Our Staff

• Bachelor in Psychology
• Master in International Development
• David Jesse: "Working at American Councils is a privilege and a pleasure. I enjoy helping students and scholars learn about the world through our exchange programs and foreign language courses." My educational philosophy, "Teaching doesn't require nearly as much patience as letting people learn."

• Bachelor Degree in English Language Teaching
• Master of Science Degree in Education Administration, Iowa State University, USA
• Aliona Gorenco: "I consider the American Language Center to be an unparallel blend of quality instruction, consistency, and comfort. American Language Center is not just a good idea, it is a key to your success!"

• Bachelor Degree in French and English Language Teaching
• Master of Arts in Economics
• Olga Burevschi: "One of the strongest points of the ALC is the quality of teaching. The ALC's teachers and staff are the nucleus of the school's long term success. Competence, professionalism, perseverance are highly valued here! Come, let us surprise you!"

Tatiana Lungu: "Working in American Language Center for 10 years I was witnessing its growth and developing a better quality of school. The fact that ALC has small group size makes students to get more attention from teachers and use only English vocabulary".

• Bachelor Degree in Teaching English and Interpreting
• Bachelor Degree in Linguistics and Teaching Russian
• Teaching certificate issued by Open World House
• Summer courses at the School for International Training in Vermont, USA
• Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages ( CELTA)

• Dorina Calinovscaia:" People will receive the highest standard of education."

• Master Degree in English Philology
• iEARN Certificate of participation in the workshop integrating Moldovan teachers in iEARN Network
• Olga Ahramenco: "Our students explore the new world of knowledge in a new fantastic way. In our school they realize that they can get new and useful information through games and interaction. In our school we are using the most recent technologies; our students create their own blogs where they can share their own projects and the other students can leave their comments. Using Internet and special education sites they make movies, cartoons, try the role of the film director. Thanks to our new methods of education students become more sociable, open, and ambitious."

• Bachelor Degree in Philology
• Elena Pislari: "ALC has a friendly atmosphere and rich library."

• Alecu Russo Balti State University
• English and French Languages
• Valeria Guivan: "Having taught in different places I've come to the conclusion that American Language Center is one of the most comfortable places both for English instructors and for students. Here people can easily study or improve any aspects of English."

• CDEP Fellow with ISU in Terra Haute, IN, 1998.
• Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania. In-Service Training Course, 1998.
• Fulbright scholar at UNC in Chapel Hill, NC, 1994 -1995.
• Moscow State Linguistic University. Teacher Training Courses in ESL, 1990.
• Ealing College, London. Courses for Overseas Students, 1984.
• Kiev State University, Ph.D. in Linguistics, 1980.
• Kishinev State University, M.A. in English, 1973.
• Natalia Alhazov: "People should come to ALC to get business and pleasure combined, as they say in America. I mean interactive teaching that we provide is efficient and not boring. Using business terminology, we are both product- and process-oriented. Students can learn and have fun. Besides, I for one met my future husband at foreign language courses :)!"

• MA (2006-2008)- Technology in Education, University of Mississippi, USA
• PhD (2004 - 2008) - English Philology - British/American Literature, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University Iasi, Romania
• BA (1997-2001) - English Language and Literature, "Stefan Cel Mare" University, Suceava, Romania
• iEARN-Moldova country coordinator (International Education and Resource Newtwork)
• EVO TESOL Trainer (Electronic Online Village of the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages World Association)
• Daniela Munca: "We combine successfully traditional teaching with the most modern resources and technology; we have the latest teaching materials and we are constantly updating our textbooks with video and audio materials."

• English as a second and or Foreign language, Seattle University in Washington USA
• Bachelor degree in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Khodadad Ardjomandi: "I think that the best reasons to study English at ALC are that the teachers know their stuff, apply methods in relation to the student's learning styles and most of all have a great sense of humor. Learning becomes fun and moves the students from the "book" to application in no time."

• Balti State University: Foriegn Languages Department
• English-French philology
• 15 years of teaching experience
• Stela Zdravkov: "ALC provides programs tailored to fit individual students needs.It offers quality tuition developing all language skills:reading,writing,listening and speaking while also helping to improve grammar,prononciation and fluency. Our courses make the attendees comfortable using English in any situations they may encounter in everyday life,travel,education and business."

• Master Degree in Phylology
• Bachelor Degree in Phylology
• Teaching Romanian language at American Embassy in Moldova.

• Teaching Russian for 12 years.
• Liliana Motinga: "As for Russian we can offer interesting methods of teaching (role plays, crosswords, etc.), a wide choice of original textbooks, a large variety of Internet material connected with all aspects of teaching Russian, tests on different levels of knowledge and development of communicative skills. We can offer our students a lot of out-off-school activities, such as excursions around the city, visiting museums, theatres and other places of interest."