Workshop Presenters

Brighton Education Group Presenters

Stephen-John Curtis  

Stephen-John started working life as a Master Painter & Decorator and film and stage actor. Later he was awarded a Bachelor of Education with a Specialist Major in Drama Teaching K-12 from SACAE in South Australia. He has over twenty years teaching experience and curriculum design in Performing Arts and English for Secondary Education in Australia and South East Asia. He also holds a Diploma in Performing Arts – Production from the Victorian College of the Arts and a Trinity Cert.Tesol. He is an accomplished director set and lighting designer. Since 2011 he has been an English Language Consultant and English Language Centre Project Manager. He has produced a number of other projects as part of the Brighton team as well as writing curriculum, children’s books and working with the Orang Asli community.  He is currently studying a MA ELT with University of East London.

Samantha Richards

Samantha Richards graduated from Exeter University with a BA (Hons.) in Sports Studies.  However, it was her work with the international students at the university that led her to Japan and her career teaching English.  During her ten years working in Japan as a teacher and curriculum writer, she completed her MA in Teaching English to Young Learners and moved to Malaysia to mentor Malaysia primary school teachers.  She has served as an advisor to the Ministry of Education and has presented at conferences throughout Malaysia and South East Asia.