Staff

Heartland employees are committed to providing the best ESL instruction to students. We realize that the best learning environment is warm, friendly and enjoyable.

The Heartland Team : Celebrating 10 Years of ESL Excellence

(Left to Right : Keira Bulloch, Melanie Hiebert, Jeneen Tomko, Drew Wilkinson, Ken Coffin, Gary Gervais, Carol Hutchinson-Peters, Stuart Schwartz, Jessica Adkin and Yoshiko Watanabe)

Teachers

At Heartland you will learn from professionally trained teachers with university degrees and qualifications in Teaching English as a Second Language. Your teachers have many years teaching English in Canada and other countries. Many of your teachers at Heartland have learned a second language, so they know what it feels like to be a student.

Stuart Schwartz B.A., M.A. is the Academic Head at Heartland. He is a graduate of the universities of Manitoba and Toronto and obtained his Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (CTESL) from the University of Manitoba. He received his professional certification (Standard 1 [permanent]) from TESL Canada in 2007. He has been teaching at Heartland since 1999. stuart@heartlandenglish.com

Carol Hutchinson-Peters B.A., is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg majoring in English Literature. She taught English in Chile for nine years. She will receive her upgrade certificate in TESOL training for the University of Winnipeg in November 2008. She has been teaching at Heartland since 2001. carol@heartlandenglish.com

Melanie Hiebert B.A., is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg with a double major in Philosophy and Religious Studies, and obtained her Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (CTESL) from the University of Manitoba. She has taught overseas as well as locally, and has been teaching at Heartland since 2001. melanie@heartlandenglish.com

Jeneen Tomko B. A., is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with an advanced major in Linguistics and a major in Spanish. She also obtained her Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (CTESL) from the University of Manitoba. She has been teaching at Heartland since April 2008. jeneen@heartlandenglish.com

Administration

Gary Gervais B.A., L.L.B is the President of Heartland. He was born and raised in Winnipeg. He lived in Ehime-ken, Japan for three years teaching English on the JET Programme. gary@heartlandenglish.com
Read Gary's story about starting Heartland here.

Keira Bulloch is the Director of Heartland. She received her Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba, majoring in both International Business and Marketing. keira@heartlandenglish.com

Jessica Adkin is the Administrative Assistant. She is currently in her third year of the Business Administration program at the University of Winnipeg majoring in General Business studies. jessica@heartlandenglish.com

Andrew Wilkinson is the Marketing Manager at Heartland. He received his Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba, majoring in both Marketing and Finance. andrew@heartlandenglish.com

Yoshiko Watanabe is the accounting clerk at Heartland. She moved to Canada from Japan, and graduated from the Tourism Certificate Program and Accounting Certificate Program (honours) at Red River College.

Employment and Volunteer Opportunities

If you are interested in applying for a teaching position or learning about volunteer opportunites at Heartland, please send your resume to our Academic Head, Stuart Schwartz (stuart@heartlandenglish.com). We will keep your resume on file and give it consideration should an opening arise.

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