Certificates & Diplomas

From October 2025 to March 2026

German Language Course

240-hour B2 German Language Course (B2 Standardkurs) at "ISOP" in Graz, Austria (B2).
From May 2025 to September 2025

German Language Course

240-hour B1 German Language Course (B1 Standardkurs) at "BFI Steiermark" in Graz, Austria (Schritte Plus Neu Österreich B1).
February 2025

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Practitioner Certification

9-hour Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Practitioner Certification course discusses Emotional Intelligence, examines and explains it's importance and provides tools and strategies for improving Emotional Intelligence in oneself and others at The Priority Academy Ltd, UK.
From October 2024 to February 2025

German Language Course

240-hour A2 German Language Course (A2 Standardkurs) at "Deutsch und Mehr" in Graz, Austria (Pluspunkt Deutsch: Leben in Österreich A2).
July 2024

Change it Up Facilitator Training Course

20-hour (2.5 hrs. X 4 sessions, with additional 10 hrs. self-paced learning modules) CiU Professional Development (How human brains learn and change; What approaches can foster that change and growth; etc.) at "Change it Up" in Toronto, ON.
From September 2023 to June 2024

Diploma, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

300-hour TESL Diploma program at Canadian College of Educators in Mississauga, ON (Theoretical Issues – 20 hours; Linguistics – 40 hours; Language Structure and Skills – 40 hours; TESL Methodology – 65 hours; Assessment – 20 hours; Teaching Skills – 65 hours; Practicum – 50 hours)
From September 2023 to Present

LearnIT2teach Certificates - Stages PS2, 1, 2, 3

- Pre-Stage 2 - 2.5-hour professional development to prepare to deploy and to customize the LINC courseware (September 2023, Trainer: Jen Artan, LearnIT2teach, New Language Solutions);
- Stage 1 Introduction - 2.5-hour professional development workshop introducing computer-assisted language learning and blended learning (September 2023, Trainer: Jen Artan, LearnIT2teach, New Language Solutions);
- Stage 2 - 15-hour professional training prepares settlement language instructors working in a blended learning or fully online context to provide a range of online learning opportunities using LINC courseware (October 2023, Trainer: Jen Artan, LearnIT2teach, New Language Solutions);
- Stage 3 - 30-hour professional training facilitate the LINC courseware while developing more insight into online/blended learning, best practices in settlement language training and Moodle course editing and course management (January 2024, Trainer: Jen Artan, LearnIT2teach, New Language Solutions);
From May to August 2023

ACE TESOL Certificate Program

120-hour ACE TESOL Certificate Program at Learning Languages Institute in London, ON (100 hours of classroom instruction and a 20-hour practicum).
From June to July 2023

Accessing the Business Job Market

40-hour online Occupation-specific Language Training (OSLT) course by Fanshawe College in London, ON.
May 2023

Portfolio-based language assessment (PBLA) Certificate

20-hour online course of Introduction to PBLA for New Classroom Instructors (self-directed certificate course) from the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB).
May 2023

Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) Certificate

10-hour online CLB Bootcamp certificate course from the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB).
From April 2021 to August 2021

Responsive Web Design

300-hour course in Responsive Web Design by freeCodeCamp.org.
From September 2015 to November 2016

Four-week courses (each) by Open2Study

- "Becoming a Confident Trainer" (ConfTrnr) by Karen Turnbull and Petya Green from Open Universities Australia (OUA);
- "Early Childhood Education" (EChldEdu) by Caitlin O’Connell and Helen Lawrence Gowrie Victoria courses and instructors from Open Universities Australia (OUA);
- "Education in a Changing World" from Open Universities Australia (OUA);
- "Teaching Adult Learners" from Open Universities Australia (OUA);
- "Entrepreneurship and Family Business" by RMIT University;
- "Management for a Competitive Edge" by ICMS University.
September 2016

Grammar for Teachers: Language Awareness

Short-term (16 hours) course by Cambridge English Teacher: Cambridge English Language Assessment (UK).
From September 2011 to March 2012

Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Counseling

519-hour Postgraduate Diploma program in Psychological Counseling at the Institute of Positive Technologies and Consulting (IPTC), Moscow, Russia.
From November 2010 to February 2011

Primary English Teacher Training Online (Primary ETTO)

Course by British Council, Ukraine.
From October 2010 to April 2011

International Business English Training (Cert IBET)

50-hour course by BESIG, Trinity College London, English UK and The Consultants-E (UK).
From June 2008 to December 2008

Diploma in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language (TRFL)

Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University (Russia).
From July 2001 to January 2005

INTESOL Certificate

120-hour course by International Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) WORLDWIDE LTD (UK).