Diego Zaffaroni is an international educator and consultant. He is qualified to teach in the UK and Italy; he worked for five years as a Bilingual Education School Coordinator, a project supported jointly by the British Council and the Italian Ministry of Education. Diego has experienced leadership roles at an innovative Cambridge school in Milan and an IB World School in Kurdistan, Iraq and was actively involved in the development of projects in International Education and English Language Teaching in the Middle East and Europe. He was Dean of Academics and PYP Coordinator at a newly established IB school in Mumbai which is part of a well-known group of schools across India. His training and consultancy experience has developed over ten years across three continents.
He is studying to earn an MA Education from Durham University.
Diego has seen better and better results with Jolly Phonics over the years he and his fellow teachers have used it; Jolly Phonics has been a key element in making sure that no child is left behind. Diego’s strong interest in working with teachers and school leaders let him grow as a teacher trainer and consultant, focusing on literacy and multilingual education, creativity, and the development of teachers and leaders’ key strengths.
Top Strengths*: Developer – Restorative – Learner – Individualisation – Empathy – Achiever.
*As indicated from Gallup Clifton Strengths Assessment