Education Department of Bangkok Archdiocese

John from Australia has been with the NELC since its foundation stone was laid in 2000. He graduated from Notre Dame University (Perth) in Religious Studies and holds a Diploma of Education and has travelled widely throughout Asia on various religious and educational projects.

He has taught all grades in his career and at NELC he currently specialises on secondary education. He also teaches at Intertech, an EDBA vocational college near Joseph Upatham School.

John feels that his work at Joseph Upatham is one area of education in Asia where he has been able to make the greatest contribution.

Jacqui Murphy from Melbourne where she had studied for a B.Ed in linguistics, Art and Social Science and a B.A. in Maths at the Universities of Victoria and Melbourne.

Before joining the school in 2000, she had been active for many years in Education and Youth in Australia, and now lives with her Thai husband their children in the NELC condo. Her eldest daughter is a grade 5 pupil at the school, and it won't be long before the youngest starts kindergarten.

"The days that matter least in life are those in which you did not feel happy and laugh - a rare occurrence at Joseph School."

Maria Charito Neverio comes from Pasig City, Philippines where she was a teacher for over 20 years before moving to Thailand a over a year ago and joining NELC's biligual programme.

She studied for her B.A. in English for Arts and Law at the Divine Word University of the Philippines, and qualified as an EFL teacher at the TEFL Institute, Bangkok.

Marie teaches in the JS Biligual section where the students receive their core education in English.

She is also a contributor to the EDBA English textbooks.

No one twisted her arm to make this spontaneous statement:
"Joseph is a great school! The people at the English Programme and NELC are all supportive. Im VERY proud to be a part of it!"

Sornchai Kittikhun, 'Mr Nai' returned to work in the school of his education after graduating from Siam University in 2000 with a bachelor degree in advertising.

Nai is NELC's personnel clerk. He is responsible for the foreign teachers' documentation and he maintains the best relations with all the government departments for visas, teacher licences and work permits.

He is also concerned with the orgnisation of teacher's timetables and speaks fluent English and some Chinese.

Olivia and Elaine were among the youngest members of the Nittayo team. They arrived together in October 2004 to teach for a year in the Joseph School bilingual section.

Eliane (left) is 22 and comes from Cwmbran in Wales. She has a BSc in maths and psychology from the University of Birmingham in England and teaches English and Art.

Olivia comes from Leeds, England and studied English (BA Hons) at the University of Cambridge and also teaches Computer, English Activity and health. She provided some valuable feedback on the editing of the text content of this website.

Ray Loriezo-Sinfuengo was born in 1977 in Taculing, Bacolod City, Philippines where he majored in Commercial Science and Data Processing at Kabankalan Catholic College.

He teaches English to kindergarten and primary grades.

He also illustrates textbooks which are published by EDBA and helps maintain this website.

He is multilingual, sharing his English with a number of Filipino dialects.

Ray particularly likes the beautiful garden-campus and the excellent relations with the Thai staff. He has a secret ambition as a musician at least with his guitar he is the life and soul round the camp-fire on summer courses.

Alvin is from Salt Lake City where he obtained a BA (Hons) in art and sociology from the University of Utah.

After acquiring some teaching experience in various schools in Thailand he taught a summer course at Joseph Upatham and liked it so much that he decideed to join the team as a regular full time teacher and was with us now for over four years.

Al really likes the campus which for him is the most beautiful area of Sampran and he says "The kids are wonderful - well, most of the time..."

David is from England and joined the NELC after completing a University of Cambridge CELTA course here in Bangkok.

He already had a BA (Hons.) in Humanities from the University of Hertfordshire and significant teaching experience in Thailand.

David joined NELC because he was "...looking for a supportive and appreciative educational environment where I can develop as a teacher"

By the end of the academic year in March 2005 he had achieved this goal, and to see a bit more of the world of EFL he has accepted a post in the Middle East. He visits NELC when on vacation in Thailand.

Oliver and Madelaine joined the school direct from their home October 2004.

They have spent their retirement from long careers as full time professional teachers by traveling the world and teaching in many countries including China.

Oliver's academic domain was in high school grades while Madelaine specialty was in elementary grades.

