Renata Phelps

Education

Magister (M.A. equivalent), English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
B.A., Board of Governors Program (English Minor) Northeastern Illinois University
Licentiate, English Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

TESOL International Association

ITBE

EnglishUSA

Professional Activities

Presenter:

• "Teaching Combined-Level Courses: An Exercise in Compromise"
  • TESOL International Convention, virtual conference, March 2021
  • TESOL Italy, online symposium, September 2020
  • ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2020
• "On the Record: Maximizing Speaking Practice and Assessment with Voice Recording Apps", ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2019
• "Making the 'Too Difficult' Achievable", ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2017
• "And the Best Way to Teach Grammar Is...", ITBE Fall Workshop, Chicago, October 2015
• "Numbers in Context", ITBE Spring Workshop, Chicago, April 2015
• "Grammar: the Love-Hate Relationship with Rules", ITBE Conference, Chicago, February 2015

Attendee:

• EnglishUSA Professional Development Conference, virtual conference; 2021, 2022
• Blackboard Exemplary Course Program, webinar series, September 2020 
• TESOL International Convention; 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
• ITBE Conference, Chicago; 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
• NAFSA Region V Conference in Schaumburg, IL, October 2018

Additional Info

Experience

August 2022 - present, Associate Teaching Professor, English Language Services at Illinois Institute of Technology

January 2018 - present, Senior Instructor / IEP Coordinator, English Language Services at Illinois Institute of Technology

August 2014 - December 2017, Adjunct Instructor, English Language Services at Illinois Institute of Technology 

2010-2014, Instructor, Center for English as a Second Language, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2006-2009, English Language Instructor and Tutor, private language schools in Gorzów Wlkp., Poland

2005-2006, English Language Instructor, The English Center, Chicago, IL