Baku

**Baku** Elnara is a Cambridge qualified primary school teacher, full of energy and passion for teaching small children. She graduated from Khazar University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and has spent 5 years teaching English in government schools before becoming the Head Teacher at Evika School in 2016. From the use of Jolly Phonics in her classes, Elnara has achieved unbelievable results with her students and has successfully developed her knowledge and skill in the English language. Currently working as the Director of the Cambridge Primary Department, Elnara controls the training of English teachers within the school. With her background of using Jolly Phonics, Elnara sees this as the key to successfully train teachers so that everyone can achieve greater results in English with their students. Elnara is happy to share her experience on using Jolly Phonics and wishes for all primary school students in Azerbaijan to read English fluently. You can find Elara on [Facebook here](https://www.facebook.com/Mrs.Elnara/photos/), and follow her [blog page here](https://newwaysinteachingenglish.blogspot.com/).

Azerbaijan

Samira is an international instructor and consultant. She has been working as a principal at a private school whilst running her newly opened Centre in Baku. Samira’s been over 25 years in education, from teaching to leadership, and is qualified as an expert to serve on the visiting committees of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). With certifications in methodology and theory at UCLA and the Middle Leader programme at Edge Hill University, Samira has taught Jolly Phonics for years at international schools. The excellent results achieved by this programme led Samira to write a Jolly-inspired kindergarten curriculum; she believes every child and teacher deserve to benefit from the best phonic teaching. Recently awarded “Best Teacher of the Year” by the Republic of Azerbaijan, Samira has been an expert in their latest assessment of English textbooks.