At Joseph they taught primary grades and loved every minute of it, well, almost every minute.

They lived in an apartment in the school's condo and kept in touch with their children and grand-children daily by internet.

They have returned to their native Canada after fulfilling their objective in comparing education in different countries of Asia.

Andreas, 31, is perfectly bilingual and comes from Rostock in north-eastern Germany where he studied accountancy before becoming an EFL teacher.

With over nine years without a break at Joseph's chalkface he is the longest serving (surviving?) member of the western teaching staff. He began well before the NELC was designed and built.

Andreas braves the morning rush hour to drive to school each day from Nakhon Pathom where he lives with his Thai wife, a former teacher at Joseph who has returned to college to prepare an MA in linguistics. Andreas is a graduate of the Nittayo TESOL Diploma programme.

After a lifelong career in in electronics and engineering, Reg chose to graduate in Anthropology from Waterloo University in Canada and as a qualified TESOL teacher has joined the Nittayo English Language Centre in May 2005 where he teaches Primary 1 & 3 in the Bilingual Section, Secondary grades years 4 & 5, and he also teaches secondary grades at Annalai School, an EDBA school in Samut Sakhon.

A real all-round teacher!

Ros is 27 and comes from Melbourne in Australia where she obtained a degree in Arts from Deakin University.

On visiting her mother, Anna, a techer at NELC in October 2004 she decided she would like to stay and teach.

Ros taught English in the town of Samprahn at Intertech Vocational College and St Peter's High School, both affiliated to the EDBA and NELC.

David Papier came back to teach at Joseph Upatham in October 2004 from the USA. He taught at the school in 1998 long before the NELC was conceived and built.

In those days he was the only foreign teacher and he lived in the boarder's dorm!

David comes from New Jersey and has an MA (1972) in linguistics from the University of Michigan and has taught in many countries including Japan, Yugoslavia, China and Haiti.

David says "I find it very challenging to come up with lesson plans really suited to Thai students."

Anne is also an alumna of Joseph Upatham School.

She has a degree in Childhood Education from Nakhon Pathom Teacher Trining College and has been working for Joseph for seven years.

At NELC she is a classroom assistant, prepares and illustrates teaching materials and carries out secretarial tasks.

Sander is another bilingual European.

He is 33 and originates from Rotterdam in the Netherlands where he studied logistics before deciding to become an English teacher.

He has now been with the school for almost seven years and teaches primary and high school grades. He lives in private accommodation near the school.

Shamus (Sam) took time off from his studies to teach here for a term in 2002 and again in 2003. Since graduating in 2003 with an MA in International Business he returned to Joseph Upatham for a third time (2004-5).

He also has a Cert.3 in Applied Languages from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Sam speaks almost fluent Thai which he studied as part of his course in Australia and in a language institute in Bangkok.

His mother has also taught at Joseph Upatham.

Stuart, 34, from Australia is also at Joseph Upatham for the third time. He first taught here in 2001.

He has a BA (Hons) in Literature and Criminology from Melbourne University and a Dip.Ed from Monash and his current project at NELC is part of a practicum for his MA TESOL at the same college.

Stuart has five years experience teaching in different schools in Japan and at Joseph he teaches grade 3.

He lives in the school's condominium.

Meyn can't resist working at Joseph Upatham either.

At 36 he has spent several years teaching around Asia, Australia and New Zealand and comes to Joseph regularly to teach grades 3 and 4 for one semester every year.

From Hamburg in Germany, he is bilingual English/German, but that is not the limit of his linguistic talent - he can also enjoy a conversation with Andreas and Chris in his native Plattdeutsch, a language which is spoken in parts of Northern Germany.

Now for the fourth time at the school, he is constantly impressed by the improvements and changes which take place between his visits. "Of the excellent progress which NELC has made, I'm most impressed by the environment and the quality of the classrooms - aeusserst angenehm!."

Born in Nottingham, England, Susan is in fact from Auckland, New Zealand where after a long career in business, she graduated in Visual Arts from the University of Auckland Manukau.

Already with significant experience teaching in Thailand, she joined Joseph Upatham in May 2005 where she teaches English and Art in the school's bilingual department for three years.

