Steven Starry

Current

• TEFL at Freelance English Teacher (Autónomo)
• Human Resources Representative at MadridTeacher.com

Education

• Oklahoma State University

Recommended

8 people have recommended Steven

Connections

21 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website
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• My Website

Steven Starry’s Summary

I'm an EFL teacher who's been teaching English in a variety of jobs in Madrid since 1993. I made my start as an English teacher a couple of years before that as a volunteer in Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA) and as a substitute teacher in Tulsa Public Schools. I have taught children in elementary and high schools, in academies, with private students, for agencies in companies and for the past 5 years almost 80-90% in small and medium-sized companies for myself. I have used a variety of materials and taught all levels from absolute beginner to Proficiency. Schools and agencies I have worked directly for in Madrid: BBVA (top executives), Englishjet.com, Atlas (in Abbot Pharmaceuticals, ALCOA.), SEK in Universidad Camilo José Cela, etc.
Since 1999 to the present I've been editing and producing content on MadridTeacher.com. I am the owner, editor and webmaster of this site, which has several member teachers producing content. The site currently advertises 42 language schools and 65 freelance English teachers in Spain and has hundreds of pages of content for English teachers, as well as hundreds of interactive English learning activities for students. The site received about 900,000 visits last year in 2007.
As I mentioned, I have written much of the content on MadridTeacher.com and I have published two articles in the American travel magazine “Transitions Abroad,” which can also be found online on their webpage at TranstionsAbroad.com. In addition, I have experience working with Cambridge University Press translating two complete Teachers’ Guides from the “Cool English” series, proofreading two other books from the same series and translating parts from four other books.
What I want to do now is to create a network of English teachers, DOSes and other related professionals on LinkedIn.com.

Steven Starry’s Specialties:

I'm an expert in the English teaching (TEFL, EFL) sector in Madrid, Spain.

Steven Starry’s Experience

• TEFL

  Freelance English Teacher (Autónomo)

  (Higher Education industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years )

  I have been teaching mostly as a freelance teacher in my own little companies south of Madrid with the occasional University class in Universidad Camilo José Cela, for instance.

• Human Resources Representative

  MadridTeacher.com

  (Higher Education industry)

  1999 — Present (10 years )

  I am the owner, editor and webmaster of MadridTeacher.com. The site advertises 42 language schools and 100+ freelance English teachers in Spain, including "member" teachers who collaborate more extensively producing content, etc. like part of the hundreds of pages of content for English teachers and hundreds of interactive English learning activities for students. The site received about 900,000 visits last year.

Steven Starry’s Education

• Oklahoma State University

  BS , Sociology , 1986 — 1990

  OSU was a fantastic University. I had a great time and learned a lot. I recommend it to anybody who's considering it.

  Activities and Societies:

  I played pick-up basketball for 2 to 2.5 hours a day whenever I wasn't doing self-defense classes, body-building, etc. I also was an avid boardgame and rpg geek. I also loved to party hardy. It was amazing I still found time to study.

Additional Information

Steven Starry’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Website
• My Website

Steven Starry’s Interests:

I've got so many interests that I think that it would be easier to write a list of things I'm not interested in. My main interests are obviously the internet, new technologies, staying up-to-date with the news (PC Actual, The Economist, TIME, Popular Science, Muy Interesante, Google News, EL Pais, etc.) ps2, ps3 and Xbox 360 video games, etc. I also have a long list of topics I like to keep up on like the state of the economy, global warming, etc. I also like to travel locally a lot and I spend a lot of time on my Madrid guide page on my site. I also like photography somewhat, though I'm not that good at it yet, and I have several gigabytes of photos and videos on my site. . . . and so on.

Steven Starry’s Groups:

TESOL Spain, MadridTeacher.com

•    MadridTeacher.com

Steven Starry’s Contact Settings

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