Kent Davies

Looking at Kent Davies accomplishments, he seems to have crammed an additional 10 years of living into his life. Although he currently works as the volunteer coordinator of the University of Winnipeg radio station (UWFM), he has traveled and worked abroad extensively. In his position as the volunteer coordinator with a non-profit community radio station, he was required to create and teach lesson plans about job placements. He states that “I really enjoyed the time designing the lessons and working with my EAL students. I found the process so rewarding that I decided that ESL instruction may be worth pursuing.”

In January of 2010, Kent enrolled in the ESL Teacher Certificate Program, juggling work, volunteering, and school for the next 6 weeks, and doing so masterfully. Since completing the program, Kent has recently been offered the position of program coordinator of the Languages at Work program, a project that provides students from Quebec with the opportunity to live and work in and immersion, English environment. Although the position has only started, Kent states “I’m sure I will encounter many experiences, successes and challenges” in this new role.

Of the ESL Teacher Certificate Program, Kent explains that it “allowed me to make the necessary connections with potential employment opportunities. All of the staff and faculty involved in the program have supported me immensely long after the program ended. The strong relationships made between students within the program have also contributed to finding employment.”