Tristan Quigley
Melbourne,Australia
Summary
Award winning ELICOS teacher, materials developer, academic manager and coordinator with experience in Australia, Colombia, Europe and the Middle East. Experienced curriculum and assessment writer. Confident working in culturally and politically sensitive environments, teaching and developing materials and curriculum in mono-lingual and multi-lingual contexts. Bell English certified DELTA Tutor.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ASSISTANT ACADEMIC MANAGER
Discover English
05.2022 - Current
- Secured $30k Study Melbourne Inclusion Program grant and successfully ran it as Project Manager
- Won Language Training Provider of the Year Award at the PIEOneer Awards 2025 and the English Australia 2025 Innovation Award for the Study Melbourne Inclusion Program
- Devised, wrote and implemented the Academic Progress Policy, designed to identify struggling students and intervene academically
- Counselling students on academic matters and providing appropriate support where possible
- Benchmarked EIAP and EAP courses with Greenwich College
- Managing weekly student intakes, including conducting placement tests, timetabling, ensuring students have active online accounts, etc
- In charge of Professional Development program and collecting, analysing and delivering student feedback
- Writing curriculum and syllabi according to new regulatory requirements
- Presented at English Australia Conference, Taste of EA and Vic PD Fest
- Recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new teachers
- Running assessment moderation and validation and course reviews
ACADEMIC MANAGER
Universal English
09.2021 - 05.2022
- Successful NEAS Quality Review
- Managing weekly student intakes, including conducting placement tests, timetabling, ensuring students have active online accounts, etc
- Delivering teacher training and supporting teachers with delivery of courses
- Monitoring attendance, warning letters and processing appeals
- Managing LMS and creating online content where necessary
- Counselling students on academic and providing appropriate support where possible
- Recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new teachers
- Running assessment moderation and validation, course reviews and regular staff meetings
SENIOR TEACHER/LEVEL COORDINATOR
Universidad Externado de Colombia
01.2015 - 09.2021
- Designing and piloting curriculum and syllabus specifically written for institution's students (no coursebook) to address student motivation issues
- Adapting and writing new course content and syllabus for virtual courses
- Conducting placement tests every semester
- Taught students aged 15 and over, providing academic support where necessary and identifying cases where counselling and academic intervention were necessary
- Delivering teacher training and supporting teachers with delivery of new courses
- Mentoring and training German teachers with use of Moodle for materials and assessment creation
- Evaluating and improving new courses written by other STs and coordinators
- Daily and semestral administrative duties
- Organising excursions and extra-curricular activities
TEACHER TRAINER/MENTOR AND CURRICULUM WRITER
Universidad Externado de Colombia
10.2017 - 10.2020
- Company Overview: (Egipto Project Volunteer Program)
- Writing and teaching a multi-proficiency curriculum to cater to and engage with low socio-economic local adults and former gang members
- Designing and delivering a teacher training program for university students who wanted to teach English as volunteers in the program
- Mentoring student teachers
- (Egipto Project Volunteer Program)
EFL TEACHER AND IELTS/CAMBRIDGE EXAMINER
International House
01.2015 - 01.2020
- Teaching IELTS preparation and GE classes
- Designing own IELTS preparation courses to deliver, including formative and summative assessments (no syllabus provided by institution)
- Administering IELTS and Cambridge Suite speaking exams
- Delivered INSETs on Task Based Learning to DoS and Senior Teachers
- Administering formative assessment and writing student reports
ELICOS TEACHER
Discover English
12.2018 - 07.2019
- Taught IELTS and GE for three-week periods in Dec/Jan 2018-19 and June-July 2019
ELICOS TEACHER
Universal English
12.2018 - 07.2019
- Taught IELTS and GE for three-week periods in Dec/Jan 2018-19 and June-July 2019
EFL TEACHER
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
07.2014 - 01.2015
- Delivering placement tests
- Participating in events designed to promote Language Department and mend its reputation inside the university
- Teaching GE and tailoring highly supplemented syllabus to student needs
- Daily administrative duties
OFFSHORE EDUCATOR
Salvation Army Offshore Processing Centre
12.2013 - 02.2014
- Self-developed syllabus based on the individual needs of asylum seekers, usually in a mixed-level setting, based on content from Face2Face and English Grammar in Use
- Teaching daily focus classes: Life Skills, Chat Corner, Current Affairs, National Geographic
- Classes were delivered with only basic resources (often no whiteboard, always a lack of student seating), and in extremely difficult conditions (inside tents on 30-degree days with no fans, students often severely depressed, some illiterate in L1)
- Teaching multi-lingual classes of up to 50 students (up to 16 different nationalities in the camp)
- Classes were always popular with students and very well attended
ELICOS TEACHER
Strathfield College
03.2012 - 12.2013
- Teaching weekly focus class: Introduction to Academic English and IELTS
- Presented at Sydney teacher professional development event MEETELT #2
- Part of PhD research programme at Sydney University
- Part of action research project
- Regular assessment in all four macro skills, report writing and administrative duties
- Teaching General English - Elementary to Advanced
- Communicative syllabus based on the Face2Face textbook series, as well as materials I prepared myself
VOLUNTEER EFL TEACHER
Project Hope
10.2013 - 10.2013
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
University of Salford
02.2010 - 07.2011
ELICOS TEACHER
Ability Education
10.2009 - 01.2010
ELICOS TEACHER
The Meridian School
09.2009 - 10.2009
EFL TEACHER
Skřivánek s
11.2008 - 07.2009
Education
BA - Communication and Cultural Studies
SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
Lismore, NSWSkills
- Winner of the 2025 English Australia Innovation Award
- Devised, managed and secured funding for the program for which Discover English won Language Training Provider of the Year at the 2025 PIEOneer awards
- Certified DELTA Tutor
- Moodle design skills
- Excellent written and verbal communicator
- Leadership skills in ELICOS
- Proven innovator and problem solver
- ASQA compliance
- Fluent Spanish
Certification
- IDLTM (finishing November 2025)
- Cambridge DELTA, Distinction
- Cambridge CELTA, Pass B
Timeline
ASSISTANT ACADEMIC MANAGER
Discover English
05.2022 - Current
ACADEMIC MANAGER
Universal English
09.2021 - 05.2022
ELICOS TEACHER
Discover English
12.2018 - 07.2019
ELICOS TEACHER
Universal English
12.2018 - 07.2019
TEACHER TRAINER/MENTOR AND CURRICULUM WRITER
Universidad Externado de Colombia
10.2017 - 10.2020
SENIOR TEACHER/LEVEL COORDINATOR
Universidad Externado de Colombia
01.2015 - 09.2021
EFL TEACHER AND IELTS/CAMBRIDGE EXAMINER
International House
01.2015 - 01.2020
EFL TEACHER
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
07.2014 - 01.2015
OFFSHORE EDUCATOR
Salvation Army Offshore Processing Centre
12.2013 - 02.2014
VOLUNTEER EFL TEACHER
Project Hope
10.2013 - 10.2013
ELICOS TEACHER
Strathfield College
03.2012 - 12.2013
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
University of Salford
02.2010 - 07.2011
ELICOS TEACHER
Ability Education
10.2009 - 01.2010
ELICOS TEACHER
The Meridian School
09.2009 - 10.2009
EFL TEACHER
Skřivánek s
11.2008 - 07.2009
BA - Communication and Cultural Studies
SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
References
References available upon request