkinson, Dr Curtis published a handbook,
Preparing to Write Your MPhil/PhD: A Handbook for Postgraduate Researchers,
produced by the Department of English at the Polytechnic University. For one
year (2001-2002), Dr Curtis was a visiting associate professor in the
Department of Language Teacher Education, at the School for International
Training, Vermont, where he developed and presented new courses on
curriculum design and educational technology. Dr Curtis is currently a member
of SIT’s online teaching team for their International Diploma in Language
Teaching Management. From 2002 to 2005 he was the Director of the School of
English at Queens University in Ontario, Canada.
As an invited speaker, workshop facilitator and consultant, Dr. Curtis has given
approximately 100 presentations and worked with 10,000 language teachers in
more than 20 countries: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong
Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (South), Malaysia, Mexico, Panama,
Peru, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the
United Kingdom and the United States of America. As a teacher, since 1989, Dr
Curtis has designed, presented, evaluated and developed 50 tertiary level
courses for 20 educational centres. In 1999, Dr Curtis received the TESOL
Leadership Mentoring Award from the TESOL Association, and during his ten
years as a member of the Association he has served on TESOL’s Standing
Committee on Rules and Resolutions, on the Nominations Committee, on two
Research Agenda Task Forces, and is currently serving on the TESOL Task
Force on Convention Long Range Planning. He was also invited to write the In
Service professional development columns for the four 2006 issues of the
Association’s magazine, Essential Teacher. He is an elected member of the
TESOL Board of Directors.
Dr. Curtis’ research interests include teacher education and development,
program design and program evaluation, educational leadership and
management of change. He has co-edited two books: Washback in Language
Testing: Research Contexts and Methods (2004), and Colour, Race and
English Language Teaching: Shades of Meaning (2006). In 2002, he co-
authored with Kathi Bailey and David Nunan Pursuing Professional
Development: The Self as Source. Since 2000, Dr Curtis has also published
six book chapters and since 1996, 24 papers in refereed, scholarly
publications.
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