Steven M. Taillard, ESL Coordinator and Lead Instructor
Steven M. Taillard, IIMD’s ESL Coordinator/Lead Instructor began teaching at IIMD in January 2021. Discovering new places and cultures has been a hobby for Steven. He has been very fortunate to have traveled all over the globe visiting over 25 countries on four continents. In doing so, Steven has found himself living in Spain, Japan, and China and guest lecturing or teaching in many more countries. It was his love of traveling that inspired him to become a teacher.
Steven is a former English Language Fellow [ELF] with the US Department of State, stationed in China for two years where he taught at two prestigious national universities in China. As an ELF, Steven also conducted teacher trainings, workshops, and spoke at many international conferences on teaching English as a Second Language throughout East Asia.
He earned his MSed Curriculum & Instruction: TESOL from the University of the Southwest, Hobbs NM and a BA in Social Studies, and a Secondary Education certificate from Madonna University, Livonia, MI. Steven has taught a wide range of English classes such as Academic Writing, Reading, Grammar, Oral Communications, Film Literacy, American Culture, and Western Culture at several colleges and universities in the US and in China. Altogether, he has 10 years’ experience teaching ESL, plus another seven years’ experience teaching various other subjects.
Since beginning his position at IIMD, Steven has transformed IIMD’s ESL Department: In 2020 95% of students have successfully passed the program, 90% advanced at least two ESL levels, 90% demonstrated measurable gains, and 70% reached the advanced ESL level needed to enroll in the IIMD’s CIET program.