Susan was a member of the school's condo community.

Coming from Quebec in Canada, Melanie is perfectly bilingual English-French, and is a graduate of Concordia University.

She also holds an Advanced TESOL certification.

Taking the plunge to start her professional career by teaching English in Thailand, she originally wanted to stay stay for just one semester. It seems that the charms of the Land of Smiles and the mischievous kids at Joseph have won her heart. She will now be staying much longer than she originally intended.

Rizaldo is from the Philippines where he graduated with a B.Ed. from Major Manila College.

After teaching for 15 years in his home country, he gained his first overseas experience in Japan.

He joined the NELC in 2004 where he teaches grade 4. He also teaches secondary grades in the EDBA vocational college, St. Joseph Intertech, in Sampran who are following English on their BWCh. and BWS programmes.

Richard is a B.Sc. (Hons) graduate in computer systems and networking from the Faculty of Technology at the University of Plymouth, England.

Now far from his native Wales, with a high level TEFL certification and previous teaching experience in Thailand, he teaches in the Joseph Bilingual programme and at Intertech, the EDBA Vocational College.

Richard lives in Sampran City and drives to the school daily.

Jan from Noordwijk in the Netherlands lives in Bangkok and commutes on a daily basis.

After having worked as a part time teacher for a complete school year at Joseph Upatham teaching different grades, he seized the chance of filling a full time vacancy for the new school year in May 2005. It would certainly seem that he likes it here, and judging from his smile, that's probably not wrong!

John Adams from Wigan in the north of England graduated from Lancaster University with a BA (Hons.) in Politics and subsequently qualified as an EFL teacher to see the world.

He has extensive overseas experience having taught in Accra, Ghana, and Shandong in China before joining the Nittayo English Language Centre in May 2005 where he taught grades 2 and 3. He was also mentor on NELC's Dip. TESOL programme.

From Versailles in France, Audianne graduated in English from the University of Lille, and obtained her Master in International Language, Literature and Culture from the Sorbonne (III), Paris.

After lecturing French at Truman State University, Missouri, USA for a year, she joined NELC in May 2005 to teach English to grades 4 and 5.

She commutes to the school daily from a nearby village where she lives with her French husband, a scholar of ethnic music.

Karen is from Brooklyn, USA.

She graduated from New School University in New York in liberal Arts (Literature).

She gained significant experience teaching in Prague, Czech Republic and joined NELC in May 2005. She is a graduate of the Nittayo TESOL Diploma peogramme.

Godfrey is from Accra and majored in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Legon Ghana University.

He has worked in several countries, including South Africa, Brazil, South Korea and Singapore.

He joined Joseph Upatham School in May 2005.

Originally from Walsall, UK, a town within the West Midlands agglomeration which includes Birmingham, Terry spent several years in management in the Bermudas.

Moving to the climate of Thailand posed no problems and he completed a high-level TESOL certification in Phuket.

After teaching in Chaing Rai and Bangkok, he joined NELC in May 2005.

He lives with his Thai wife in the school's condo.

Bruce graduated in Classical Languages (Greek & Latin) and geography at the University of Alabama.

Since 1998 he has been mainly teaching Latin and ecclesiastical Latin in Catholic high schools and the seminary of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Louisiana He joined Joseph Upatham in August 2005 for his first experience in teaching abroad.

His brother also teaches at the school.

With a B.A. in French and Linguistics from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1999 and a B.Te.(Primary and Secondary). in French and ESL from Deakin University in 2004, Corrina was eager to go abroad for her first teaching experience.

She joined the Nittayo Centre in May 2005 and teaches English and maths in the JS Bilingual Department.

She lives in the school's condo during the week and returns to her home in nearby Kanchanaburi at weekends.

In 1999, Wayland graduated from the University of Alabama, USA, with a first class BA in Classics (Latin and Greek), with a minor in psychology.

His home is New Orleans, LLouisiana where he was a pupil in a Jesuit High School.

He joined Joseph Upatham in August 2005 and teaches grade 4. He also gives conversation classes for Thai teachers.

His brother is also a teacher at NELC.