Teachers

Lisa Bartsch - Managing Director

Lisa Bartsch is the Managing Director and owner of the school. Originally from Germany, Lisa worked for some years as a primary teacher, and visited Ireland frequently in her free time. Eventually she decided to move here permanently and set up the Slaney Language Centre in 1999. She and her partner John are the proud parents of Finn who arrived in October 2005.

Dave O`Grady - Director of Studies, Teacher

B.A. (English, Maths), H. Dip in Ed., Relsa Certificate, has got 25 years of teaching experience in secondary, computer and language schools. He loves literature and has edited and written magazines and teaching material. He is also interested in music, film and current affairs.

Anita Moloney – Administration, Accommodation Officer

Anita was born and grew up in Wexford.  At the age of 17 her wandering spirit brought her to Holland. Since then she has worked and lived in Tenerife, Dubai, Moscow and Larnaca, before returning to Wexford in 1996.  Anita has a wide experience of different jobs in Sales and Marketing, Recruitment, Customer Relations and Business Startups.  Her great passions are family, food, and having fun.

Susan Doyle - Teacher

B.A. (mod. Biochemistry), T.E.F.L. certificate, spent two years in Australia and five years in Japan, where she taught General and Business English to all levels including preparing for exams. She is very interested in alternative therapies and has studied Aromatherapy and Shiatsu. She likes to paint in her free time.

Emma Misiti - Teacher

B.A. (English, French), T.E.F.L. certificate has many years of teaching experience in Ireland and France. She is bilingual (English and French) and also speaks a bit of Spanish and German.

Sinead Power - Teacher

B.A. (History, Gaelic, Music, Heritage Studies), M.A. (Local Oral History), T.E.F.L. Certificate.  Sinead has a wide experience of teaching in Irish secondary schools, in Gaelic Language Summer Schools and in TEFL.  She loves Irish culture, heritage and Celtic studies, and is fluent in Gaelic, the native language of Ireland.  She also loves music and sings and plays guitar.

Regina Dooley

B.A. (European Studies, French, Spanish), H. Dip of Ed., T.E.F.L. certificate, has many years of teaching experience in language schools in Spain and Ireland including Business English.

Jim Shannon - Bus Driver

Jim Shannon is not just a bus driver – he is a comedian, a tour guide, a romantic actor, a teller of tall tales, and an all-round entertainer. If you feel tired and gloomy early in the morning, then ten minutes in Jim’s company on the bus to the Slaney Language Centre will raise your spirits. He knows all the interesting places and all their secret stories. If you want to meet an authentic Irish charmer, then Jim is your man.