Julia Cave Smith

Julia is Acting Head of the English department. She began her teaching career working as a teacher of English in secondary schools in Botswana, England and Nigeria for a combined total of seven years. During this time, she taught a variety of language and literature curricula and, subsequently, she taught the IB World Literature course in England for two years. 

She has planned, managed and delivered English language and linguistics courses in Botswana, Tajikistan and Yemen over a number of years and trained or developed pre-service teachers of English in Botswana and in-service teachers of English in China, Russia and Yemen.

She has managed educational projects in a number of countries and her last post before joining ALA was in Afghanistan, where she was Education Consultant for the British Council. She has a BSc in Sociology, a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in English / ESL, a Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, an MA in TEFL / TESL and is a Doctor of Education (EdD).