Hi! I’m Joe McVeigh, a consultant, teacher trainer, and author in the field of English language teaching. Much of my career has been spent in intensive English language programs. I have more than forty years of experience with second language speakers from more than 45 countries. I’ve worked as a consultant and trainer for organizations large and small. I’ve designed curricula, trained trainers, taught courses and administered intensive English language programs at the University of Southern California, California State University at Los Angeles, the California Institute of Technology, Saint Michael’s College, and Middlebury College. I’ve lived and worked overseas in China, India, Hungary, Chile, Saudi Arabia, and the UK.
I’ve conducted program reviews or done accreditation consulting for intensive English programs in a variety of states and countries. I’m a former two-term member of the Board of Directors of the TESOL International Association and a past chair of TESOL’s Intensive English Programs Interest Section. I work part-time as a Site Visit Representative for CEA—the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation. I coordinate the work of volunteer peer reviewers in the analysis of self-study reports and verification activities of on-site visits. I’ve traveled to more than eighty programs, coordinating these visits and editing the reports that go back to CEA.
My co-authored books include Tips for Teaching Culture: Practical Approaches to Intercultural Communication from Pearson and two books in the Q: Skills for Success series from Oxford University Press. I previously edited ESL textbooks for McGraw-Hill, Cambridge University Press, and Kaplan Education, and served as academic content advisor to one of the world’s largest online English language providers, GlobalEnglish.com.
I live in the lovely college town of Middlebury, Vermont in the northeastern United States, but I get out a lot and speak at national and international conferences on a wide variety of topics. I also have experience in teacher training and love to hear from former students who have taught in the U.S., China, Hungary, India, Austria, Ecuador, and Chile. From time to time I give webinars or serve as an English Language Specialist for the Office of English Language Programs at the U.S. Department of State. So far they have sent me to give professional development workshops and conference talks in Oman, Bahrain, the U.A.E., Spain, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Peru.
I’ve hold a B.A. in English and American Literature from Brown University in Providence, RI and an M.A. in TESOL from Biola University in La Mirada, CA.
If you’d like to know more, you can download a complete curriculum vitae.
Want to get in touch? Send me a message from the contact page or email my using my <firstname. at <firstnamelastname> dot org.
Many of the slides from my conference presentations are also available on Slideshare.