IELP

Katie Simpson

Katie Simpson has been an ESL instructor for the past nine years. She received her Bachelor's degree in French from UCLA, during which time she studied abroad in Paris, France at L'Université de la Sorbonne. While living in Paris, she taught English at a French elementary school where she cultivated her love for teaching English. After graduating from UCLA, she and her husband moved to Las Vegas where she received her Master's of Education in English Language Learning from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In Las Vegas, she taught ESL at the College of Southern Nevada and was the site director and head teacher at a private English language school called the International Academy of English. After moving back to Los Angeles, she taught ESL at UCLA Extension while working in the International Services and Programs Department at College of the Canyons. While working in ISP at College of the Canyons, she developed a Study Abroad Pathway Course for Chinese EFL students studying at College of the Canyons in the future. She then moved to Anqing, China for the 2015-2016 school year to launch and teach this innovative pathway course. She moved back to Los Angeles in 2016 where she began teaching ESL at Glendale Community College and continued teaching ESL at COC. She currently lives in Santa Clarita with her husband and three-year-old son and teaches ESL at College of the Canyons in the ESL Department and in the Intensive English Language Program. She is honored to have the opportunity to teach at College of the Canyons and be part of ISP.