I have been teaching English for over 15 years, working with students from preschool through sixth grade. This experience has given me a deep understanding of the needs of future teachers and the real challenges of the competitive examinations for teaching positions.
ABOUT u00c9LISE
14 years in real classrooms. 9 years training other educators. One belief: great teaching is a craft, and crafts can be taught.
MY STORY
I’m u00c9lise u2014 a teacher trainer, course designer, and unapologetic believer that every classroom can be a place of genuine wonder.
I started teaching at 23 in a small school outside Lyon. I was terrified, under-prepared, and convinced I’d been hired by mistake. What saved me wasn’t a method u2014 it was the kindness of one veteran teacher who let me copy her lesson plans and ask stupid questions.
Fourteen years later, I had taught every age from 7 to 17, opened a literacy programme in three rural schools, and finally understood what that kind teacher had really given me: permission to design teaching slowly, on purpose.
In 2017 I started training other educators full-time. Today, more than 24,000 teachers in 62 countries have taken a course or workshop with me.
WHAT I BELIEVE
The best teachers I know spend more time designing than presenting. We rebuild that habit.
Children remember how a classroom felt long after they forget what it taught them.
A well-made planner gets used. An ugly one collects dust. Craft matters.
I'd rather give you one framework you'll use for a decade than ten you'll forget by Friday.
THE LONG VERSION
2010
Year 4 in a small school near Lyon. Survived. Barely.
2014
Designed a whole-school reading programme still in use today.
2017
30 educators, one Saturday, a borrowed room. Felt like home.
2020
Pandemic forced the shift. Reached 4,000 teachers in 12 months.
2023
Bestseller in 3 countries. Translated into 6 languages.
Today
Writing my second book and running 6 live cohorts a year.
Educators trained
Countries reached
Industry awards
Published books
WHY LEARN WITH ME
Every framework I teach was built in my own classroom before it became a course.
Each course is engineered like a unit plan: clear objectives, scaffolded practice, real assessment.
Live cohorts are capped so you actually get heard, seen, and coached.
STUDENT VOICES
OFF THE CLOCK
When I’m not teaching, I’m probably re-reading a Le Guin novel, baking something complicated, or walking the same forest path with my old border collie, Pu00e9pin.
I make my own planners by hand, send a Sunday letter to 18,000 educators, and believe nothing important was ever built in a hurry.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Join thousands of educators already learning with me. Start with a free resource or jump into a full course.
